NCR interviews James O'Toole, whose new book, For I Have Sinned, details the growth and eventual decline of confession in the ...

UPDATE: According to CNN, a spokesperson for the Vatican has responded saying: "It is essential to understand well the sacrament of penitence requires the personal dialogue between the penitent and ...

Phone service invites French Catholics to make long-distance confessions. PARIS, March 3, 2010 -- French Catholics too busy to go to church are now being offered a dial-a-confession telephone hotline ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Confession: A Roman Catholic App helps iPhone users confess their sins. Feb. 8, 2011 — -- It seems as though the Catholic Church really really wants us to go to confession, so much so that ...

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 ...

The depth of the sorrows of Our Lady of Sorrows has become apparent in the months since this church was a major hotspot in New York City’s roaring coronavirus contagion Friday 26 March 2021 04:04 GMT ...