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 ...

A. On entering the confessional we should kneel, make the sign of the Cross, and say to the priest, "Bless me, father"; then add, "I confess to Almighty God and to you, father, that I have sinned." ...

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

“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 ...

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 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 ...