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 ...
America Magazine

When we go to confession, two worlds meet

Two people meet at a well, looking for water. One is tasked to return regularly; the other arrives in a moment of need. They ...
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 ...
National Catholic Register

7 Ways to Promote Confession

This week’s Register tells the story of the many bishops who are finding innovative ways to promote confession. Here are seven ways laypeople can follow their example and promote confession ourselves ...
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 ...
AlterNet on MSN

The uncomfortable truth about Kristi Noem's 'startling confession'

President Donald Trump’s former Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem, made a “startling confession,” according to a conservative writer, and the mainstream media is not focusing on it. The ...
USA Today

Brendan Dassey's false confession shows we need to be more careful when interrogating juveniles

The popular Netflix documentary Making a Murderer told a compelling story with several unexpected twists. One that particularly shocked and discomfited many Americans was seeing law enforcement ...