On the Sacrament of Penance
VATICAN CITY (ZENIT) — Here is the translation of the Holy Father’s continuing catechesis on the sacraments to the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his February 19 general audience. Dear Brothers and Sisters, good morning! Through the Sacraments of Christian initiation — Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist — man receives new life in Christ. Now we have this life “in earthen vessels” (2 Cor. 4:7), we are still subject to temptation, to suffering, to death and, because of sin, we can even lose this new life. This is why the Lord Jesus wished His Church to continue His work of salvation to her members, in particular with the Sacrament of Reconciliation and that of the Anointing of the…Continue Reading