EVERY year, for more than three decades, the Vatican tribunal dealing with matters of conscience has offered a course to ...
A VIETNAMESE Dominican Father Giuse Trần Ngọc Thanh was killed in a knife attack while hearing confessions shortly before Vespers ...
FATHER Min Seo Park, one of fewer than two dozen deaf priests worldwide, thinks deafness is hardly a disability and ...
Sacrament questioned: "In the Sacrament of Penance, the relationship between priest and penitent is unlike any other relationship, because the ...
Crucifixion: Christ on the Cross between the Two Thieves, by Peter Paul Rubens. "Today you will be with me in ...
Alex Pezzimenti: “I feel saved. I cease feeling disgusted before Holy God, and like a failure, and like I can’t ...
Expert response: “People who are abusing children don’t generally go and tell the priest that they’re doing it." A LEADING ...
Oratory Father Andrew Wise: “It’s not, of course, a counselling session, it’s a sacrament, but there is always that opportunity ...
Sacrament questioned: "In the Sacrament of Penance, the relationship between priest and penitent is unlike any other relationship, because the ...
Merciful outreach: Jesuit Father Richard Shortall has spent nine months in full-time work as a Missionary of Mercy for the ...
Global event: People pray before the Blessed Sacrament after the opening Mass for “24 Hours for the Lord” at the ...
“Pope of mercy”: Pope Francis hears confession from a man during a penitential liturgy in St Peter's Basilica last year. ...
IF you haven't been to confession recently, don't wait, Pope Francis told people at his weekly general audience. One may ...
ST Matthew’s life encapsulates the Christian story. Not much is known of his early life, though St Matthew was likely...
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