Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, prefect of the Apostolic Penitentiary, discusses his new book about the sacrament of confession, which draws on the Holy Father’s remarks on the subject. Cardinal Peter Erdo, ...

MARBLEHEAD - Catholic churches within the 19-county Diocese of Toledo will open their doors for a special evening of confession during “The Light is On” on Wednesday. The event, which is held on ...

This feature is only available to members. Join now for full online access. The following prayer offers a satirical look at our shallow view of sin. This superficial prayer is based on a modern ...

In the late '60s, when the Rev. Jan Larson was a new Roman Catholic priest, he would sit in a dark confessional for hours and listen to people rattle off a "grocery list" of sins. They had impure ...