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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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.

Currently, professions like teaching, health and childcare, and law enforcement are considered “mandatory” reporters.

In the early Christian church, confession was an integral practice where believers would disclose their sins to a priest or bishop, seeking absolution. By the fifth century, the Roman Church ...

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.