A. The word Penance has other meanings. It means also those punishments we inflict upon ourselves as a means of atoning for our past sins; it means likewise that disposition of the heart in which ...
The murder of a young girl shocks a small Japanese village, and the victim's mother is distraught when the classmates her daughter was playing with all claim not to remember the identity of the ...
These are words of Christ himself as recorded in the gospel reading of Monday after Epiphany Sunday. (cfr. Mt 4,12-17.23-25) Epiphany being Christ’s manifestation as savior not only to the ...
Organized by the Church every 25 years, the Jubilee is intended as a period of reflection and penance and is marked by a long list of cultural and religious events, from Masses to exhibitions ...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis opened the "Holy Door" of St. Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve on Tuesday, launching the Jubilee year of Catholic celebrations set to draw more than 30 million pilgrims to ...
During Lent, Catholics are also encouraged to undertake some sort of personal penance or abstinence. Examples include giving up sweets, a favorite TV show or not listening to the radio in the car ...
The confluence of penance, meditation, and restraint is flowing at the largest religious and cultural gathering at the Sangam coast of Prayagraj. This stream of devotion and spirituality ...
Former Punjab Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has commenced his religious penance following a directive from the Akal Takht, the highest temporal authority of Sikhs, over his role in a ...