Posted on 04/23/2016 11:07:26 AM PDT by NRx
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis surprised thousands of teenagers in St. Peter’s Square by personally hearing confessions for more than an hour Saturday morning.
The Holy Father administered the Sacrament of Reconciliation to 16 teenage boys and girls gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Jubilee for Teens.
With the Jubilee for Teens in full swing in the Vatican and around Rome, the Holy Father made the surprise visit to participate in the event.
He was joined by more than 150 other priests who offered the Sacrament of Reconciliation to thousands of teens throughout the day.
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Confessions by the Pope would remove all censures and impediments of the penitent if absolution is given.
Don’t be that one who the Pope refuses absolution to though...
No thanks. I much prefer confessing my sins to my traditional Catholic priest.
How nice. I hope all the participants, clergy and youth, were greatly blessed.
AXIOS!
This is timely and valuable: he’s setting a good example.
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Floating down Canal.
It doesn’t use numbers or moving hands;
It always just says NOW.
Now you may be thinking that I was had,
But this watch is never wrong.
And If I have trouble the warranty said,
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I can dig it.
How would absolution from the Pope differ in any way from absolution from a priest?
For that matter, what difference whether the Pope refuses absolution or a priest refuses absolution?
(2) None there, either.
That’s what I thought. That’s why I thought #2 a bit curious.
In the Roman Catholic Church there are a handful of sins where absolution is reserved to the Pope. But those are few and far between.
Bless me Father, ‘cause Idindunuffins.
That’s what my kids say ...
The proper terms have been jumbled around in recent decades:
Rite of Reconciliation
Sacrament of Penance
Think about it.
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