As a lifelong practicing Catholic, I know a thing or two about ... But confession is primarily a sacrament of healing — similar to the sacrament of anointing of the sick. To make his point ...

The sacrament of reconciliation is a sacrament of healing. The word reconciliation ... (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1450) Forgiveness of sins brings reconciliation with God, but also with ...

and betrays the sacrament's very function of healing the soul. Catholic churches, in their catechesis and preaching, must assure the faithful of their right to leave a confessional booth should ...

The imposition of hands is rightly recognized by the Catholic tradition as the origin of the sacrament of Confirmation ... and wrestlers); oil is a sign of healing, since it is soothing to ...

These authors teach “the intergenerational transmission of sin and, correlatively, the possibility of intergenerational healing ... the Catholic doctrine on baptism,” the sacrament in ...

Catechism of the Catholic Church 1542 Holy Orders differs from other sacraments as it has three separate stages. It can only be given by a man who has himself undertaken all three rites and has ...