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...
Category: Confession
Pope: Confession is more about God’s forgiveness than our sins
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:...
Confession: Why it is the Sacrament of Joy
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...
Confession Can be a Place Where Church Fights Abuse
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...
Catholics Who Don’t Receive Communion Shouldn’t be Shamed
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...
Repentance on death row?
Dale Recinella, a Catholic prison chaplain, explains how a death sentence distracts an inmate from getting right with God.
When Are Our Sins Forgiven?
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....
A Brief History of Confession in the Church
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...
Confession Once a Year?
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...
Pope to Confessors: Be People Who Offer Consolation and Mercy
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...
Vatican: General Absolution Still Permissible During Pandemic
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...
Pray with the Pope: March 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...
