Guide for a Good Confession

From the Handbook of Prayers
Edited by Fr. Jim Socias

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A man seeking asylum from Colombia is detained by federal agents as he attends his court hearing in immigration court at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building on Oct. 27, 2025, in New York City.

DHS official justifies immigration enforcement with St. Augustine’s ‘City of God’

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd at the Vatican general audience on Oct. 25, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV says missionaries ‘become a presence everywhere of the whole Church’

The United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place in Belém, Brazil, Nov. 6-21, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV encourages stronger climate actions

The plenary assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops gets underway on Nov. 11, 2025, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront. First row, left to right: Father Michael J.K. Fuller, general secretary; Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president, and Archbishop William E. Lori, vice president.

Pope Leo XIV urges humane treatment of immigrants, calls for heeding U.S. bishops’ message

Over 200 Christians were murdered by Islamist militants in Nigeria on June, 13, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV on Nigeria: ‘Christians and Muslims have been slaughtered’

A Eucharistic procession sponsored by the Napa Institute passes by Radio City Music Hall in New York City on Oct. 15, 2024.

New York sees rising Catholic conversions amid broader national trends

Auxiliary Bishop Jose María García-Maldonado and spiritual leaders attempt to bring Communion to detainees at the Broadview, Illinois, facility and were not admitted Nov. 1, 2025.

Federal officials encourage clergy to ‘reach out’ on pastoral care for detainees

Leaders of the Christian community lay wreaths at the grave of Father Charles Joseph Young at the Holy Rosary Church cemetery in Dhaka on Nov. 14, 2025.

How an American missionary empowered Bangladesh’s Christian community

Blessed Carmelo De Palma.

‘Hero of the confessional’ Father Carmelo De Palma beatified in Italy

The statue of Pope Leo in Chiclayo, Peru, is surrounded by some of the people who attended its inauguration and blessing.

Statue of Pope Leo XIV unveiled and blessed in Chiclayo, Peru

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