This is not because priests desire to facilitate or overlook abuse, but because of the nature of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. In this sacrament, the priest is acting “in persona Christi ...

The priest must and does refuse absolution to a penitent when he thinks the penitent is not rightly disposed for the Sacrament. He sometimes postpones the absolution till the next confession ...

Protestants eventually abandoned the custom, but confession remains one of Catholicism’s seven sacraments, alongside baptism, confirmation, the Eucharist, matrimony, holy orders and the ...

God the Father, knowing his children will still be prone to reject him, also sent the Son to give us the Holy Spirit through the sacrament of reconciliation. To give a proper perspective on the ...

Kanye West has shockingly claimed that he had an incestuous relationship with a male cousin. Adding to his collection of bizarre tweets, the 47-year-old wrote on X Monday that he engaged in sexual ...

On Tuesday, Mdlalose's legal team announced that it was challenging the validity of the confession, claiming the alleged arsonist was under duress when he admitted to the crime. Emergency workers ...

"I said, 'My goodness, Mom, I was on a medical show for 15 years. You never told me that,'" Wyle recalled of a recent conversation with his nurse mother Liza Esquibias is an Editorial Intern at ...

The Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit plans a Mass for Pope Francis at 7 p.m. April 21. It will be celebrated by Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger. Pope Francis, 88, died on the ...

But that finally changed following an unusual "deathbed confession" to the killing, according to police. "It's definitely not something you see very often. It's the first time I've seen it," said ...