> However murder is considered a mortal sin that separates one's soul from god and that cannot regularly be forgiven.
By Catholics, specifically. Evangelical Christians don't typically share this belief.
By Catholics, specifically. Evangelical Christians don't typically share this belief.
[1]: https://ucatholic.com/catechism/1864/
[2]: https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/d... (see 46)
See for example the Catechism of the Catholic Church 1456
> Confession to a priest is an essential part of the sacrament of Penance: "All mortal sins of which penitents after a diligent self-examination are conscious must be recounted by them in confession, even if they are most secret and have been committed against the last two precepts of the Decalogue; for these sins sometimes wound the soul more grievously and are more dangerous than those which are committed openly.
That seems to say mortal sins must be confessed. But I cannot see where it says they can be forgiven.