Former US President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at 100, was famous for his 1976 confession in a <a target=_blank href= ...

This autumn, a Swiss Catholic church installed an AI Jesus in a confessional to interact with visitors. The installation was a two-month project in religion, technology and art titled “Deus in Machina ...

A plenary indulgence is remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven.

Most confessions of sins remained private — one on one with a priest or bishop. Sinners would express their sorrow in doing penance individually by prayer and fasting. However, some Christians ...

Most confessions of sins remained private – one on one with a priest or bishop. Sinners would express their sorrow in doing penance individually by prayer and fasting. However, some Christians ...

Most confessions of sins remained private—one on one with a priest or bishop. Sinners would express their sorrow in doing penance individually by prayer and fasting. However, some Christians ...

We need to pray a prayer for strength that we might do His will and die to our own. We need to pray for a steadfast faith to keep on believing Him and His word. We need to pray for wisdom and guidance ...

From the third century on, the process of forgiving sins became more ritualized. Most confessions of sins remained private – one on one with a priest or bishop. Sinners would express their sorrow in ...