Visitors were invited to pose questions to the AI Jesus, viewed on a monitor behind a latticework screen. (Courtesy of the Catholic Church of the City of Lucerne, CC BY) This autumn, a Swiss Catholic ...

Two groups of clergy challenged a Washington state law meant to help fight child abuse – but which could have required clergy ...

A federal judge sided with Catholic priests, blocking a Washington law that targeted the confidentiality of confession.

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 ...

District Court Judge David G. Estudillo has issued a preliminary injunction last month blocking Washington’s Senate Bill 5375, which mandates Catholic priests to report suspected child abuse revealed ...

Between Oprah and the therapist's couch, is there any role left for the church confession? Noting that the number of Catholics taking part in the key rite has plunged, the Archdiocese of Washington is ...

All priests should desire to carry out a holy ministry and to confer the sacraments in a way that leads others to Christ. However, sometimes the mix of personalities in the confessional makes it ...

“Priests have been imprisoned, tortured, and even killed for upholding the seal of confession,” the state Catholic conference ...

Washington and Catholic clergy agreed to a settlement Friday to ensure the state does not single out Catholic priests and pressure them into breaking the seal of confession in order to enforce the ...

Washington state's bishops filed a lawsuit May 29 over a new law requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege. First reported by The Pillar, the ...

One supporter of the law, a member of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP, called the court decision "a ...

In recent years, some Catholics have been concerned by pushes from governments in locations such as Louisiana and Australia who challenge the secrecy of the sacrament of confession, asking that ...