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Pope extends power to forgive abortion to all priests
AOL News ^ | November 21, 2016 | Reuters

Posted on 11/21/2016 8:37:06 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

VATICAN CITY, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Monday extended indefinitely to all Roman Catholic priests the power to forgive abortion, a right previously reserved for bishops or special confessors.

Francis, who has made a more inclusive and forgiving Roman Catholic Church a characteristic of his papacy, made the announcement in a document known as an "apostolic letter" after Sunday's close of the Church's "Holy Year of Mercy".

He said he wanted to "restate as firmly as I can that abortion is a grave sin, since it puts an end to an innocent life" but "there is no sin that God's mercy cannot reach and wipe away when it finds a repentant heart seeking to be reconciled with (God)"....

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TOPICS: Catholic; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: abortion; catholic; forgiveness; god; man; mercy; pope; popefrances; popefrancis; postabortivewomen; prolife; salvation
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To: Mr. Douglas
I thought Jesus forgives sin? This confuses me. I’m serious.

The Bible tells us that God forgives us our sins through our belief in the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus(who is one with The Father), so yes Jesus is the one who forgives sin. Any other belief is based on denominational doctrines and is unBiblical. Of course that's probably not a very popular statement on this thread...

41 posted on 11/21/2016 10:21:27 AM PST by Smittie (Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The old man is higher than God routine.


42 posted on 11/21/2016 10:25:03 AM PST by CodeToad (Ding Dong, the Bitch is Dead!!!)
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To: daniel1212

Who are you preaching to???


43 posted on 11/21/2016 10:27:58 AM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: Nevadan

It’s Chriut who forgives the sin, of course-— through the priest.


44 posted on 11/21/2016 10:35:11 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("The Church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the Truth." - 1 Timothy 3:15)
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To: Nevadan

Christ!


45 posted on 11/21/2016 10:36:11 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("The Church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the Truth." - 1 Timothy 3:15)
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To: HarleyLady27
When we commit a sin, unless it's murder, which abortion is, we are forgiven of our sins if we confess them to God and never do it again

Who are you preaching to???

You for one, since you taught that unlike other sins, abortion is not are forgiven if we confess them to God in true repentance.

46 posted on 11/21/2016 10:40:38 AM PST by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned and destitute sinner+ trust Him to save you, then follow Him!)
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To: daniel1212

I don’t go to your church, so preach to your people, I have already have someone to preach to me...thanks anyway...


47 posted on 11/21/2016 10:41:37 AM PST by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence: MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!)
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To: daniel1212
See above posts (daniel1212) by the grace of God. Some Catholics do not know (or care) what Scripture says, and some are even ignorant of what their (heretical ) church teaches.

Sad but true.

48 posted on 11/21/2016 10:44:35 AM PST by cloudmountain
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Francis is going to approve drive-thru confessionals next. Then maybe an Android app.


49 posted on 11/21/2016 10:45:44 AM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: Mrs. Don-o
It’s Chriut who forgives the sin, of course-— through the priest.

Which distinctively titled, uniquely sacerdotal, normatively celibate Catholic priests where nowhere seen in the NT church. All this was a later unScriptural development.

The RC propaganda of which has been exposed as such before, but as it keeps being posting, so should the refutation.

50 posted on 11/21/2016 10:46:37 AM PST by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned and destitute sinner+ trust Him to save you, then follow Him!)
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To: bboop
That’s stupid. The Lord forgives our sins when we bring them to Him. (Catholic here).

We ask pardon and absolution. And there is the PLAN to not commit that sin again. Then we DO/say our penance and can be happy of heart again.

51 posted on 11/21/2016 10:50:51 AM PST by cloudmountain
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To: oh8eleven
If there’s anything unforgivable, it’s abortion.

As I recall my religion class there is ONE Unpardonable Sin:
Luke 12:10
And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

52 posted on 11/21/2016 10:55:33 AM PST by cloudmountain
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To: HarleyLady27
I don’t go to your church, so preach to your people, I have already have someone to preach to me...thanks anyway...

If you to be protected in a bubble and not see your erroneous public teaching corrected, then you need to restrict yourself to Catholic caucus threads. For in open forums, as the Religion Moderator warns ,

Antagonism though not encouraged, should be expected

Posters may argue for or against beliefs, deities, religious authorities, etc. They may tear down other’s beliefs. They may ridicule. “Open” RF debate is often contentious.

It requires thick skin. A poster must be able to make his points while standing his ground, suffering adverse remarks about his beliefs - or letting them roll off his back...If you keep getting your feelings hurt because other posters ridicule or disapprove or hate what you hold dear, then you are too thin-skinned to be involved in “open” RF debate.

Why not just correct your theological error?

53 posted on 11/21/2016 11:02:47 AM PST by daniel1212 ( Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned and destitute sinner+ trust Him to save you, then follow Him!)
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To: RoadGumby

“Murder is murder.
Only one sin is unforgivable. Read the Bible and know it.”

So YOU have decided to consign St. Paul to hell?
Interesting.


54 posted on 11/21/2016 11:03:24 AM PST by mumblypeg (They've summoned up a thundercloud/ and they're going to hear from me. (Anthem-Leonard Cohen))
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To: cloudmountain

ONLY God can forgive sin.


55 posted on 11/21/2016 11:06:11 AM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for spiritual discernment)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

You are mistaken.


56 posted on 11/21/2016 11:07:06 AM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for spiritual discernment)
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To: MHGinTN

Not sure I understand you, MHGinTN. Are you saying Christ does not forgive this sin?


57 posted on 11/21/2016 11:23:59 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o ("The Church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the Truth." - 1 Timothy 3:15)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All

Christ not only allowed, He COMMANDED his apostles.

Matthew 16:19
Matthew 18:18
John 20:21-23 “As my Father has sent me, so I send you.”


58 posted on 11/21/2016 11:28:15 AM PST by mumblypeg (They've summoned up a thundercloud/ and they're going to hear from me. (Anthem-Leonard Cohen))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All

While this is not easy to do imo, Matthew 18:21-22 shows that Jesus taught everybody to forgive everybody.


59 posted on 11/21/2016 11:33:06 AM PST by Amendment10
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To: mollynme

Maybe the priest on Fox can teach the Pope? He won’t listen to me ...


60 posted on 11/21/2016 11:35:36 AM PST by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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