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Vatican City, Mar 28, 2014 \/ 12:03 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, said sinners should not be afraid of the Sacrament of Confession because in the confessional \u201cthe joy of forgiving and the joy of being forgiven are united.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe Apostolic Penitentiary is the tribunal of the Roman Curia that deals with the internal forum \u2013 matters of Confession and spiritual direction \u2013 and with indulgences.<\/p>\n

\tCardinal Piacenza told Vatican Radio that the Sacrament of Confession is also a grace for the priest who absolves sins.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt is a great gift also for us priests who, while called to exercise this ministry, have our faults to correct, so we are penitents and confessors at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt is more important than ever that confessors know how to welcome the penitent,\u201d Cardinal Piacenza continued, emphasizing that priests need to sit in the confessional at times that are convenient for the faithful.<\/p>\n

\tThe Penitentiary is currently holding a weeklong course in the Palace of the Chancery in Rome for nearly 500 priests and seminarians \u2013 the 25th annual instance of the course.<\/p>\n

\tThe meeting will conclude Friday with an audience with Pope Francis. In the afternoon there will be a penitential liturgy at St. Peter\u2019s Basilica, when the Pope will hear confessions and inaugurate the \u201cfeast of forgiveness,\u201d during which parishes will stay open 24 hours for confessions.<\/p>\n

\tAccording to Cardinal Piacenza, confessors need to develop their spiritual and pastoral sensitivity with serious theological, moral, and pedagogical preparation so they can understand the experience of the penitent. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThey need to know where the penitent lives, the society that surrounds him, the family context. All of that should not only be part of the initial, but also the permanent, formation of the clergy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tCardinal Piacenza said Confession should be clear, simple, and complete, and include sincere repentance for true conversion: \u201cIn this way our existence is oriented again toward the path of love for God and for neighbour.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe value of Confession lies in the grace of forgiveness that reaches the roots of sin committed after Baptism and that heals imperfections and deviations, giving the believer the strength for a real conversion.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt is always a joyful celebration of the love of God who gives himself destroying our sin when we willing to recognized it with humility,\u201d the cardinal said.
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