Religion News Service

From public confession to private penance: How Catholic confession has evolved over centuries

(The Conversation) — The Catholic Church treats information shared during confession as absolutely confidential – but that requirement can create legal dilemmas. (The Conversation) — The 1953 Alfred ...
National Catholic Register

5 Incredible Catholic Sites in Missouri, 7 Reasons to Go to Confession, The Self-Discipline That Will Change Your Life, and More Great Links!

Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal ...
Yahoo

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 some Catholic priests are happily bracing for long lines outside the confessional. The faithful across the United States are ...
Connecticut Post

From public confession to private penance: How Catholic confession has evolved over centuries

(THE CONVERSATION) 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 ...