“If I can speak to God directly, why should I tell my sins to a human man? I haven’t killed anyone; I don’t need confession. I always confess the same sins.” A priest and canon lawyer of the Vatican ...

While Steven Avery's lawyer Kathleen Zellner announced her skepticism towards a new confession that would exonerate her client, she still believes tips could lead to a breakthrough in the case. On ...

PITTSBURGH — What’s the secret to bringing Catholics back to confession? According to priests with parishes that have strong cultures of confession, how the priest approaches the sacrament of ...

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 ...