What does biblical confession mean and involve? I recently posted something on the social media about a pastor and his public ...

Regarding John J. Miller’s review of “For I Have Sinned” (Books, March 1), I date my lapse from Catholicism to a priest’s too ...

A. Confession is the telling of our sins to a duly authorized priest, for the purpose of obtaining forgiveness. Q. 777. Who is a duly authorized priest? A. A duly authorized priest is one sent to ...

The priest must and does refuse absolution to a penitent when he thinks the penitent is not rightly disposed for the Sacrament. He sometimes postpones the absolution till the next confession ...

The Hood River County Sheriff's Office has seized a station wagon believed to be connected to the Martin Family, who ...

In 2012, while giving confession at a church in Nagasaki, Tanaka told the foreign priest about sexual abuse she had suffered as a child. She alleges that the priest then repeatedly forced her into ...

Lady shares a shocking encounter she had with a catholic priest who tried to woo her after she came to him for confession.

The Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge has issued a statement decrying a decision by the Louisiana Supreme Court that could compel a local priest to testify in court about confessions he might have ...

Regarding John J. Miller’s review of “For I Have Sinned” (Books, March 1), I date my lapse from Catholicism to a priest’s too-forgiving reaction to a confession I made at age 14.