A Montana bill that could compel Catholic priests to break the seal of confession is being criticized by Catholics who say it could eliminate key religious liberty protections. The proposed bill ...

A push to require clergy to report child abuse is back. This time, Democratic lawmakers might not be willing to compromise on ...

"I am sorry for these and all the sins of my past life, especially for..."(mention in general any past sin for which you are particularly sorry; for example, all my sins against charity). The ...

But Allison F. Miller, the lawyer for the defendant, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, said the panel unanimously rejected a U.S. government request to reinstate use of the confession at his upcoming death ...

Proposed legislation looking to repeal clergy-penitent protections in at least two states is in a head-on collision with the ...

A Catholic charity that receives billions in government funding has stirred controversy for a video teaching migrants in the country illegally how to evade US immigration law. In the video ...

The man accused of being the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, has agreed to let government prosecutors use portions of a 2007 confession that he says were obtained ...

Senate Bill 5375 would require priests and other clergy to report child abuse and neglect. Washington State Senator Noel ...

Photo: Alessia Giuliani/IPA via ZUMA Press/Seth Wenig/pool/Shutterstock Bronx, N.Y. Luis Silva’s ordination as a Catholic priest in June 2020 was “like a booster shot to the entire archdiocese ...

Steph Claire Smith took to social media about something she was “not proud of”. She said she screamed at her son, Harvey, aged 3. She clarified that it wasn’t just raising her voice but what ...

Coronation Street's Leanne Battersby makes an alarming confession over the Platt house fire next week. Upcoming episodes see a devastating blaze rage through the Platts' family home, with various ...

A Massachusetts man’s confession to his involvement in a killing on New Year’s Eve led to two arrests earlier this month, court documents show. Richard Gabrila, 39, and Shane Bowen ...