Sacrament of Penance (Catholic Church)
… Short explanation
The act or process of confessing.
Complete definition
Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation (commonly called Confession, Reconciliation or Penance) – one of seven sacraments of the Catholic Church and sacred mysteries of the Orthodoxy, in which its faithful obtain Divine mercy for the sins committed against God and neighbour and are reconciled with the community of the Church (Cf. Vatican II, Lumen Gentium 11 §2; CCC 1422). By this sacrament …