The diocese now vigorously screens candidates for the priesthood and immediately removes any clergy member credibly accused ...

The incident unraveled during a relic of St. Jude’s tour at the Queen of Apostles parish in Joliet, Illinois, on Nov. 21, ...

A digital avatar of Jesus, set up in the confessional booth of a Swiss chapel as an experiment to build a better ...

Pope Francis offered that reminder on Thursday as he met with a delegation of Orthodox clergy taking part in a study visit to ...

MARSHALSTOWN-CASTLEDOCKRELL Castledockrell N.S. Castledockrell National School now taking enrolments for September, 2025. If you would like an enrolment form or if you would like to see the ...

Guilherme Peixoto had partygoers eating out the palm of his hand during his recent performance at the Christ the Redeemer Rave in Brazil where the 50-year-old Portuguese Catholic priest made waves ...

Proposed legislation looking to repeal clergy-penitent protections in at least two states is in a head-on collision with the church's primary legal code, one expert told OSV News. Monta ...

A group of Democratic lawmakers in Montana has introduced a bill that would require Catholic priests to disclose confessions related to serious crimes, challenging the church’s long-standing tradition ...

Many things about Pete Hegseth, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, raise serious concerns — his alcoholism and adulterous womanizing among them. What concerns me perhaps even ...

When the comment sections on users’ confession videos are filled with support, it builds a sense of solidarity and peer connection. Humor is an extremely useful and common coping strategy that ...

To do this, St. Peter’s Chapel temporarily swapped its priest-manned confessional with ... that they are not engaging in a traditional confession, so they should not treat it as such.