Tag: reconciliation

By Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski, OSV News The season of Lent prepares us to renew our baptismal promises, which we will do on Easter Sunday....

Looking around at the evil and suffering we encounter on our screens, in our communities, in our families and even staring back at us...

By Dr. Greg Popcak, For OSV News Lent is a time of reparation — a season of sorrow for sins committed and expressions of a...

Q: A Protestant minister (formerly a Catholic) said that the church's authority to grant absolution in confession expired upon Christ's death. What authority does...

A young relative is making his first Holy Communion this year. But "First Reconciliation" came before that. There were too many kids in his class...

“Because of my many sins…” If you know the phrase you probably heard it tagged on to the end of a sentence, muttered gently but...

The Delaware General Assembly is taking aim at a basic tenet of the Catholic church and wants to break the seal of confession between...

Catholics from throughout the Diocese of Wilmington are invited to receive the sacrament of reconciliation at any of the 56 parish churches in Delaware...

When I made my first confession, I clutched an index card with sweaty palms. On one side, I'd copied the act of contrition, dutifully...

The church teaches that parents are the primary educators of the faith. I have to be honest: That made me uncomfortable. Yes, my parents took...