Priests are required to report child abuse or neglect to Washington state law enforcement after learning about the crime ...

The petition said these confessions may involve sexual exploitation of parishioners.“Church is forcing the members ... etc,” the petition said. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Sharad ...

A Washington state lawmaker has called on the Catholic Church to change its centuries-old confessional policy so that priests ...

iPad and iPod Touch that helps Catholics prepare for going to confession. And it has the church's OK. It is not, though, a substitute for the confessional, says the app's creator. Little iApps ...

Clearly, the church's use of public penances for centuries hardly endorses a seal of confession. Nevertheless, I realize that there are some people who hold that the seal of confession is a matter ...