Results from Tag: 'sacrament of penance'
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.’
Pope to Missionaries of Mercy: ‘Cover the Sinner With the Blanket of Mercy’
The Holy Father offered his reflections on their special role during the jubilee on Feb. 9. They will be given their official mandate during his Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Feb. 10.
Pope to Priests: ‘Don’t Get Tired of Forgiving!’
Priests who are good confessors must recognize their own sins in order to forgive and comfort penitents, the Holy Father said in his homily Feb. 9 at Mass with Capuchin Franciscan friars from around the world.
Pope: ‘You Do Not Buy Salvation! The Door Is Jesus, and He Is Free’
‘Loving and forgiving are concrete and visible signs that the faith has transformed our hearts,’ allowing us ‘to love and forgive as God loves and forgives,’ the Holy Father said Dec. 16.
