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Boston: diocesan effort to promote confessions

The use of the sacrament of penance, reconciliation has been horribly eroded over the last few decades. Ven. Pius XII said once that the sin of the 20th century was the loss of the sense of sin. Surely that pertains … Read More

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QUAERITUR: about what a priest said for absolution

From a reader: This past weekend I went to a nearby church for confession.  When I was done confessing, the priest didn’t start out with the customary "God the Father of mercies…"  He went into an alternate prayer that concluded … Read More

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