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by bcadmin | Oct 22, 2022 | Apostolic Penitentiary, Catholic News Service, confession, News, Reconciliation, Vatican | 0 |
Every year, for more than three decades, the Vatican tribunal dealing with matters of conscience has offered a course to help priests in their “ministry of mercy” as confessors.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 25, 2022 | Apostolic Penitentiary, Catholic News Service, confession, News, Pope Francis, Reconciliation, Vatican | 0 |
Confession helps the penitent and also the confessor, who has the opportunity to be like the father of the prodigal son and experience the joy of seeing a child return home, Pope Francis said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 16, 2022 | Apostolic Penitentiary, Catholic News Service, College of Cardinals, News, Obituary, Vatican | 0 |
Mourning the death of Cardinal Luigi De Magistris, who died in southern Italy Feb. 16, a week before his 96th birthday, Pope Francis remembered his work at the Vatican and, especially, his dedication to administering the sacrament of reconciliation.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 29, 2021 | Apostolic Penitentiary, Catholic Church, Catholic news, Free Access, News, Plenary indulgences, prayer for the dead, Vatican, Vatican News | 0 |
Vatican City, Oct 28, 2021 / 07:12 am This year, the Vatican has decided once again to grant a plenary indulgence to Catholics who visit a cemetery to pray for the dead on any day in the month of November. In a typical year, the Church only grants this plenary indulgence for the souls in
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 29, 2021 | All Saints Day, All Soul's Day, Apostolic Penitentiary, Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Death and dying, Indulgences, News, Purgatory, Vatican | 0 |
ROME — With the COVID-19 pandemic still underway and with restrictions on gatherings still in place in some countries, the Vatican has again extended the period of time when people can earn a plenary indulgence for visiting a cemetery and praying for the souls of the faithful in purgatory. Cardinal […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 2, 2021 | Apostolic Penitentiary, Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, COVID-19 pandemic, Indulgences, Italy, News | 0 |
As COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease in Italy, the country’s bishops are hoping a new tourism initiative will attract would-be pilgrims.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 12, 2021 | Apostolic Penitentiary, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, confession, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
Every confessor should understand he is a sinner, forgiven by God, and he is there to offer his brothers and sisters — sinners, too — the same divine mercy and forgiveness he has received, Pope Francis said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 12, 2021 | Apostolic Penitentiary, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, confession, COVID-19 pandemic, general absolution, News, Vatican | 0 |
Offering general absolution to the faithful without having them personally confess their sins first may still be done in places seeing serious or increasing levels of coronavirus infections, a Vatican official said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 7, 2020 | Apostolic Penitentiary, Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, confession, News, Vatican | 0 |
Even though the world is facing a pandemic that may limit many people’s ability to celebrate the sacraments, particularly those people who are in isolation, quarantining or hospitalized with COVID-19, confession by phone is still most likely invalid, said Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, head of the Apostolic Penitentiary.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 23, 2020 | Apostolic Penitentiary, Feature3, Indulgences, News, Spirituality | 0 |
Extension Through November
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 23, 2020 | All Soul's Day, Apostolic Penitentiary, Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, dead, Indulgences, News, Purgatory, Vatican | 0 |
Plenary or full indulgences traditionally obtained during the first week of November for the souls of the faithful in purgatory can now be gained throughout the entire month of November, the Vatican said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 20, 2020 | Apostolic Penitentiary, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, confession, Coronavirus, COVID-19, general absolution, News, Vatican | 0 |
In places particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic and with severe limits on people leaving their homes, conditions may exist to grant general absolution to the faithful without them personally confessing their sins first, the Vatican said.
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