A. Our Confession is humble when we accuse ourselves of our sins, with a deep sense of shame and sorrow for having offended God. Q. 787. When is our Confession sincere? A. Our Confession is ...

Understood in this way, contrition is, therefore, the beginning and the heart of conversion, of that evangelical metanoia which brings the person back to God like the Prodigal Son returning to his ...

where church members go to the priest to confess sin. The priesthood of all believers means each Christian can confess to God directly.

A confessional is a booth where Catholic priests hear parishioners’ confessions of their sins and grant them absolution, forgiveness, in the name of God. Confession and repentance always take ...

“Confession, or ‘Reconciliation’ as it is ... and a priest who has been authorized by the Church to proclaim God’s forgiveness,” he wrote in an email. “AI is a non-ecclesial ...

"Confession in the Catholic Church is a spiritual encounter with God through the priest," he said in a statement to the Catholic Leader. "It is a fundamental part of the freedom of religion ...

Peter made the confession upon which all of Christianity is built, “You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God (Matthew 16 ...