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  • (Catholic) CONFESSION MUST BE FULL AND ABSOLUTION PERSONAL

    05/03/2002 10:46:17 AM PDT · by patent · 56 replies · 636+ views
    EWTN ^ | 2-May-2002 | Vatican Information Service
    CONFESSION MUST BE FULL AND ABSOLUTION PERSONAL VATICAN CITY, MAY 2, 2002 (VIS) - Today in the Holy See Press Office, Cardinals Joseph Ratzinger and Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez and Archbishop Julian Herranz presented the Apostolic Letter In The Form Of Motu Proprio "Misericordia Dei" On Certain Aspects of the Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance. Cardinal Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, highlighted the personal nature of the Sacrament of Penance as underlined in the document. This means that both guilt and pardon "must be entirely personal." This aspect has become confused over the...