Luke 7:36-50 Hold Fast!
Luke 7:36-50 Hold Fast!(Click here for readings)A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him. Now there was a sinful woman in the city who learned that he was at table in the house of the...
View ArticlePope’s butler pleads innocent in document theft
Vatican City, Oct 2, 2012 / 11:48 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Despite his confession to Vatican police, papal butler Paolo Gabriele has said he is innocent of stealing Pope Benedict XVI’s private...
View ArticleChange How You Think About Confession, Faithful Citizenship, Jesuit Mag...
By TITO EDWARDS | Five Tips That Will Change the Way You Think About Confession – Ryan Eggenberger, Ignitum Today Faithful Citizen: Vote with a Well Formed Conscience – BirgitJ, Catholic Sistas...
View ArticleFormer York Minster Canon Chancellor to be received into the Personal...
(Catholic Herald)Dr Edward Norman...... argues that Anglicanism has “no basis for its authority”?as its confession “varies from place to place and person to person”. He says:?“At the centre...
View ArticleShow biz legend’s disturbing abortion confession is totally normal…for Hollywood
by Kristen Walker October 9, 2012 (LiveActionNews.org) - Penny Marshall, director of Hollywood hits like Big and Jumping Jack Flash and star of TV’s “Laverne and Shirley,” released a tell-all memoir...
View ArticleCall to New Evangelization is universal, Cardinal Dolan says
Vatican City, Oct 15, 2012 / 11:30 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said at an Oct. 15 press briefing for the ongoing Synod for New Evangelization that all Catholics must witness to their...
View ArticleMk 10:46-52 From Blindness to Joyfulness
Mk 10:46-52 From Blindness to Joyfulness (Click here for readings) As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, sat by the roadside begging. On...
View ArticleMk 10:46-52 From Blindness to Witness
Mk 10:46-52 From Blindness to Witness(Click here for readings)As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, sat by the roadside begging. On hearing that...
View Article21 Reasons To Go To Confession
21 Reasons To Go To ConfessionGod commanded we confess our sins to one another in the Bible. (James 5:16)It is the ordinary way to have our sins forgiven.We receive grace to resist sin through the...
View ArticleLuke 17:1-6 Power In Forgiveness
Luke 17:1-6 Power In Forgiveness (Click here for readings) Jesus said to his disciples, “Things that cause sin will inevitably occur, but woe to the one through whom they occur…Be on your guard! If...
View ArticlePriest Asks People Go to Confession Instead of XMas Gifts, Huge Response!...
By TITO EDWARDS | Priest Asks People Go to Confession Instead of Christmas Gifts, Huge Response! via Fr. Z's Blog – Big Pulpit The Political Reasons for Traditional Education and Formation – Dr. Taylor...
View ArticleBishops nix economy statement; approve preaching, confession documents
Baltimore, Md., Nov 14, 2012 / 03:55 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Although they shelved a strongly debated statement on the economy, the U.S. bishops’ approved moving ahead with the reorganization of their...
View ArticleDo We Have to Raise Children Catholic, Dolan to USCCB: Bring Back Meatless...
By TITO EDWARDS | Do Catholic Parents Have to Raise their Children as Catholics? – Cathy Caridi JCL, Canon Law Made Easy Cardinal Dolan to USCCB: Bring Back Meatless Friday’s and Confession! by...
View ArticleUS Bishops Encourage Frequent Confession, Advance Cause of US Activist
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View ArticleTulsa diocese celebrates Year of Faith with rich variety
Tulsa, Okla., Nov 24, 2012 / 06:22 am (CNA).- The Diocese of Tulsa has big plans for the Year of Faith and is crowning its efforts with a “bucket list.” “The idea of the bucket list is to encompass a...
View ArticleWhat Confession Is Like For a Priest
A great article on the Sacrament of Confession, from the other side of the Confessional.MY SIDE OF THE CONFESSIONAL: WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR A PRIEST?I was once riding in a shuttle-bus with a number of...
View ArticleHow (and Why) to Return to Sunday Mass & How (and Why) to Return to Confession
By The Editors | The first installments of the Register's annual Advent guides to the Catholic faith. | Click here for our Mass and confession guides in pdf format.
View ArticleThe Separation of Church and State Is a One-Way Street
By Matthew Archbold | Australia is looking into requiring Catholic priests to break the seal of confession in cases of serious sex offenses. The Irish government was discussing this very thing...
