State secretly records a confession
This Oregon priest discovered that a confession he heard from an incarcerated man was secretly recorded and a legal firestorm ensued.
Threats to the seal of confession
Priests, penitents, theologians, politicians and canon lawyers discuss current threats to the seal of confession.
Conversion in the confessional
A bishop and a moral theologian say that as confessors they have tools to persuade penitents confessing child abuse to do the right thing.
Confession as a religious liberty issue
Priests, theologians and lawyers say protecting the privilege between priest and penitent in the confessional is a religious freedom issue.
The seal of confession
Preview: Catholic News Service’s multimedia series on challenges to the seal of confession.
Papal authority and elected bishops
A look at the history of how bishops came to be appointed by the pope.
The spiritual mother
This woman religious is being honored on Mother’s Day for her spiritual motherhood.
Presumed plot to kill a bishop
Auxiliary Bishop Silvio Baez Ortega of Managua, Nicaragua, discusses intelligence that says he was the target of an assassination plot.
A price for Georgetown’s slavery past
Georgetown University students vote overwhelmingly in favor of a fee to fund reparations to the descendants of slaves sold by the Jesuits, the religious order that founded the school.
Millions pledged to rebuild Notre Dame
Wealthy French business leaders promise 300 million euros (US$339 million) to help rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral following the devastating April 15 fire.
Aftermath of Sri Lanka Easter bombings
A bomb squad detonated an explosive device near a Catholic church in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 22, a day after hundreds were killed and injured in a series of Easter…