VATICAN CITY — If you happen to be near St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday of Holy Week, the chances are you’ll have an unusual opportunity to go to confession. That’s because Pope Benedict XVI has ...

Pope Francis greets Sara Vatteroni, who works for the Italian bishops' conference in assisting migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea, during a penitential liturgy Oct. 1, 2024, in St. Peter's ...

With the start of Lent next week, the Philadelphia Archdiocese has planned a special service to pray for victims of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of its priests. But the penitential service ...

On Friday evening Pope Francis traveled out of the Vatican to hear confessions and preside over a penitential service at St. Pius V Parish in Rome. Choosing the theme “Walking in the New Life,” the ...

Francis, who did not deliver the homily, was confessed for about five minutes and then confessed, for about 50 minutes, some of the faithful. This morning he said that the confessor must pray, discern ...

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for the Service of Charity and papal almoner, stands with a basket at the entrance of the Paul VI Hall in Vatican City, where Synod on ...

In a penitential service led by Pope Francis at Saint Peter’s Basilica, a sex abuse survivor recounts his encounter with a predator when he was 11 years old MANILA, Philippines – “I stand before you ...

At his annual Lenten penitential service on Friday, Pope Francis said that it is not God who abandons us when we sin, but we who separate ourselves from him by choosing to sin, and that no matter what ...

Manila’s Catholic clergy will lead a fasting and “penitential walk” to implore God’s mercy amid the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic in the country. The “day of prayer and fasting” will be held on June 1, ...