ROME — People who cannot get to confession because of the coronavirus lockdown or another serious reason can go to God directly, be specific about their sins, request pardon and experience God’s ...

Unpacking Pope Francis’s remarks about ‘taking your sorrows directly to God.’ The rapid advance of COVID-19 has produced angst among the faithful, as with the rest of society. It has also generated a ...

"It is not confession to man but to God, who is the true Priest of souls, that is the great need of sinful man. Private confession and the whole system of medieval confession was not ordered by Christ ...

During his general audience May 19, the eve of the feast of the Ascension and the day following his 84th birthday, Pope John Paul II met with thousands of pilgrims who crowded together in St. Peter's ...