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...
Confession
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...
Confession Once a Year?
By Father Kenneth Doyle – Question: In one of your recent columns, you stated: “Strictly speaking, one is obliged to...
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...
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...
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...
Beginning again: An examination of conscience
By Fr John Allen Green OFM Beginning again… Finding Forgiveness during Darkness – An examination of conscience John 1:1-18 An...
What to Say in Confession
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: I have not been to confession in at least 10 years. I want to go,...
Drive-through Confessions Don’t Stop for Snow
Warmed by a fire, Father Philip Bochanski offers confession just inside the garage at the rectory of St Catherine of...
