The Lenten period for penance started this week with Ash Wednesday and Catholic priests are happily bracing for long lines ...

Prosecutors in South Carolina say they plan to play Dylann Roof’s recorded confession during his federal death penalty trial in the Charleston church shootings. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Richardson ...

One thing lacking in many expressions of modern Christianity is a genuine practice of heartfelt, honest, and personal confession. In church traditions that practice the season of Lent, the weeks ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Can I get a side order of Grace with that? Most Americans have used drive-thrus for fast food, coffee and prescriptions, but one Alabama church is offering drive-thru confessions ...

The Presbyterian Church U.S.A. will form a committee to draft a new confession of faith that addresses not only ancient Christian beliefs but also contemporary concerns, such as racism and "sexual ...

To protect the sacrament of reconciliation as a "channel of grace" for victims of sexual abuse, the Catholic Church must do a better job instructing priests on what to do if a victim recounts his or ...