It’s in Paragraph 18 from the link http://m.vatican.va/content/francescomobile/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco_bolla_20150411_misericordiae-vultus.html
“18. During Lent of this Holy Year, I intend to send out Missionaries of Mercy. They will be a sign of the Church’s maternal solicitude for the People of God, enabling them to enter the profound richness of this mystery so fundamental to the faith. There will be priests to whom I will grant the authority to pardon even those sins reserved to the Holy See, so that the breadth of their mandate as confessors will be even clearer. “
I don’t see the problem. It’s just during Lent next year only and more importantly they are sent by the Pope himself. Otherwise they wouldn’t have such authority.
I guess the question is: does the Pope have the power to appoint such priests or not? If someone claims “no”, and can prove it, we might have a problem.
If he does have such an ability, to appoint priests to absolve such sins, then I don’t see what the big whoop is.
Even if it is “allowed” that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea or that it could be the beginning of a slippery slope. Has any other pope done this before in the history of the Church? I’m not aware of any.
Yes, and, once a upon a time, communion in the paw was once reserved to the heretic bishops in Holland only. No other countries were to practice it.