For decades, on e woman kept confessing the same grave sin... except she wasn't, not really. Fr. Chris Alar reveals why every single one of her confessions had actually been invalid, and breaks down the three conditions required for a valid confession.

He also explains the real difference between Peter's contrition and Judas' remorse, why Catholics still do penance even though Christ "paid it all" on the cross, and a Bible-translation bombshell: how Martin Luther added the word "alone" to Romans 3:28, the verse at the center of the Catholic-Protestant debate over faith versus works.

This is a clip from The Chris Stefanick Show Podcast, available on all major podcast platforms.

Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, is Provincial Superior of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception and author of "Understanding the Sacraments: God's Grace Guaranteed."