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Is it a sin for a married woman to flirt?
Fr. Vincent Serpa O.P.
Is masturbation a grave sin?
Fr. Vincent Serpa O.P.
Was it right for Lot to offer his daughters to be raped?
Jim Blackburn
Why is pornography a sin?
Jim Blackburn
As a Protestant who wishes to stay focused on the Lord, may I confess my sins to a priest in order to do so?
Fr. Vincent Serpa O.P.
Could Judas Iscariot have sought forgiveness instead of falling into despair and hanging himself?
Michelle Arnold
What was the sin of the tower of Babel?
Peggy Frye
How does the Church define coveting?
Fr. Vincent Serpa O.P.
What if I can't believe God will forgive all the awful things I've done?
Fr. Vincent Serpa O.P.
Should I receive if I have an unconfessed mortal sin on my conscience?
Jim Blackburn

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"In the week immediately before Lent everyone shall go to his confessor and confess his deeds and the confessor shall so shrive him as he then may hear by his deeds what he is to do [in the way of penance]."

~ Anglo-Saxon "Ecclesiastical Institutes" translated from Theodulphus by Abbot Aelfric about A.D. 1000; explaining the English term "shrovetide" (from "to shrive", or hear confessions) wherein the religious idea is uppermost; but before long, human nature allowed itself some exceptional licence.