The bill would amend state law to require clergy to report instances of child abuse with no exemption for instances where the ...

This list of sins and prices to be paid – which typically included a period of fasting or reciting a certain number of psalms ...

The priest will assign you some penance and give you some advice to help you to be a better Christian. Listen to the words of absolution attentively. At the end answer: "Amen." Be willing to do ...

In early January, Catholic news outlets released a reminder that Catholics ... His official decree suggests individuals abstain “in a spirit of penance, at least for one day of the week from futile ...

In early January, Catholic news outlets released a reminder ... His official decree suggests individuals abstain “in a spirit of penance, at least for one day of the week from futile ...

In Charlotte Wood’s novel “Stone Yard Devotional,” an atheist burrows into herself while staying in a convent, and ...

Easter 2025 season is late this year. 'Fat Tuesday' Mardi Gras will give way to Ash Wednesday and kick off the start of Lent. Here's when Lent begins ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

The gravity of sin - in an era where moral relativism has dulled society rsquo;s sensitivity to sin, the Catholic Church ...

The Catholic Church has been working to address the issue ... even to the point of going to jail,” Spokane Bishop Thomas Daly said. “The sacrament of penance is sacred and will remain that way in the ...