The COVID-19 pandemic has forced governments and individuals to operate as if every day brings with it a new contingency plan. The Catholic Church is no different, in a sense, at least when it comes ...

Catholic bishops in northeast Italy have said that the risk of illness amid the ongoing pandemic constitutes a "grave necessity" permitting priests to confer the Sacrament of Reconciliation under the ...

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the death of an Episcopal Church presiding bishop, Pope Pius IV affirming the Council of Trent and Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV receiving ...

A parish in the Philippines has canceled an "online general absolution." Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Parish in Quezon City, Philippines had advertised the event would be available by livestream, ...

CHICAGO — Chicago's Cardinal Francis George is facing a major challenge to his efforts to curb a longstanding practice by some priests of giving penitents general absolution. A group of about 100 ...

Offering general absolution to the faithful without having them personally confess their sins first may still be done in places seeing serious or increasing levels of coronavirus infections, a Vatican ...