You can begin your confession by making the Sign of the Cross and greeting the priest: "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned." The priest gives you a blessing. One response you might give is these ...

"Confession in the Catholic Church is a spiritual encounter with God through the priest," he said in a statement to the Catholic Leader. "It is a fundamental part of the freedom of religion ...

A confessional is a booth where Catholic priests hear parishioners’ confessions of their sins and grant them absolution, forgiveness, in the name of God. Confession and repentance always take ...

A confessional is a booth where Catholic priests hear parishioners’ confessions of their sins and grant them absolution, forgiveness, in the name of God. Confession and repentance always take ...

The priest urges the penitent to have confidence ... whatever good you do and suffering you endure heal your sins, help you to grow in holiness, and reward you with eternal life.

Messages from survivors were published by the inquiry last year The Catholic ... inquiry's recommendation that priests should be forced to report sexual abuse disclosed during confession.