The Rev. Tim Holeda, chaplain of the Catholic Student Union at Florida State University, is hearing open-air confessions on a bench on the Tallahassee campus on Fridays during Lent.

Accused Charleston Church Shooter Dylann Roof Laughed When Admitting to Shooting in Video 'Confession' Played in Court. Dylann Roof said he supports Hitler during an interview with FBI agents.

New Washington State law asks clergy to report child abuse heard in confession. Opponents say it's violating the Constitution.

Writ in SC seeks curbs on church confession . June 24, 2025 e-Paper. LOGIN Account. eBooks Subscribe GIFT FRONT ... A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde issued notice to the Union ...

Gov. Mike Ferguson signed the controversial bill into law last week, making it mandatory for all clergy to report child abuse, without exemptions for information disclosed during confession ...

St. Peter's Church in Lucerne, Switzerland is using an AI hologram of Jesus to take confessions from worshippers, as seen in a wild video blowing up online.

The Catholic Church and federal government reacted vehemently to new legislation in Washington state that requires priests to report child abuse or neglect to law enforcement after learning about ...

CLEARWATER — One day a little more than three years ago, a man gripped a microphone as he stood before a stage inside a Pinellas County church and told his pastor and parish leaders he was sorry ...

THE seal of confession is the very longstanding tradition of the absolute confidentiality of what is said to a priest in the ministry of absolution (private confession, or, more theologically, the ...