The 1953 Alfred Hitchcock film "I Confess," based on an earlier play, features a priest suspected of murder. He's innocent, and has even heard the murderer's confession—but cannot clear his own name.

Monica Doumit, the Director of Public Affairs and Engagement for the Archdiocese of Sydney in Australia, explains how anti-confession laws are bringing frightening implications not just for priests ...

During this time of the coronavirus pandemic, the Church wants to assure the faithful that God’s mercy is always present and always available to them. The Major Penitentiary at the Vatican, Cardinal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 10 things people often get wrong about Catholicism Imagine walking into a Catholic church, entering a confessional and finding ...

Following sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church, there is a worldwide push to end the guarantee of secrecy of confession – called “the seal of the confessional.” On Sept. 11, 2019, two ...

A woman on X had a message for Catholics who, in her estimation, were spending a little too much time in the confessional. “Please stop taking over 30 minutes in the confession booth,” she wrote in ...

The Catholic Church in Hong Kong said Friday that confessions by devotees to priests would remain confidential under the city’s new national security law ...

SAN FRANCISCO — In his new book, CONFESSION OF A CATHOLIC WORKER: OUR CURRENT MOMENT OF CHRISTIAN WITNESS (Ignatius Press), Larry S. Chapp acknowledges the fact that everyone knows there is a “crisis” ...