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

The decision comes after the law was set to take effect on July 27, but was halted just days before, after Washington’s ...

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 ...

Clergy must still tell authorities of potential mistreatment, but will not have to divulge information they hear in ...

After the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that a priest may have to testify about an alleged confession, the Diocese of Baton Rouge said that this demand "assaults" Church teaching and is ...

A motion filed in federal district court Oct. 10 affirmed that state and local governments would stop attempting to require ...

Virginia Republicans’ Yard Signs Vandalized with Pro-Trans Graffiti Ahead of Election: ‘Fascist Pig’ Teens Who Assaulted Ex-DOGE Staffer Avoid Jail Time Hamas Tries to Pass Off Unidentified Body as ...

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 the ...

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 In the autum on 2024, a Swiss ...

This autumn, a Swiss Catholic church installed an AI Jesus in a confessional to interact with visitors. The installation was a two-month project in religion, technology and art titled “Deus in Machina ...