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This Lent, it’s important to make sure our ‘I’m sorrys’ contain...

By Dr. Greg Popcak, For OSV News Lent is a time of reparation — a season of sorrow for sins committed and expressions of a...

Question Corner: What authority does the Church have that requires confession...

Q: A Protestant minister (formerly a Catholic) said that the church's authority to grant absolution in confession expired upon Christ's death. What authority does...

In Reconciliation, we find that God loves us unconditionally and is...

A young relative is making his first Holy Communion this year. But "First Reconciliation" came before that. There were too many kids in his class...

Reconciliation: What do we mean by — and what’s the point...

“Because of my many sins…” If you know the phrase you probably heard it tagged on to the end of a sentence, muttered gently but...

Delaware General Assembly wants to eliminate seal of confession, requiring priests...

The Delaware General Assembly is taking aim at a basic tenet of the Catholic church and wants to break the seal of confession between...

‘Reconciliation Monday’ April 11 helps all in Diocese of Wilmington prepare...

Catholics from throughout the Diocese of Wilmington are invited to receive the sacrament of reconciliation at any of the 56 parish churches in Delaware...

The Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, an oasis of peace and...

When I made my first confession, I clutched an index card with sweaty palms. On one side, I'd copied the act of contrition, dutifully...

Father’s Day: Thanks to the lessons of my father, I know...

The church teaches that parents are the primary educators of the faith. I have to be honest: That made me uncomfortable. Yes, my parents took...

Confession returns to Diocese of Wilmington parishes, with coronavirus-related modifications

When the Diocese of Wilmington stopped holding in-person Masses at its parishes in March, communion was not the only sacrament that the faithful lost...

Archbishop Blair of Hartford advises cell phones not be used to...

WASHINGTON -- Administering the sacrament of reconciliation via cellphone is impermissible under church teaching, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Divine...

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