While clergy are often mandatory reporters outside of the confessional, long-standing legal precedent in the U.S. recognizes ...

1.Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Holy Orders, and Matrimony. Q. 578. Were all the Sacraments instituted by Our Lord? A. All the Sacraments were instituted by Our ...

At the conclusion of the sacrament of Penance or the penitential rite, the priest may give the Apostolic pardon for the dying, with plenary indulgence, using one of these forms: Through the holy ...

Merging technology and religion is a risk, not a road to spiritual fulfillment, says a scholar of Christianity.

Catholics all over the world are observing the Jubilee Year of Hope (2025). The year was officially launched by Pope Francis through the symbolic act of opening the Holy Door of St Peter’s Basilica in ...

Italy expects 35 million pilgrims to visit Rome during the Catholic Church’s current “Holy Year” or “Jubilee” that runs through January 6, 2026. In modern times, Holy Years usually occur in 25-year ...

Rediscover the hope in the sacrament of penance. A monthly visit with Christ in the confessional will be an excellent discipline during this jubilee year, strengthening us for the work of ...

In a message ahead of the 52nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, Bishop Daniel Thomas of Toledo has ...

The sacrament of Confession in Catholicism is ... Participate in works of charity, mercy or penance, such as visiting prisoners, sick people or elderly people or undertaking corporal works of ...

Life is hard, and it is not always fair. However, humor can go a long way to making life more fun and meaningful. Here are ...

These consist of a medal of the Blessed Sacrament and thirty-three beads, recalling the thirty-three years of ... the one who guides to a landfall in heaven those who navigate the sea of this world in ...

Shoddy reporting is rarely helpful. But in 1888, when a French news service delivered the news of Alfred Nobel's death in the morning paper, Alfred Nobel was horrified. Not so much because the ...