Discover the decline in Catholic confession rates over the past century and its impact on the Church. Learn about the reasons ...

That is how this “Prayer of Confession” we said recently at First Presbyterian Church of Shreveport struck me. It started: “Let us pray especially for the less worthy members of the church.” How ...

The 1953 Alfred Hitchcock film “I Confess,” based on an earlier play, features a priest suspected of murder. He’s innocent, and has even heard the murderer’s confession – but cannot clear his own name ...

“Receive the Holy Spirit,” said the risen Lord to his apostles. “If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven. If you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” The sacrament of Penance, ...

I am sure there have been hundreds of thousands of books and articles written about prayer: how to pray, models of prayer, answered and unanswered prayers and prayer for specific times and situations ...