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“When was the last time you made a confession?” Pope Francis asked during a general audience last year. “And if much time has passed, do not lose another day. Be courageous, and go to confession!” ...

Silenced Irish priest Father Tony Flannery has once again broken ranks with church authorities in Ireland by calling for an overhaul of the ancient seal of Confession. On the eve of a speaking tour in ...

We have to (yes, we're going to say it) confess to being late on this story. But given the confusion that's been caused by some headlines and web postings, it seems we should pass along word that ...

In the late '60s, when the Rev. Jan Larson was a new Roman Catholic priest, he would sit in a dark confessional for hours and listen to people rattle off a "grocery list" of sins. They had impure ...

The Catholic Church in Hong Kong said Friday that confessions by devotees to priests would remain confidential under the city’s new national security law ...

Estimates for receiving Communion and going to confession among converts are based on interviews with 148 converts to ...