Tag: reconciliation
Confession returns to Diocese of Wilmington parishes, with coronavirus-related modifications
When the Diocese of Wilmington stopped holding in-person Masses at its parishes in March, communion was not the only sacrament that the faithful lost...
Archbishop Blair of Hartford advises cell phones not be used to...
WASHINGTON -- Administering the sacrament of reconciliation via cellphone is impermissible under church teaching, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Divine...
Seal of confession vs. effort to identify sex abusers clash in...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- When Catholic clergy, penitents, theologians and canon lawyers look at the wording in a California state bill that would compel a...
Viewpoint: ‘Be reconciled with your brother’
One summer, a young deacon preparing for the priesthood helped us at Mass. I remember standing outside of church after his first homily and...