Catholic Church believes that abortion is an atrocious act, a grave sin and they have certainly excommunicated many for commiting the act.
However, because it is a Holy Year, a year of Jubilee, the Pope wants to show mercy and allow all priests to forgive any woman with a repentant “contrite heart”.
Pope Francis said that women who have had abortions, “bear in their heart the scar of this agonizing and painful decision” and thus mercy is to be shown during Dec. 8 to Nov. 26.
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Go home. You do not have the authority to “forgive” anything. That is god’s department. Butt out!
First of all….we can go directly to God and ask forgiveness of sins. Only Jesus is ourmediator, not some priest! Secondly…..God will forgive us of anything providing we are sincere and turn away from that sin. What the pope thinks is irrevelant.
what going on with this pope.
Crazy! Only the Almighty God could forgive abortion!!! The Pope IS NOT GOD!!!
Only God forgives. Leave it to Catholicism to overstep its bounds throughout history.
pure asrrogance
He’s simply a gay, pedophile.
Francis is a fraud, he has no godly authority yet millions of people follow him blindly. His organization would make the mafia blush. He and his underlings need to be saved and follow Christ.
How nice of him… did not know the Pope had that authority to forgive murder
Only God can forgive sin!