Pa«l Time‘

JUNE 14, 2020

Pope Alexander giving a sign of blessing to the crowd

Absolution priests have already started the prac- Spanish Cardinal

tice of the Sacrament of Absolution.
announced as a title of Monsignor
separate AD: Absolution By CARDINAL

sacrament By YOUR LOCAL PRIEST

By CARDINAL ANGELO

Do you feel that you committed a

sin and you can’t get over it? Fret
His Holiness, Pope Alexander not! Just go to your local church and
VI has announced that Absolution pay $1000.00 to your local priest and
is part as a separate sacrament, all your sins, past and present, will be Cardinal Antonio María Rouco
distancing itself from the Sacra- gone! Varela has been given the title of
ment of Penance. This will be Monsignor by the Holy Father due
the only sacrament that ha a pre- to his great service for the Roman
requisite of payment. Many re- Catholic Church and for the Church
formist and some conservative cardi- in Spain. Due to his service on the
nals have strongly opposed it saying, Neocatechumical Way as well as lead-
"Absolution shouldn’t be required of ing the opposition of the socialist gov-
payment. The Grace and Forgive- ernment in Spain, the Pope formally
ness of God were made free not re- recognized and has given the title of
quired of some amount. If the church Monsignor saying, "His service to the
wanted to make more money then Catholic Church has been immensely
why not add taxes or through their magnified and recognized. I hope
tithes." His Holiness is yet to make a that other cardinals will continue to
statement on the matter. But many Pope gives embody Christ like Cardinal Varela.
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Cardinal Varela