The Catholic Church treats information shared during confession as absolutely confidential – but that requirement can create ...

Photo by Daiane Scaraboto Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Brazilians are moving away from Catholicism. Today, fewer than 50 percent of Brazilians identify as Roman Catholic, down from 92 percent in 1970.

The new Christians, whether Catholic or Protestant,* were asked to give up many of their tribal cultural traditions. Not only were the most dehumanizing practices proscribed—ritual murder, human ...

Parishioners Eliana Najera and her daughter, Alysson Najera, 13, stop for a photograph as they leave St. Gregory Catholic Church, Phoenix, AZ , Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt York) ...