The Prayer of Absolution Will Change for US Catholics in 2023. Here’s How
The Sacrament of Penance, also called reconciliation or confession, is the means through which God grants pardon for sins.
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Pope Francis Says the Priest Should Guide the Penitent to Holiness in Confession
The Holy Father addressed about 800 priests and seminarians March 25 at the end of an annual course on the seal of confession and the internal forum.
‘An Invitation Into the Desert With the Lord’: Sister Miriam Heidland Offers a Fresh Perspective on Lent
Sister Miriam Heidland discusses her new book, which presents the penitential disciplines as powerful tools for healing relationships with God, with others, and with ourselves.
The Return of the Sunday Mass Obligation Will Be a Chance to Do Things Better — Let’s Not Waste It
The gradual return to “normalcy” will be an opportunity to correct problems and abuses that have crept into the Church over the last 50 years.
Sacraments’ Validity Amid Coronavirus
COMMENTARY: The sacraments become more, not less, important in a time of distress.
Vatican Reaffirms Its Defense of the Seal of Confession
Through a document approved by Pope Francis, the Vatican strongly expressed its opposition to legislation in California, Australia and elsewhere that would compel priests to break the seal.
The Seal of the Confessional Is Under Attack in California
In response to pending bill requiring Catholic priests to report child sex abuse learned about through the sacrament, priests insist on upholding sacred trust.
Benedict XVI Talks Faith and Mercy in New Interview: True Solution to Evil Is the Love of Christ
The pope emeritus says the modern person ‘is waiting for mercy.’
