Lawmakers on June 1 removed an article which would have required priests to report sexual crimes against minors that they ...

Bishops in France have voiced opposition to a bill debated in the National Assembly on Monday that would require Catholic ...

A federal judge has halted a Washington state law that required Catholic priests to break the seal of confession. The law that was passed in May, and was slated to go into effect on July 27, mandated ...

Catholic bishops and priests in Washington are challenging a new state law that requires clergy to break the seal of confession to report possible child sex abuse. The bill, signed by Democratic Gov.

Do you peruse church bulletins online to find convenient-for-you confession times? Do you have a “game plan” for making it to the confessional ahead of a popular Mass time? Mary Farrow is one of the ...

According to the senator who plans to introduce the legislation, the proposal ‘tries to make clear there [will be] no confidentiality’ exception, regardless of the context in which the clergy member ...

Bishops from Washington’s three Catholic dioceses announced a lawsuit Thursday against the state, challenging a newly enacted law that compels priests to report suspected child abuse revealed during ...

The Catholic Church is pushing back against a new law that was rushed through the legislature by Democrats over concerns of clergy, requiring priests to break the confidentiality of confession.

Need to prepare for confessional or study the sacrament? Now, there’s an app for that. The mobile applications company Little iApps has teamed with two Catholic priests to create “Confession: A Roman ...