Pope Francis accepts a report from the Rev. Edgardo A. Colón-Emeric, dean of Duke University Divinity School in Durham, N.C., and the new Methodist co-chair of the Joint International Commission for ...

A: The short answer is no; you didn’t do anything wrong by receiving holy Communion before completing your penance.

The term "Jesus phone" has just taken on a whole new meaning. A Catholic bishop in Indiana has, for the first time, given his official imprimatur--or blessing, if you will--to an iPhone/iPad app.

A Catholic priest listens to a confession as faithful and tourists visit the St. John Lateran Basilica, in Rome, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Confession, the Catholic and ...

In her 15 years leading reconciliation workshops across Canada, Lisa Raven has witnessed powerful scenes involving nuns. There was that time when an Indigenous man asked a sister dressed in full ...

Having a bad experience in the confessional probably is not unusual, but it is probably not the norm, either. In other words, out of all the good experiences one may have had confessing one’s sins, ...

Exploring their sacraments, rituals and outreach that promote reconciliation with God and among people, Catholic and Methodist experts acknowledged in a new document that divided Christians "fall ...