To faithfully confess your sins and receive absolution, you had to know what they were! Gregory the Great's list of vices were the considered "mortal" or "deadly" seven sins because, if the sinner ...

A. Confession is the telling of our sins to a duly authorized priest, for the purpose of obtaining forgiveness. Q. 777. Who is a duly authorized priest? A. A duly authorized priest is one sent to ...

A. On entering the confessional we should kneel, make the sign of the Cross, and say to the priest, "Bless me, father"; then add, "I confess to Almighty God and to you, father, that I have sinned.