Can a Priest Confess a Confession?
Question: Can a priest in a confession that he makes refer to a confession he has heard, if that confession caused him to sin or have sinful...
Question: Can a priest in a confession that he makes refer to a confession he has heard, if that confession caused him to sin or have sinful...
By Cindy Wooden – The sacrament of reconciliation “is not so much about our sins” as it is about God’s forgiveness, Pope Francis said. “Think about it:...
Christian Living / Church / Confession / Sacraments
by Admin · Published January 19, 2022 · Last modified January 17, 2022
Many Catholics shy away from the sacrament of reconciliation, but approached right, it can heal the deepest wounds in our soul, writes Bishop Edward Adams. When Pope...
By Cindy Wooden – To protect the sacrament of reconciliation as a “channel of grace” for victims of sexual abuse, the Catholic Church must do a better...
Church / Church Teaching / Confession / Eucharist
by CNS · Published October 20, 2021 · Last modified October 19, 2021
By Chaz Muth – When Diane Davis was preparing for her First Communion in the 1970s, she asked her mother why she didn’t go up to the...
Dale Recinella, a Catholic prison chaplain, explains how a death sentence distracts an inmate from getting right with God.
Confession / Forgiveness / Perspectives / Question & Answer / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published September 28, 2021 · Last modified September 27, 2021
Question: I cannot answer Catholics and others when they tell me they are forgiven for sin when they ask Jesus directly, for example, in the Lord’s Prayer....
Christian Living / Church / Confession / Priests / Question & Answer
by CNS · Published July 20, 2021
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: When I was a Protestant, I never went to confession, and no such practice existed in any of the churches to which...
By Father Kenneth Doyle – Question: In one of your recent columns, you stated: “Strictly speaking, one is obliged to go to the sacrament of penance only...
By Carol Glatz – Every confessor should understand he is a sinner, forgiven by God, and he is there to offer his brothers and sisters — sinners, too...
By Carol Glatz – Offering general absolution to the faithful without having them personally confess their sins first may still be done in places seeing serious or...
Church / Confession / Pray with The Pope / Sacraments
by Chris Chatteris SJ · Published March 1, 2021 · Last modified March 2, 2021
General Intention: Let us pray that we may experience the sacrament of reconciliation with renewed depth, to taste the infinite mercy of God. Taste God’s infinite mercy...
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