‘I Am Heartily Sorry’: 2 Holy Habits to Prepare Children for First (and Regular) Reconciliation
SACRAMENTAL LIVING: RECONCILIATION
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Getting the Order of Treatment Right in the ‘Field Hospital’ of the Catholic Church
COMMENTARY: As the hymn ‘There Is a Balm in Gilead’ reminds us, we are in need of not only acceptance, but healing.
Catholics, Are You Going to Confession? Watch for These Changes
The new language for the priest’s absolution is allowed as of Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. Priests must use the new language starting on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 16, the first Sunday after Easter 2023.
Does the Catholic Church Need a New ‘Framework’ for Sexual Sin? This Moral Theologian Says No
In recent weeks, Cardinal Robert McElroy has argued that the Church’s pastoral practice needs to be reformed to be less ‘exclusionary’; Father Thomas Berg, a moral theologian at St. Joseph Seminary, says the Church is already well-equipped to provide pastoral accompaniment to those struggling with sexual sin.
Encouraging Men Along the ‘Road to Purity’
Recovering addict Dann Aungst helps people overcome sex addiction and live chastely.
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.
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.
