For the Church’s first seven centuries, penance could be received no more than once in a lifetime. That policy dated back to the time of St. Peter. The New Testament tells us... - Published on August ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Catholic moral theology today, especially virtue ethics, often bears little connection to the sacraments; Catholic ethicists largely do not ...

Many Roman Catholics remember, with varying degrees of fondness or otherwise, their experience with the Sacrament of Penance - \"confession,\" as it was known - from decades past. Once upon a time, ...

Contrition is not a word heard often these days outside of Roman Catholicism. (Some conservative Catholics think it isn't heard often inside either.) Its Latin root is contritio, which means "a ...

You could hardly find a better description of what is going on in the sacrament of Reconciliation than this passage from 1 Corinthians 5:17-21: Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation ...

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At the end of his general audience, Pope Benedict XVI reminded those present that today is the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's Apostolic Exhortation on the Sacrament of Confession, ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York told the synod of bishops gathered at the Vatican that "the primary sacrament of the New Evangelization is the sacrament of penance." "Yes the sacraments of ...

The experience of the sacrament of penance in the Roman rite will be slightly different this Lent, thanks to approved changes in the English translation set to take effect in a few weeks. Starting Ash ...

Confession goes digital through an iPhone app, as the Catholic Church hopes to encourage those who had lost their faith to step forward to get closer to God. This app is first of its kind to be ...

The Australian states of Victoria and Tasmania have become the latest in the country to pass legislation criminalizing priests who fail to report the abuse of children disclosed during confession. The ...