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UK inquiry calls for mandatory reporting of child abuse, with no exceptions for sacramental confession

A government-established inquiry into sexual abuse says priests should be legally required to report abuse, even if it means violating the seal of confession.

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Public penance: History offers examples when those in power repented

These days we are used to our confessions being entirely private matters between only ourselves and our priests. Any penance we perform we usually keep to ourselves. Seldom do we directly tell others about the sins we needed to have cleansed from our s…

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The Advantages of Frequent Confession

The “profit” of the confession of venial sins comes, above all else, from the fact that when we go to Confession, we receive a sacrament. The forgiveness of sin takes place by the power of the sacrament, i.e., by the power of Christ Himself. In the sacrament of Penance, says the Council of Trent, “the […]

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The Advantages of Frequent Confession

The “profit” of the confession of venial sins comes, above all else, from the fact that when we go to Confession, we receive a sacrament. The forgiveness of sin takes place by the power of the sacrament, i.e., by the power of Christ Himself. In the sacrament of Penance, says the Council of Trent, “the […]

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