What to do if you're too ashamed to go to Confession
While Reconciliation is intended to allow Christ's victory to overcome sin in our lives, what happens when shame over one's sins is so great that it keeps people away from the sacrament?
While Reconciliation is intended to allow Christ's victory to overcome sin in our lives, what happens when shame over one's sins is so great that it keeps people away from the sacrament?
The pontificate of Pope Francis seems to feel most comfortable in the immediate post-conciliar period, yet those who desire to drag the Church back to 1972 must contend with the colossal interpretative legacy of John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
A simple guide to the solemn day that marks the beginning of Lent.
These days I find I'm more alert to the grief and sorrow around me than I once was.
When "The New Yorker" magazine was peerless for its combination of erudition and wit, it ran a cartoon of Lilliputians contemplating Gulliver, whom they had fastened to the ground with ropes: "Either he's very big or we are very small."
Saint Paul was converted by the risen Christ, who appeared as a blinding light.
The explanation for your sense of expectation is that you have an imagination.
A professor told me of two experiences he had when civilization was picking up its pieces after World War II.
The Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas has been made a shrine, for the massacre there has left it a hallowed place for mourners.
The future of the Church can and will issue from those whose roots are deep and who live from the pure fullness of their faith.