See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Catholic priests should face criminal charges if they fail to report ...

The release this month of a watershed report on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in France has sparked another debate over the secrecy of confession. The Catholic Church declares that every priest ...

Fifty years ago, when Monsignor Thomas A. Kane was a freshly ordained Roman Catholic priest, he'd sit in a confessional booth each Saturday for four hours and listen to people list their sins. The ...

A priest and a penitent demonstrate how a confession is conducted at a Catholic church in Salem, Ore., in this May 3, 2019, file photo. Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, a leading expert on child protection ...

The Australian Catholic Church is under fire after rejecting a government push to force priests to report accusations of child sexual abuse heard during confession. Church rejects calls to force ...

Do you peruse church bulletins online to find convenient-for-you confession times? Do you have a “game plan” for making it to the confessional ahead of a popular Mass time? Mary Farrow is one of the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A federal judge has permanently barred Washington state from enforcing ...

Father Scott Holmer, pastor at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church in Bowie, Md., offers drive-through confessions in the parking lot of the parish March 18, 2020, keeping a safe distance away ...

Confession a.k.a. Reconciliation a.k.a the Sacrament of Penance a.k.a. something I haven’t done since I was 11 is a big deal for Catholics and intimidating to non-Catholics. The basic idea is that you ...