Can your sins be forgiven without a priest?

Pope Francis recently said in a homily that people with no access to a priest can confess their sins through prayer directly to God, while resolving to go to confession as soon as they are able. Deacon Matt unpacks this teaching in this video update.

Deacon Matthew Newsome is the Catholic Campus Minister at Western Carolina University in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte.

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