(The Conversation) — The Catholic Church treats information shared during confession as absolutely confidential – but that requirement can create legal dilemmas. (The Conversation) — The 1953 Alfred ...

Confession, the Catholic and Orthodox practice of listing one’s sins in the presence of a priest who then offers absolution and is sworn to secrecy under pain of eternal damnation, has long been a ...

A Montana bill that could compel Catholic priests to break the seal of confession is being criticized by Catholics who say it could eliminate key religious liberty protections. The proposed bill would ...

The Catholic Church is pushing back against a new law that was rushed through the legislature by Democrats over concerns of clergy, requiring priests to break the confidentiality of confession.

Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross This hologram of Jesus Christ on a screen was animated by an artificial intelligence program. The AI’s programming included ...

WASHINGTON — A federal judge blocked Washington state Friday from enforcing a law that would require Catholic priests to report child abuse — even when disclosed in a confessional — or face nearly a ...

A Washington state lawmaker has called on the Catholic Church to change its centuries-old confessional policy so that priests can comply with a new child abuse reporting law. Democratic state Sen.

The nation is rightly frustrated over the failure to get to the bottom of the Jeffrey Epstein child sexual abuse network. Any child abuser or accomplice should be swiftly brought to justice. The ...

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A federal court in Washington state on Friday (July 18) temporarily blocked a new law that threatened clergy with jail if they did not break the seal of confession to report suspected child sex abuse.

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 ...

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