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September 2019

September 11, 2019

Confessions on the go: priest offers reconciliation in a golf cart

"Jesus Christ would be THRILLED to see us doing something like this," says the priest....

July 2019

July 01, 2019

With Confession Under Attack, Pope Reaffirms Seal of the Confessional

From CNS: In the light of “a worrying negative prejudice” against the Catholic Church, Pope...

June 2019

June 26, 2019

Monday in the Park with God: Michigan Town Offers Confessions in a Public Park

This is an inspired idea for evangelization. Details: The sun was peeking through the clouds,...

July 2018

July 27, 2018

State agency in India calls for sacrament of confession to be abolished

Details: An Indian federal agency has proposed abolishing the sacrament of confession on grounds that...

December 2013

December 19, 2013

“He wants pastors”: Pope Francis mandates members of Curia to hear confessions

Details: As part of Pope Francis’ pastoral reforms, all 44 senior members of the Roman...

December 18, 2013

Priest invents confession tool for the deaf

Details: A retired Filipino priest based in Phoenix, Arizona has invented a computer-based confession tool...

November 2013

November 20, 2013

Pope calls on priests to be “servants of the sacrament” of forgiveness, says he goes to confession every two weeks

From his Wednesday audience: Speaking to the the faithful during the weekly General Audience in...

May 2013

May 17, 2013

Reconciliation Revival?

Priests in one archdiocese are reporting more people celebrating the sacrament: The United States Conference of...

March 2013

March 25, 2013

Have you been to confession lately?

This is Reconciliation Monday for the greater New York area -- every church in New...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

The truth about dishonesty—and how confession helps us change our behavior

A colleague at work said, "Hey, you should put this on your blog," and sent...

August 2012

August 18, 2012

Whatever happened to confession? — UPDATED

Recently, Rick Santorum mentioned something in public that Catholics rarely talk about at all anymore:...

July 2012

July 26, 2012

Man confesses killing to priest, who calls the cops

Details: Jonathan Smith, on the run from Ohio, was so desperate to come clean that...

April 2012

April 03, 2012

It’s a good week to go to confession…

...and update your status with God.

March 2012

March 11, 2012

“To be cool with God”: a young Catholic’s thoughts on confession

Via Matt Weber and Catholic TV, some insight for Lent -- or any time, really:...

August 2011

August 05, 2011

First look: snazzy confessionals for World Youth Day

No question: you'll definitely be able to spot them in a crowd. Take a look:...

July 2011

July 15, 2011

Shock: proposed law in Ireland would order breaking confession seal

If passed, Ireland would reportedly become the first and only country in the Western world...

July 11, 2011

10 great benefits of confession

We hear a lot about this during Lent. But here's a helpful reminder that this...

April 2011

April 18, 2011

Got a backpack of sins? Unpack 'em in confession!

Here's a very cool entry in the iConfess video contest. It's Reconciliation Monday here in...

April 18, 2011

From 1897: How to hear a woman's confession

Since this is Reconciliation Monday in the greater New York City area -- three dioceses...

April 13, 2011

It's written all over her face

Here's one stunning entry in the iConfess video contest -- it says it all, brilliantly....

March 2011

March 22, 2011

A Lenten reminder: have you been to confession lately?

If not, this might help.

March 16, 2011

The reluctant penitent: my journey back to confession

Been to confession lately? Lent is a good time to do that -- and I...

March 13, 2011

In search of "the lost sacrament"

That would be confession, or the Sacrament of Reconciliation. With Lent now upon us, many...

February 2011

February 10, 2011

That iPhone confession app: it's not just for Catholics

Protestants can benefit from it, too, according to an author and philosophy professor: Like most...

February 09, 2011

"This might be the most useless thing ever created…" — UPDATED

That's Mike Hayes, the "God Googler," on the much-touted new confession app: I fear that...