"Adultery, fraud, and manslaughter are mortal sins." St. Cyprian of Carthage, "Treatise VII," c. 250 A.D. "The clergyman who is deposed for mortal sin, shall not be excommunicated." St. Basil the ...

The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: "To die in mortal sin without repenting and accepting God's merciful love means remaining separated from him forever by our own free choice" (CCC 1033).

Q. 780. What sins are we bound to confess? A. We are bound to confess all our mortal sins, but it is well also to confess our venial sins. Q. 781. Why is it well to confess also the venial sins we ...