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 ...

ROME — 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 ...

Yes. However, the priest should not have taken the liberty to add the words “so that you might be a faithful and happy Catholic.” He should have simply said, “I absolve you from your sins, in the name ...

CWN Editor's Note: Pope Francis told Spanish seminarians that a priest should never deny absolution to a penitent, even if “there is no intention to repent.” In extemporaneous remarks, the Pope said ...

In a letter written three days after the conclusion of the recent Synod of Bishops, the secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith affirmed St. John Paul II’s teaching on absolution ...

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 ...