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He later said that while Bergoglio was choosing his papal name, some cardinal-electors jokingly suggested he should choose either "Adrian" after the great reformer Pope Adrian VI, or "Clement" out of revenge against Pope Clement XIV, who suppressed the Jesuit order.
Oh my God, I am sorry that I have sinned against You. Because You are so good, and with Your help, I will try not to sin again. Amen. [This quote needs a citation] Oh My God, because You are so good, I am very sorry that I have sinned against You, and by the help of Your grace, I will try not sin again. Amen. [This quote needs a citation]
Let the priest, says the great Council of Lateran, take special care, neither by word or sign, nor by any other means whatever, to betray in the least degree the sinner." [6] Pope Pius X in his catechism taught that "the confessor is bound by the seal of confession under the gravest sin and under threat of the severest punishments both temporal ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis has taken to task priests who are so harsh on sinners that faithful feel pushed away by the church. Francis said during his homily in St. Peter's Basilica Sunday ...
He declared that God had forgiven the sins when it was clear that there was repentance, evidenced by the performance of some penance, [11] and the penitent was readmitted to the community. [12] The need to confess to a priest is traced to Basil the Great. [citation needed] It was seen that God granted forgiveness through the priest. Before the ...
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If anyone declares that the [Word] of God who works miracles is not identical with the Christ who suffered, or alleges that God the Word was with the Christ who was born of woman, or was in him in the way that one might be in another, but that our lord Jesus Christ was not one and the same, the word of God incarnate and made man, and that the ...
Pope Francis told a young transgender person that “God loves us just as we are” in a new podcast released Tuesday by the Vatican. Francis’ comments were featured in the second episode of ...