Tag: reconciliation
Pope Leo tells young people that God remains close in suffering...
BARCELONA, Spain -- Pope Leo XIV listened to deeply personal testimonies from young people grappling with depression, family trauma and questions of faith on...
Pope Leo reminds prisoners that God never stops offering hope and...
Amid the loneliness and despair of life behind bars, God continues to love and encourage the imprisoned to not let the sorrows of their...
‘We have to make sure the pope’s words do not get...
YAOUNDE, Cameroon -- As the dust begins to settle following the April 15-18 visit of Pope Leo XIV to Cameroon, Church leaders in the...
Vinea Research Group poll finds many Catholics open to returning to...
A new poll certainly tells the Catholic Church what it wants to hear: That 67% of Catholics who haven't been to confession in the...
Reconciliation can only come through repentance — Kenneth Craycraft
You are likely reading this column either just ahead of Ash Wednesday or a few days into Lent. In my adult lifetime, I don't...
Pope Leo XIV prays for Christians in war zones, especially the...
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Leo XIV has asked Catholics to join him in praying for Christians living in areas of war or conflict,...
The church invites us to seek God’s forgiveness — Archbishop Thomas...
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....
Five things you may not know about the sacrament of reconciliation
Looking around at the evil and suffering we encounter on our screens, in our communities, in our families and even staring back at us...
This Lent, it’s important to make sure our ‘I’m sorrys’ contain...
By Dr. Greg Popcak, For OSV News
Lent is a time of reparation — a season of sorrow for sins committed and expressions of a...
Question Corner: What authority does the Church have that requires confession...
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...