Members of the second grade class of St. Robert Bellarmine Parish at St. Aloysius Church in Wilkes-Barre and Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church in Hanover Twp. received the sacrament of First Penance ...

For the Church’s first seven centuries, penance could be received no more than once in a lifetime. That policy dated back to the time of St. Peter. The New Testament tells us... - Published on August ...

St. Leo/Holy Rosary Church, Ashley, recently celebrated First Penance. Participants, from left, first row, are Emma Pahler, Tessa Reilly, Julia Baron and Katelin ...

In today’s society, we are constantly regaled with a chorus of My Way — of acceptance of who we are, amid all our faults and eccentricities, and in whatever state. But Jesus cites a different way in ...

We acquire gnana through penance. Thriumoolar did penance; as a result, the world got his great work of religious wisdom: Thirumantiram. Tiruvalluvar speaks highly of the value of penance. He says he ...

On Sept. 14, Bishop Barry Knestout of Richmond, Va., celebrated a Mass of atonement in reparation for the sexual abuse and its cover-up by Catholic priests and prelates. In his homily, the bishop ...