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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF PITTSBURGH. BISHOP DAVID TO BACK -- ZO UBIK -- >> AS THE DAYS AND HOURS HAVE BEEN UNFOLDING, IT IS A CRISIS THAT DEMANDS WE TAKE EVERY PRECAUTION WE CAN TO REALLY PROTECT EACH ...

MAUNAWILI, OAHU (Hawaii News Now) - The chapel at St. Stephen's Diocesan Center is a place of peace and serenity. But that peace was interrupted by Saturday's missile alert. A priest was about to ...

An electronic sign reads, "There is no threat" in Oahu, Hawaii, after a false emergency alert that said a ballistic missile was headed for Hawaii Jan. 13. Honolulu Bishop Larry Silva gave general ...

Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, has said that the coronavirus pandemic may justify the use of general absolution, in extraordinary circumstances, for Catholics unable to ...