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From public confession to private penance: How Catholic confession has evolved over centuries

(The Conversation) — The Catholic Church treats information shared during confession as absolutely confidential – but that requirement can create legal dilemmas. (The Conversation) — The 1953 Alfred ...
Crux

As Lent continues, a first-of-its-kind national study finds that most Catholics would consider going to Confession

Do you ever go to confession in a Catholic Church? Most Catholics in the United States who go to Mass at least occasionally ...
National Catholic Register

Study Finds Nearly 70% of Catholics Who Have Not Gone to Confession in the Past Year Want to Go

The Catholic Pulse Report finds that God’s mercy remains the top draw for both regulars and those who have not received the ...
Yahoo

Catholics return to confession focused on grace, not a get-out-of-hell-free card

The Lenten period for penance started this week with Ash Wednesday, and some Catholic priests are happily bracing for long lines outside the confessional. The faithful across the United States are ...
Yahoo

From public confession to private penance: How Catholic confession has evolved over centuries

The 1953 Alfred Hitchcock film “I Confess,” based on an earlier play, features a priest suspected of murder. He’s innocent, and has even heard the murderer’s confession – but cannot clear his own name ...
The Conversation

From public confession to private penance: How Catholic confession has evolved over centuries

Timothy Gabrielli does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...