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Father Jiha Lim listens to a penitent's confession March 7, 2021, at St. Aloysius Church in Great Neck, N.Y. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Faith

'Forgive me, father': Vatican seminar looks at why people avoid confession

Carol Glatz|Oct 20, 2022|5 Min Read

(CNS photo illustration by Mike Crupi, Catholic Courier)

Why a new book about secrets needs to go to confession

Msgr. Richard Antall|Aug 24, 2022|5 Min Read

Pope Francis speaks during a meeting with priests and seminarians attending an annual conference on the internal forum in Paul VI hall at the Vatican March 25, 2022. (CNS photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters)

Everyone needs forgiveness, to feel loved by God, pope tells confessors

Carol Glatz|Mar 25, 2022|3 Min Read

A priest hears a confession in 2013 at Christ the King Church in Irondequoit, N.Y. (CNS file photo/Mike Crupi)

Mercy for the journey

Archbishop José H. Gomez|Mar 16, 2022|4 Min Read

Pope John Paul II gives confession at St Peter's Basilica on April 9, 2004, in Vatican City. (Arturo Mari/Vatican Pool, Getty)

Faith

St. Pope John Paul II and the apostolate of confession

Mike Aquilina|Jan 11, 2022|9 Min Read

A confessional on which is written: "M. the Priest" is pictured in a Catholic church near Nantes, France, Oct. 5, 2021. Church and government leaders in France are at odds over whether priests should be required to report the abuse of minors if they learn about it in the sacrament of confession. (CNS photo/Stephane Mahe, Reuters)

Seal of the confessional simply not a roadblock to fight against abuse

John L. Allen Jr.|Oct 16, 2021|5 Min Read

A priest hears confession at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing March 29, 2018. Pope Francis gave an address March 12, 2021 in the Vatican's Paul VI hall to priests taking part in an online course on the sacrament of penance organized by the Apostolic Penitentiary. (CNS photo/Damir Sagolj, Reuters)

Pope to confessors: Be fathers, brothers who offer consolation, mercy

Carol Glatz|Mar 12, 2021|3 Min Read

(Gime Salvatelli/Catholic)

Faith

Discovering the secret to living this Lent to its fullest

Kathryn Jean Lopez|Feb 18, 2021|5 Min Read

(Flickr via CNA)

World

Western Australian legislative committee recommends preserving confessional seal

Catholic News Agency|Sep 12, 2020|6 Min Read

A young woman is pictured in a file photo during confession. New laws passed by Queensland Parliament in Australia Sept. 8, 2020, mean religious institutions and their members are no longer able to use the seal of the confessional as a defense or excuse in child sex abuse matters. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

World

Report abuse learned in confession or go to jail, says Australian state

Catholic News Service|Sep 8, 2020|3 Min Read

In this 2014 file photo, Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh hears a young woman's confession during a pro-life youth rally and Mass at the Verizon Center in Washington. (CNS photo/Leslie Kossoff)

Faith

Decline in confession called harmful to church's mission to spread Gospel

Gina Christian|Jul 8, 2020|4 Min Read

"The Tears of Saint Peter," by Jusepe de Ribera, c. 1612–13. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Faith

Making your contrition perfect in a time without confession

Fr. Bernard Mulcahy OP, Ph.D.|Apr 9, 2020|5 Min Read

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