tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post50898770072593493..comments2024-03-29T09:39:50.604+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: A la billabong (1)Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-87233653811879644862020-10-19T17:48:16.110+01:002020-10-19T17:48:16.110+01:00E sapelion,
The Holy See said earlier this year ...E sapelion, <br /><br />The Holy See said earlier this year that "the confessor must determine that the faithful who confess their sins are truly sorry for them and that they have a purpose of amendment (cfr. CIC, can. 959). Since repentance is, in fact, at the heart of this sacrament, absolution can be withheld only if the confessor concludes that the penitent lacks the necessary carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11331034984608859225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-24055730099948293572020-09-30T19:48:56.331+01:002020-09-30T19:48:56.331+01:00The Catholics of Australia are made of stern stuff...The Catholics of Australia are made of stern stuff, which is especially shown when bullied by governments through the ages.<br /><br />Ullathorne, when Vicar General of New South Wales, writes of a William Davis who had been sent to the Colonies for political reasons in 1798, and who had subsequently become a blacksmith when at liberty.<br /><br />"Mr Davis was a truly religious man.... Fr Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747558367805466619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-14520557042408426252020-09-29T15:32:15.483+01:002020-09-29T15:32:15.483+01:00I don’t see how else governments could enforce “la...I don’t see how else governments could enforce “laws” like this except by sending in spies wearing wires to make false confessions, or by planting listening devices in confessionals, thus engaging in wholesale sacrilege. And how can a priest defend himself against such a charge, since the sacramental seal precludes him from speaking about what happened in the confessional?<br /><br />This is Anita Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305092097247290243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-60131511227086870602020-09-29T13:10:00.930+01:002020-09-29T13:10:00.930+01:00Is it possible for the Church to require confessor...Is it possible for the Church to require confessors to make absolution of sins of this sort conditional on penitents reporting themselves to the authorities? (with the usual exceptions for the point of death).E sapelionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09886268559214926797noreply@blogger.com