CHARLESTON, S.C. – Prosecutors in South Carolina say they plan to play Dylann Roof's recorded confession during his federal death penalty trial in the Charleston church shootings. Assistant U.S.

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 ...

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 ...

Church officials are urging Catholics to continue to oppose a California bill that would force priests to disclose information about child sexual abuse that they hear in the sacrament of confession.

In this 2014 file photo, Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh hears a young woman’s confession during a pro-life youth rally and Mass at the Verizon Center in Washington. (Credit: Leslie Kossoff/CNS.) ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Dylann Roof wanted the world to know he hated black people and thought they were criminals. He thought about attacking drug dealers, but they might shoot back. So, he told the ...