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 ...

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 ...

HONOLULU — Reacting to an emergency alert that mistakenly warned of an imminent ballistic missile attack from North Korea, Bishop Larry Silva of Honolulu, Hawaii, gave general absolution to a group of ...

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 ...