A reader asks: “I read that a penitent can go to the Sacrament of Reconciliation with a confession in hand. Why is this not mentioned as an option? I have great difficulty with the usual format. I have not received the Eucharist
"The more we sense God's tenderness, the more we desire to be in full communion with him and the more evident the ugliness of evil in our lives becomes," the pope said in a speech written for priests and seminarians attending a
A reader asks: “Why does the Church teach that if a Catholic goes to confession and makes a good confession, the sins are wiped away, but we’re still going to be judged for all our sins that we committed on Judgement Day?
A now-retired Missouri priest has been barred from hearing confessions, months after diocesan tribunal judges found he had abused his ecclesiastical office through financial misconduct.
The Diocese of Jefferson City, Missouri, announced Jan. 1 that Father Ignazio Medina had been declared guilty of
As you walk the halls of Bishop Machebeuf High School in Denver, you won't find any lines for confession. Instead, students simply pick up a buzzer, like the ones you see at your neighborhood restaurant, and wait for it to light up.
A reader asks: “Can a Protestant confess his sins to a Catholic priest and have them forgiven?” Monsignor Charles Pope explains, “Not usually. There are, however, a couple of exceptions. The first exception is in danger of death. Canon law says, ‘If
A reader writes: “Given the dramatic rise in Alzheimer’s and the necessity of remembering our sins in order to properly confess them, what is your take on those people who haven’t been to confession in decades and now can’t remember that far
A reader asks: “I have gone to confession a number of times to a priest whom I recently noticed uses the following words as part of the absolution: ‘... and I absolve all your sins in the name of the Father …’,
When a man went to confession and got the priest he didn't want, he was shocked to realize that God was communicating to him through this priest, and it changed everything.
A reader writes: “My daughter is 12 years old and has not received the Eucharistic but was baptized as an infant. Recently, I found out that she watched a porn video on the internet. I feel so sad. I want to find