For some reason, as this article mentions, the main stream media seemed to miss the comments His Holiness made about Confession.
I know. Amazing. Pope Francis - the media darling who is supposedly a liberal - is encouraging the faithful to be cleansed via Confession.
He reminds us that priests act as representatives of Christ authorizing them, as Christ authorized his twelve, that those sins they forgive, are forgiven. (Matthew 6:14) He also assured us of the gentleness of Christ's representatives: "Jesus is there...and He receives you with so much love."
It is a powerful message to give up the burden of our sin to the one who died for it. We should follow His Holiness' call for greater attention to Confession and the subsequent beauty that comes via Reconciliation. Again, Pope Francis delights. It's just too bad the media didn't seem to want to hear this message. Again.
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