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Madrid, Spain, Aug 18, 2016 / 11:56 am (CNA/EWTN News).- While Reconciliation is intended to allow Christ’s victory to overcome sin in our lives, what happens when shame over one’s sins is so great that it keeps people away from the sacrament?The famous Spanish theologian Father José Antonio Fortea discussed this phenomenon and practical solutions to it in a recent blog post.Normally, a sense of Christ’s mercy should be enough to help people overcome their shame and go to Confession, in order to receive forgiveness and healing.However, in some cases, Fr. Fortea acknowledged, people are overwhelmed by their sins, and this shame becomes “a wall” keeping them away from Reconciliation.“They would rather make a 100-mile pilgrimage than have to confess face-to-face certain things they did that are terribly and frightfully humiliating to them,” he said, reflecting on the torment that faces some penitents who struggle approaching the sacramen...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Rebecca Kirstin Patton, The Texas Catholic By David SedenoDALLAS (CNS) -- The importanceof the vocation of marriage and the family is at the core for the future of notonly the Catholic Church, but of society, Bishop Kevin J. Farrell of Dallassaid at a news conference Aug. 17.Earlier in the day the Vaticanannounced that Pope Francis has appointed the bishop to lead a new Vaticanoffice for the laity, family and life. Creation of the office is a continuation of the pontiff's quest tooverhaul the Curia for more efficiency and transparency and tohighlight the growing and important role of the laity among the world's 1.2billion Catholics.At the news conference and in a letter to priests of thediocese and the pastoral center staff, BishopFarrell thanked the pope for having confidence in him to lead the new office, butsaid he also welcomed the appointment with mixed emotions."Dallas has been my home for 10years and, from the beginning, I quickly grew to love the beautiful p...
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) -- Jan may have always played second fiddle to older sister Marcia on "The Brady Bunch," but she may be tops when it comes to real estate investing....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Twitter said Thursday it has suspended 360,000 accounts since mid-2015 for violating its policies banning the promotion of terrorism and violent extremism....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Gawker.com, the brash New York website that broke new ground with its gossipy, no-holds-barred coverage of media, culture and politics, is shutting down after 14 years, brought low by an unhappy, but deep-pocketed, subject....
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) -- Air tankers bombarded rugged slopes with fire retardant Thursday and a squadron of helicopters dropped load after load of water to corral a destructive wildfire threatening mountain homes 60 miles east of Los Angeles....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- In a few weeks, Uber will start using self-driving cars to carry passengers in Pittsburgh, raising the stakes in the fast-track race to deploy autonomous vehicles....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department says a $400 million cash payment to Iran was contingent on the release of American prisoners....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new brain trust in place, Donald Trump on Thursday moved to invest nearly $5 million in battleground state advertising as the Republican presidential contender took modest steps to address daunting challenges in the states that will make or break his White House ambitions....
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The mystery behind the claim that U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte and three teammates were robbed after a night of partying in Rio de Janeiro deepened Thursday, after officials first blamed him for making it up - then backtracked on some details and acknowledged the Olympians had been confronted by security guards with guns....
