In “The Guilty Vicarage,” an essay on detective fiction, W.H. Auden argues that the most successful detective novels take ...

NCR interviews James O'Toole, whose new book, For I Have Sinned, details the growth and eventual decline of confession in the ...

NCR readers respond to articles about the state of the sacrament of reconciliation, the appointment of Archbishop Hicks and ...

Despite the Catholic Church’s requirement that Catholics go to confession at least once a year — with more frequent confession highly encouraged, and required if a Catholic is conscious of mortal sin ...

Pope Francis said Friday that going to confession is an act of “abandoning oneself to Love,” allowing the God of love to heal and transform one’s heart. “Experiencing confession in this way means ...

The young man from Córdoba, a city in southern Spain, received the news of this unforgettable event a month ago. Francisco Velarde, a 21-year-old Spaniard, was one of the young people who had the ...

Under the legislation, priests and pastors would be forced to report child abuse if they have a reasonable suspicion “to ...