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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - In a case that could set national precedent, the three-judge Michigan Court of Appeals panel plans to hear arguments Thursday about whether a pastor's testimony related to a ...

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 ...

PARISPARIS — France’s government has summoned the head of the French bishops’ conference after he said that secrets shared in the confessional are above the law, as the country reels from new ...