View ArticleWhen an Officer Falls & The Power of Confession
By Tim Drake | Prior to last week, it had been 17 years since a Central Minnesota police officer was last killed in the line of duty. That officer, Brian Klinefelter, just 25, was killed after...
View ArticlePriest remembers Alfred Hitchcock’s faith
New York City, N.Y., Dec 8, 2012 / 06:06 am (CNA).- In a Dec. 6 article for the Wall Street Journal, Jesuit priest Father Mark Henninger recounted his time with famed director Alfred Hitchcock towards...
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Conferences #198: Priests Retreat 2012 Pt2, Fr. Ben Luetdke, The Whys of Priests
Conferences #198: Priests Retreat 2012 Pt2, Fr. Ben Luetdke, The Whys of Priests Ave Maria! Fr. Ben Luedtke gives the second talk for the Priest's Retreat at the Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center...
View ArticleDrive-Thru Confessions Huge Hit In Local Parish
The continuously funny Eye of the Tiber: Wichita, KS––Reports out of The Church of the Most Holy Trinity in Wichita, Kansas are confirming that last week’s launch of their new drive-thru confessional...
View ArticleTen Reasons For Not Going To Confession—And A Response
1. “I have nothing to confess.” Except for Jesus Christ and His Mother, no one—not even the saints—can truly make this claim. Scripture says that even the just person sins seven times a day (cf....
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Can a Non-Catholic Go To Confession?
Q - Why do you have to be Catholic to be absolved from sin in confession?A - Thanks for the question. There are only two Sacraments of the Catholic Church that, under normal circumstances, are validly...
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Various & Sundry, 8/29/13
The Misery of Being Merely Upper Middle Class Allison Lynn has written a book called The Exiles that just has to be satire. Sadly, it is not. As it happens, the book is entirely serious about the dire...
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Various & Sundry, 9/4/13
The Priest’s Side of the Confessional When Simcha Fisher wrote last week about reasons to go to Confession, someone protested that Priests would be feel burnt out from hearing too many Confessions....
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Advent and Confession
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works. Saint Augustine I went to Confession with my bride tonight. I always think we must give an interesting contrast to the priest as...
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Priest conceived in rape: I forgave my father and heard his confession
by Sofia Vazquez-Mellado QUITO, Ecuador, February 12, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A priest in Ecuador has shared how he was conceived in rape when his mother was 13, and then later not only forgave his...
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Pope: Be courageous, go to confession
Vatican City, Feb 19, 2014 / 04:57 am (CNA).- During his Wednesday audience, Pope Francis encouraged the pilgrims filling St. Peter's Square to receive the sacrament of reconciliation. "Everyone say to...
View ArticleNew website encourages return to Confession during Lent
Atlanta, Ga., Mar 28, 2014 / 04:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The website GoodConfession.com aims to encourage Catholics to go to Confession more often, and to return to the “life-changing” sacrament if they...
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21 Reasons To Go To Confession & Why Catholics Confess Sins To Priests
There are several questions we need to sort through before we get to the reason we all need Confession.Is the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) necessary to have your sins forgiven or can you go...
View Article“Confession is a Meeting Place with Jesus”; Reconciling With God
ONE Sunday, in Germany, the influential Catholic theologian and extraordinary teacher, Redemptorist Father Bernard Häring (1912-1998) was speaking to a large congregation. His subject was Confession....
View ArticleThe Confession, according to Pope Francis
AS Pope Francis told the faithful in Saint Peter’s Square last November (2013), “The confessional is neither a “Laundromat” for sin removal nor a torture session…Confession is a meeting place with...
View ArticleBest Quotes From the Confessional
Last night I went to confession with a priest friend who is heading off to be an Air Force chaplain in a few weeks. The priest told me "The Devil is not a slow lumbering bomber, he is like the stealth...
View ArticleWhy Should I Confess My Sins to a Priest?
In a modern American mindset, a great deal of emphasis has been placed on privacy. As such, the idea of confessing one’s sins to another person can seem odd or even unnecessary. Often, the most common...
View ArticleHave you been to Confession during this Advent?
Take time to do so today and enjoy Christmas with a clean heart and a peaceful soul, courtesy of God’s boundless mercy. Preparing to Celebrate the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation: The...
View ArticleHow to Go to Confession
May the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of all the saints, whatever good you do and suffering you endure, heal your sins, help you grow in holiness,...
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