After the sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church, there is a worldwide push to end the guarantee of secrecy of confession – called “the seal of the confessional.” On Sept. 11, 2019, two ...

(RNS) — Without disciplines like corporate confession and Lent, there is little within popular evangelicalism to restrain the triumphalism of white American culture from overshadowing the cross of ...

Throughout the Christian way of life, and especially in Lent, believers are called to examine their consciences and repent of their sins. The deeper the repentance, the greater the conversion of heart ...

“Confession is good for the soul,” we are told. If that is really true, I wonder how many healthy souls there are in the world today. So few seem to have embraced confession as a necessary act when we ...

The law requires clergy to disclose abuse of children made in an act of confession. The Governor of Washington, who claims Catholicism, signed this bill into law. Confession is sacred to all main ...