Throughout the Christian way of life, and especially in Lent, believers are called to examine their consciences and repent of their sins. The deeper the repentance, the greater the conversion of heart ...
“Receive the Holy Spirit,” said the risen Lord to his apostles. “If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven. If you retain the sins of any, they are retained.” The sacrament of Penance, ...
Perhaps in catastrophe lies the invitation to return to contrition — and in contrition, to seek mercy and hope for the sort of life that can come from the ashes. (Rohan Thomson / Getty Images) In the ...
Pope Francis leads an audience for priests who hear confessions in the basilicas of Rome and priests and seminarians attending a course on confession offered by the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Vatican ...
https://doi.org/10.5325/chaucerrev.56.2.0153 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/chaucerrev.56.2.0153 Copy URL I would like to thank Michael Van Dussen, Manish ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
During a frustrating argument with a Roman Catholic cardinal, Napoleon Bonaparte supposedly burst out: “Your eminence, are you not aware that I have the power to destroy the Catholic Church?” The ...