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Pope Francis despatches 1,000 'super-confessor' priests
BBC News ^
| 10 February 2016
Posted on 02/10/2016 5:20:29 PM PST by Olog-hai
Pope Francis has sent more than 1,000 priests on a global mission to forgive grave sins that normally only he, or a top Church official, may pardon.
The Missionaries of Mercy, nicknamed the super-confessors, were given the special license for the Vatican's Jubilee year, which ends in November.
Grave sins include defiling consecrated bread and wine, violating confessional secrecy, and plotting to kill a pope. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
TOPICS: Catholic; Ministry/Outreach; Moral Issues; Theology
KEYWORDS: joke; jubilee; missionariesofmercy; popefrancis; superconfessors
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posted on
02/10/2016 5:20:29 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
First stop,Pelosi’s house.Then every Kennedy in New England.
To: Olog-hai
Go ye forth and sin seriously for you shall be forgiven if you get it wrapped up in 2016.
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posted on
02/10/2016 5:23:24 PM PST
by
RetiredTexasVet
(Racism will disappear when AfroAmericans, HispanicAmericans, AsianAmericans, etc. become Americans)
To: Olog-hai
Sins that only the clergy can forgive?
Did Jesus sublet the church or something?
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posted on
02/10/2016 5:28:52 PM PST
by
sparklite2
( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
To: Farmer Dean
Erm, no. I wish, but they would have to show the slightest urge towards repentance first.
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posted on
02/10/2016 5:35:49 PM PST
by
To Hell With Poverty
(’’DUMB QUOTES PEOPLE, DUMB QUOTES ’’â)
To: Farmer Dean
Maybe you’re confusing confessors with exorcists. ;)
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posted on
02/10/2016 5:36:41 PM PST
by
To Hell With Poverty
(’’DUMB QUOTES PEOPLE, DUMB QUOTES ’’â)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
02/10/2016 5:44:25 PM PST
by
CtBigPat
(Free Republic - The grown-ups table of the internet.)
To: sparklite2
The Catholic is, yes, when Jesus made that pun about Peter.
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posted on
02/10/2016 6:16:00 PM PST
by
maro
(what did the President know and when did he know it?)
To: Olog-hai
They’ll even forgive thinking impure thoughts?
Like, do patent leather shoes really reflect up?
;^)
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posted on
02/10/2016 6:22:42 PM PST
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
To: Olog-hai
Would you all do something about that nutcase in the funny hat heading for our southern border?
Thank you.
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posted on
02/10/2016 6:25:47 PM PST
by
Ken H
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