You could hardly find a better description of what is going on in the sacrament of Reconciliation than this passage from 1 Corinthians 5:17-21: Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation ...

The candles flicker on the living room altar as my husband asks the children to quiet down from their chatter. The girls sit on the couch, while our 7-year-old son climbs on my lap for our bedtime ...

Hayden Ramsay is Professor of Catholic Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University. Setting aside for now the medieval worldview that Simon Longstaff thinks is at play in discussing the ...

While the global synodal process initiated by Pope Francis arguably has been the most extensive exercise in ecclesial consultation attempted by the church in 2,000 years, reports from around the world ...

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 ...

I spoke the words clearly, firmly, just as I had been taught by Sister St. Margaret. This wasn’t my first confession, but it was close to it. And on this particular Saturday afternoon, my mother had ...

The NCR editorial staff did not mince words in its open letter to U.S. Catholic bishops. Its insistence that "it is over" is compelling. Let me just highlight a few points that the editorial makes.

As Pope Francis was personally hearing confessions in the Vatican at the beginning of Lent, dioceses at his invitation were launching an ambitious initiative called “24 Hours for the Lord” to invite ...

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.

We are living at a time when we need to take stock of our religious duties. We go to church not because we have to but because we want to and need to. This awareness was more accentuated by the recent ...