One example is Father Mateo Correa Magallanes, a Catholic priest in Mexico during the early decades of the 20th century. In the 1920s, the Mexican government engaged in a wholesale persecution of ...

And yet, Sugarcane is beautiful and patiently poetic.It is not a deluge of crimes but the tortured exhale of a community still suffering. NoiseCat appears in the film, as his father was at the school.

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 ...

DOJ said it is intervening in Etienne v. Ferguson, a lawsuit filed by Catholic bishops in Washington state who filed a ...

For generations, American Catholics regularly went to confession, a sacred rite that offers a way to reconcile with God and the Church. But starting in the 1970s, they stopped, and in his new book, ...

In 1215, a new church document mandated that every Catholic go to confession and receive Holy Communion at least once a year. Priests who revealed the identity of any penitent faced severe penalties.

Nearly half of U.S. adults are connected to Catholicism, according to Pew Research Center. Read about going to Mass, Communion, confession and more.

He told the Catholic Review that many Catholics feel peace and relief after going to confession, especially if they have been away from the sacrament for a long time. “Inevitably, people say ...

Catholic Bishops in Washington state are speaking out against a new law that would require them to disclose confessions of sexual abuse to law enforcement.. Last week, Gov. Robert Ferguson (D-WA ...

He was concerned because Jehovah’s Witnesses use secretive, internal trials to investigate abuse, and in court, the church has pointed to the Catholic rite of confession to justify their process.

For example, the Nashville Statement says, “We deny that adopting a homosexual or transgender self-conception is consistent with God’s holy purposes in creation and redemption.” ...

In 1215, a new church document mandated that every Catholic go to confession and receive Holy Communion at least once a year. Priests who revealed the identity of any penitent faced severe penalties.