Sin, Confession and Penance
As a sinner, I find myself confessing the same sins repeatedly. I have discovered that the priest gives a variety of penances for the same sin. This makes me wonder. Sin is an act...
Catechesis / Christian Living / Church / Confession / Shackleton / Sin in our Lives
by Michael Shackleton · Published November 19, 2019 · Last modified November 18, 2019
As a sinner, I find myself confessing the same sins repeatedly. I have discovered that the priest gives a variety of penances for the same sin. This makes me wonder. Sin is an act...
Church / Feast Days / Shackleton / Sin in our Lives
by Michael Shackleton · Published September 24, 2019
The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells me that the Precepts of the Church have an obligatory character (2041). I can understand that I am obligated to attend Sunday Mass because God commands me...
Church / Mary / Our Lady / Prof Michael Ogunu / Sin in our Lives
by Admin · Published August 20, 2019 · Last modified September 7, 2019
The Church has dedicated the month of August 2019 to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Prof Michael Ogunu suggests various ways in which to make the devotion meaningful. A major theme in the message of...
Christian Living / Church / Jesus / Sin in our Lives
by CNS · Published April 6, 2019 · Last modified April 4, 2019
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Jesus does not view sinners as transgressors who must be punished according to the law, but as people in need of hope and freedom from sin, Pope Francis said. “It...
Church / Life Issues / Sin in our Lives / Social Media / Society
by asiel · Published February 11, 2019 · Last modified February 10, 2019
The internet facilitates sexual exploitation, a category of child abuse, according to experts in this field interviewed by Catholic News Service. The internet also, they say, enables near universal access to violent pornography, with...
Pope Francis / Sin in our Lives
by Kilian SC · Published November 16, 2018 · Last modified November 15, 2018
Lying or being inauthentic is seriously wrong because it hinders or harms human relationships, Pope Francis said. “Where there are lies, there is no love, one cannot have love,” he said during his weekly...
Church / Church Teaching / Sin in our Lives
by Letters Editor · Published September 19, 2018 · Last modified September 18, 2018
Peter Hendricks, Cape Town – Do you ever hear a priest give a sermon on moral living? God said: “If you love me, keep my Commandments”, but if a priest should ask his congregation...
Jesus / Pope Francis / Sin in our Lives
by Jael SC · Published August 4, 2018 · Last modified August 2, 2018
Idolatry is a human inclination that spares neither believers nor atheists and deprives people of life and love in exchange for slavery to unfulfilled dreams, Pope Francis said. Although wealth, fame, beauty and power...
Abortion / Devil / Evil & Persecution / Life Issues / Magliano / Sin in our Lives
by Tony Magliano · Published July 3, 2018 · Last modified July 2, 2018
In the early months of his papacy, Pope Francis felt the urgent need to courageously preach on the actual existence of the devil, and the grave dangers of not taking his existence seriously (1 Peter 5:8-9).
Letter of the Week / Repentance / Sin in our Lives
by Letters Editor · Published June 26, 2018 · Last modified June 25, 2018
Maria Kruger, Plettenberg Bay – It’s always stimulating to read the letters in your publication. There are so many diverse views, but it’s a pity that writers sometimes get a little mean. Here is...
Holy Spirit / Pope Francis / Sin in our Lives
by Kilian SC · Published June 10, 2018 · Last modified June 7, 2018
Peace is a gift that can easily be destroyed through petty gossip and speaking ill of others, Pope Francis said. People who receive and give the sign of peace “should be men and women of peace” and not ruin “the peace made by the Holy Spirit with your tongue,”
Christian Living / Ethics & Human Dignity / Sin in our Lives
by Kilian SC · Published May 30, 2018 · Last modified May 29, 2018
Loving wealth destroys the soul, and cheating people of their just wages and benefits is a mortal sin, Pope Francis said. Jesus did not mince words when he said, “Woe to you who are rich,” after listing the Beatitudes as written according to St. Luke, the pope said in a morning homily.
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