When approaching the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation, the Catholic Church teaches that we must confess our mortal sins, and that we ought to confess our venial sins, in order to reconcile ourselves with God (see CCC 1455–58). We can better...
Verbum co-sponsored the Pontifical Biblical Institute’s Jesus and the Pharisees conference in Rome this May. At its close, we had an audience with the pope in the Clementine Hall of the Papal Palace and presented him with an iPad loaded with the...
Each year, the Holy Father publishes his thoughts and reflections on the upcoming Lenten season. This year is no different and the theme comes from Matthew 24:12: “Because of the increase of iniquity, the love of many will grow cold.” Below is an...
A guest post by Fr Andrew Dalton, LC (andrew.dalton@upra.org). This post is the third in a series of guest posts in response to Dr. Mark Ward’s post on the LogosTalk Blog that addressed Pope Francis’s recent comments on the translation...