Confession is one of the most important sacraments in the teaching of the Catholic Church. The condition for a good confession is an examination of conscience, sorrow for sins, and a resolution to improve.
What sins do Catholics not have to confess?
The confession of a Catholic should include mortal sins. All others, i.e. venial sins are forgiven to the faithful in a collective act of penance. It takes place at the beginning of every holy mass. Therefore, we do not have to mention every offense to the priest in the confessional.
Lean sins and mortal sins – how to tell them apart?
In the Catholic Church, sins are divided into light (venial) and grave (mortal) sins. How to tell them apart? Serious sins are, for example:
- sacrilege;
- theft;
- fraud;
- adultery;
- magic;
- divination;
- idolatry;
- murder.
On the other hand, venial sins are, for example, forgetting to pray, gossip or laziness. As mentioned earlier, Catholics do not have to confess to them during confession.
New mortal sins
The list of sins is updated from time to time. Recently, the list of grave sins has included, among others, behaviors that are related to our activity on the web. Some time ago, there was a lot of news in the media about a new list of such offenses. It included, among others:
- pedophilia;
- watching pornography;
- bestiality;
- drug trafficking and taking;
- online hate;
- environment pollution;
- genetic experiments;
- bullying.
Source: Gazeta
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