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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

THE coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is not stopping a local church from doing its duty to hear out those who seek forgiveness from the Lord. Our Lady of Miraculous Medal Parish Parish Priest Fr. Adlai ...

A memorial marking the exact location which inspired war artist Fortunino Matania’s famous painting The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois has been unveiled. The mayor of the ...

I knew Steve Dunford for only five years, but it felt like 25. We first met at the French ambassador's Bastille Day party in 2016, when he was one of a group of eccentrics dressed in military costume ...

It’s part of a new memorial to commemorate the centenary of the unveiling of the Cork War Memorial The Last General Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois by Italian artist, Fortunino Matania.

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 ...