Catholics return to confession focused on grace, not a get-out-of-hell-free card

The Lenten period for penance started this week with Ash Wednesday and Catholic priests are happily bracing for long lines ...

Viral Cheating Confession Doesn’t Stop Olympian From Medaling in 5 Events

"With a silver medal today, Sturla Holm Laegreid has officially medaled in all five men's biathlon events of the Olympics, ...
National Catholic Register

Here’s the Secret to Long Confession Lines

PITTSBURGH — What’s the secret to bringing Catholics back to confession? According to priests with parishes that have strong cultures of confession, how the priest approaches the sacrament of ...
National Catholic Register

9 Chief Benefits of Confession

Why go to Confession? Here are some excellent reasons — know them, love them, defend them and share them. Book cover of ‘Overcoming the Evil Within: The Reality of Sin and the Transforming Power of ...
People

Court Rules the Confession of 'Making a Murderer' 's Brendan Dassey Was Coerced — But Will He Go Free?

In a decision Thursday, a three-judge federal appeals panel upheld a lower court ruling that the confession of Brendan Dassey had been illegally obtained Chris Harris has been a senior true crime ...
America Magazine

Whatever happened to Confession? And is it time to go back?

A priest hearing confession at a Rome church on March 26, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters) Almost 50 years ago, Dr. Karl Menninger raised a concern for both ...