It features 15 Irish priests, who regularly hear the confessions of others, talking about what the sacrament of confession was supposed to be — and what it has ­ultimately become. In The Irish ...

The priest must and does refuse absolution to a penitent when he thinks the penitent is not rightly disposed for the Sacrament. He sometimes postpones the absolution till the next confession ...

In faith we receive this saving grace through the Sacraments - outward ... if the Eucharist were merely a symbol of Christ or merely a meal of ordinary bread and wine. People do not profane ...

“Missionaries of Mercy” were commissioned in 2016 to preach the Gospel of mercy and make that invitation concrete through the sacrament of confession. The centerpiece of his final years was ...

Eastern Orthodox Church, includes Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches. Unlike Catholics, Eastern Orthodox allows priests to ...

The Apostolic Penitentiary is a Vatican court dealing with matters related to the sacrament of confession and to indulgences, so keeping him in office ensures the possibility of absolution for ...

His favorite poet was reputed to have been Hölderlin, the inscrutable mystic for whom the pagan gods were real personages rather than symbols ... couples to go to confession.

Pope Bergoglio venerated the apostle and evangelist so much that he often recalled having understood his vocation on September 21, 1953, after approaching the sacrament of confession. If not ...

The Pope sparked pandemonium again three years later by issuing a document advocating a relaxation of the Church's ban on the sacrament of ... after going to confession he was inspired by the ...