3. The Seal of Confession is a sacred institution of the Catholic faith. ANY attemp...

The Seal of Confession is a sacred institution of the Catholic faith. ANY attempt by the authorities to force priests to break it is religious persecution, no matter how reprehensible the crimes of the confessor.

The issue is that confession is supposed to come with penance. Saying a bunch of Hail Mary’s isn’t true penance

It's not penance in the eyes of secular society, but it is to practicing Catholics.

To someone who genuinely believes in the faith, God, Heaven, Hell, Purgatory etc are very much real. It might look like a meaningless poem to us looking in from the outside, but not to believers.

Taking responsibility for your actions is

I grew up Catholic and went to confession as a kid a few times. Sometimes the priest will actually give you instructions outside of prayer as penance, such as apologising to people or admitting to something you've hidden. Which to be honest I would like to think a lot of priests would do for abusers. However it's not the priests place to go to the authorities, in that situation it's on the confessor to own up and face the earthly consequences in exchange for heavenly forgiveness.

/r/TrueUnpopularOpinion Thread Parent
Previous
Next

Recently removed from /r/TrueUnpopularOpinion

If we truly cared about climate change as a whole, we would utilize nuclear energy as our primary source of power. You can not be pro-free speech but then advocate for someone like Brittney Griner to rot in a Russian prison just because she has a political ideology that you disagree with. Abbreviated words for an ethnicity/nationality should not be considered racist The real reason most men are hesitant to show emotion or appear 'feminine', is because they want to attractive to (straight) women. Marriage is the single worst contract for a man and nobody can convince me otherwise I bet those who've mocked and lampooned the US for having a large well-funded military feel quite foolish now. Silencing people you disagree with is harmful; it’s censorship that only proliferates echo chambers and extremism Society is becoming more corrupt and authoritarian due to Corona and people are celebrating it. Truly innocent people should be allowed to defend themselves from unlawful and false arrest. Women who falsely accuse men of rape should serve prison time and be placed on sex offender registry In order to properly fight sexism it is important to acknowledge the inherent biological advantages of cis men over everyone else Assaulting someone for using [an offensive word] is animalistic As a man, women are so much more difficult to date than other men. My parents and I immigrated to the US and had to wait on a waitlist. it is not fair that people from Mexico can just walk over when they feel like it to immigrate here. Everyone's "glad" that Chauvin got convicted, this just ensures that nothing will change.

More Random Comments

Vitamins recommendations on #hockeyisforeveryone Berliner Abitur schlägt wieder zu SafeArgs gotcha when using nullable args AITA for not wanting a part in my child's life? How much does Epic pay for one-year exclusivity on the Epic Store? At least $2 million according to Phoenix Point community manager Need help with broken earphones Luke Turner fights antisemitism Podcasts Focusing on what I have Heavy feel funny... Just diagnosed... Is this normal? A Rise In Depression Among Teens And Young Adults Could Be Linked To Social Media Use (Survey, Sample Size = 600,000) Am I allowed to connect these two dots from the last 24 hours? 1) Google cuts back on tablets and laptops, aka the Chrome OS form factors. 2) A wild "Android Desktop" mode appears!