A. Confession is the telling of our sins to a duly authorized priest, for the purpose of obtaining forgiveness. Q. 777. Who is a duly authorized priest? A. A duly authorized priest is one sent to ...

Q. 274. How is sin divided? A. (1) Sin is divided into the sin we inherit called original sin, and the sin we commit ourselves, called actual sin. (2) Actual sin is sub-divided into greater sins ...

Throughout the Christian way of life, and especially in Lent, believers are called to examine their consciences and repent of their sins. The deeper the repentance, the greater the conversion of ...

Descendants from some of the seven families who left Dingle in Kerry for Wicklow almost seventy years met in Arklow recently ...

Here's Thomas Cromwell at New York's Frick Collection, trapped in canvas by the Tudor court painter Hans Holbein: thick fingers gripping a secret missive, thin lips curled into a truculent frown ...

Editor’s Note: Mary FioRito and Betsy Fentress of EWTN Radio’s Conversations with Consequences spoke with Sister Kristen Gardner all about the life and cause for canonization of Sister Clare ...

Mick O'Callaghan, Mary Dalton, Jimmy Fitzmaurice and Liam Murphy at the 'When Kerry came to Wicklow' evening in Templerainey Church, Arklow. Photo: Michael Kelly Billy O'Brien, Marian Kavanagh and ...

A faint irony in the presentation of this thought tells us that Paudi may be a bit too correct and modern, and Buzzati later ...

Vassals can’t be virtue signallers. The help cannot rebuke the master. But on Wednesday, when Ireland has its sweaty moment of exposure to the glare of the orange sun king, we should resort to ...