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Confession Isn’t Therapy
Frequent confession was once normal—monthly, biweekly, or even weekly. But it became rarer among Catholics formed from the 1970s through the 1990s. Today, many Catholics go to confession only...
Our Claim on God’s Mercy
This text was originally delivered as a homily on the first Sunday of Advent. Blessed John Henry Newman begins one of his sermons on the season of Advent by...
