Pope Francis told priests and seminarians Friday that the sacrament of penance is “the way of sanctification” in which miraculous conversions occur.
“Every single confession is always a new and definitive step towards a more perfect sanctification; a tender embrace, full of mercy, which helps to expand the Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of love, truth and peace,” Pope Francis said on March 29 at the Vatican's Paul VI Hall. He was addressing participants in a course on the internal forum organized by the Apostolic Penitentiary.
