Rome--On May 2, the Holy Father issued a 15-page apostolic letter motu proprio (meaning that it was on the Pope's own initiative) concerning the sacrament of penance. Entitled Misericordia Dei (The Mercy of God), it is a strongly worded instruction designed to head off the "crisis in confession" which has a grip on the Church, and to provide a vigorous revitalisation of the sacrament of penance.
"I want to encourage my brother bishops and earnestly appeal to them--and through them to all priests--to undertake a vigorous revitalization of the Sacrament of Reconciliation," the Pope wrote. "We should remember that the faithful when they have the proper interior …
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