Beginning again: An examination of conscience
By Fr John Allen Green OFM Beginning again… Finding Forgiveness during Darkness – An examination of conscience John 1:1-18 An examination of conscience begins by an admission...
Category: Confession
What to Say in Confession
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: I have not been to confession in at least 10 years. I want to go, but I have no idea what to...
Drive-through Confessions Don’t Stop for Snow
Warmed by a fire, Father Philip Bochanski offers confession just inside the garage at the rectory of St Catherine of Siena Church in Trumbull, Connecticut, where the...
Cardinal Upholds ‘Probable Invalidity’ Of Confession By Phone
By Carol Glatz – Even though the world is facing a pandemic that may limit many people’s ability to celebrate the sacraments, particularly those people who are...
Law Requires Priests in the State of Queensland to Break the Seal of Confession
A new law requires priests in the state of Queensland to break the seal of confession to report child sex abuse to police or face three years...
Pope: Go to Confession, Let Yourself be Consoled
By Cindy Wooden – Anyone who wants to experience the consolation and tenderness of God simply needs to go to confession, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass....
Sin, Confession and Penance
As a sinner, I find myself confessing the same sins repeatedly. I have discovered that the priest gives a variety of penances for the same sin. This...
English Cardinal: Priests Would Die Rather Than Break Seal Of Confession
By Simon Caldwell – Catholic priests would die rather than break the seal of confession to report child abusers to the police, said an English cardinal. Cardinal...
Priest & Penitent: How Confession Works – Video
These priests and penitents take us through the inner workings of a sacred and confidential confession. More Stories: Confession as a Religious Liberty Issue – Video State...
Priests Unlikely to Obey Confession Laws – Video
Priests say they would go to jail, or worse, to protect the seal of confession More Stories: Confession as a Religious Liberty Issue – Video State Secretly...
State Secretly Records a Confession – Video
This Oregon priest discovered that a confession he heard from an incarcerated man was secretly recorded and a legal firestorm ensued. More Stories: Confession as a Religious...
Confession as a Religious Liberty Issue – Video
Priests, theologians and lawyers say protecting the privilege between priest and penitent in the confessional is a religious freedom issue. More Stories: State Secretly Records a Confession...
