I could have walked out," Roof said. Church surveillance videos indicate Roof was actually inside for about 45 minutes. Roof, as he has for much of the trial, hardly looked up as the confession played ...

WILLIAMSTON — The Rev. Mark Rutherford prepared to hear confessions by donning a long robe. He also wore a hat to keep out the unseasonable May chill, sunglasses to shield his eyes and mask to limit ...

DRIVE-THROUGH BLESSINGS. IT’S HOLY WEEK, BUT WITH THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER, THAT MEANS PEOPLE CANNOT COME TO THE CHURCH NOW OR THIS WEEKEND TONIGHT ONE CLERGYMAN IS MAKING SURE HIS PARISHIONERS TRY AND ...

FILE - A man at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in downtown Pittsburgh enters a confessional after a noon-time mass Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1999. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File) FILE - A man at St. Mary's ...

To protect the sacrament of reconciliation as a "channel of grace" for victims of sexual abuse, the Catholic Church must do a better job instructing priests on what to do if a victim recounts his or ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Latest on the death penalty trial of Dylann Roof, who is charged with killing nine people during a Bible study in a Charleston church (all times local): 11:25 a.m. Dylann Roof ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Can I get a side order of Grace with that? Most Americans have used drive-thrus for fast food, coffee and prescriptions, but one Alabama church is offering drive-thru confessions ...

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, March 13 (Reuters) - Pope Leo suggested on Friday that Christian political leaders who start wars should go to confession and assess whether they are following the ...

An Oregon woman whose husband is in prison for sexually abusing a child is suing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints for reporting his confession to state authorities. In the lawsuit, ...