Only Jesus can forgive sins. “Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins” (Hebrews 9:22). Only Jesus shed blood for us by dying on the cross and since he was the only one ...

According to Mark 2:1-12, Jesus claims authority to forgive sins and performs a miraculous cure to prove it. The scribes are angered because they believe that only God has the authority to forgive ...

In case of abuse, In the years I’ve been reading The Times of Israel, I’ve seen comment after comment from proselytizing Christians insisting that Jesus was the Jewish messiah and that if we ...

In the Gospel of John, for example, Jesus speaks to his apostles, saying, "Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven, and whose sins you shall retain they are retained." And in the epistle ...

In John’s Gospel (20:23) Jesus tells the disciples, "If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven".

In the Gospel of John, for example, Jesus speaks to his apostles, saying, “Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven, and whose sins you shall retain they are retained.” And in the ...

Right off the bat, it’s important to point out that the Catholic Church takes privacy in the confessional very seriously. The Church is commissioned by Christ to give the faithful — especially ...

In the Gospel of John, for example, Jesus speaks to his apostles, saying, “Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven, and whose sins you shall retain they are retained.” And in the ...