Category Archives: Sacraments

A valid reception of the Sacrament of Penance, also called Reconciliation or Confession, forgives all sins, mortal and venial. The penitent is forgiven even if his sorrow for sin is only imperfect contrition (“attrition”) and not perfect contrition. But what … Continue reading →

…what happens to those women who already claim to have been ordained as deacon, priest, or bishop? The answer is very simple. Their attempted ordinations were entirely invalid, null, and void, and they would remain invalid. At the present time, … Continue reading →

The Council of Trent uses this expression: “the whole Christian life — which ought to be a perpetual Penance” [Trent, Extreme Unction, preface]. The Council also taught that we make satisfaction for sin… “…not only by punishments voluntarily taken up … Continue reading →

As far as I know, Amoris Laetitia is the first magisterial document of the Holy See to decide a certain question concerning baptism and marriage: Amoris Laetitia: 75. In the Church’s Latin tradition, the ministers of the sacrament of marriage … Continue reading →

The Warning is very near. This Saturday may be the last opportunity that you have, prior to the Warning on Good Friday, to prepare by making a good confession. Jesus died to offer us every grace and every opportunity to … Continue reading →

The single best thing you can do to prepare for the Warning on Good Friday of 2016: GO TO CONFESSION! How To Go to Confession – a single page overview of confession (PDF format) Examination of Conscience – based on … Continue reading →

The faithful Catholic should go to Confession at least once a month, if not weekly. Even after a good Confession, the humble Catholic should receive Communion with the fear of the Lord. The Church has the authority to decide the … Continue reading →

The dogma of the Roman Catholic Magisterium is that Jesus did not give His Church the authority to ordain women to the priesthood. This teaching is infallible under the ordinary and universal Magisterium, and may also meet all the conditions … Continue reading →