An iPhone and iPad app that helps Roman Catholics seek forgiveness for their sins has been sanctioned by the Catholic Church. Confession: A Roman Catholic App, developed by Little iApps in South Bend, ...

A federal judge has halted a Washington state law that required Catholic priests to break the seal of confession. The law that was passed in May, and was slated to go into effect on July 27, mandated ...

In his artful account of American participation in the sacrament of confession, 'For I Have Sinned: The Rise and Fall of ...

Q: Recently I went to confession on Saturday afternoon before my parish's vigil Mass. The priest told me to say a rosary for ...

Catholic bishops and priests in Washington are challenging a new state law that requires clergy to break the seal of confession to report possible child sex abuse. The bill, signed by Democratic Gov.

Do you peruse church bulletins online to find convenient-for-you confession times? Do you have a “game plan” for making it to the confessional ahead of a popular Mass time? Mary Farrow is one of the ...

A Catholic priest listens to a confession as faithful and tourists visit the St. John Lateran Basilica, in Rome, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Confession, the Catholic and ...

Bishops from Washington’s three Catholic dioceses announced a lawsuit Thursday against the state, challenging a newly enacted law that compels priests to report suspected child abuse revealed during ...

Bills currently under consideration in the Washington and Vermont legislatures would make all clergy in the state mandatory reporters of sexual abuse and would remove so-called clergy-penitent ...

Need to prepare for confessional or study the sacrament? Now, there’s an app for that. The mobile applications company Little iApps has teamed with two Catholic priests to create “Confession: A Roman ...