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A reader writes:<\/p>\n

Wow! Pope Francis is encouraging his priests to \u2018Open the doors of the Church, and then the people will come in \u2026 if you keep the light on in the confessional and are available, then you will see what kind of line there is for confession\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Fantastic!\u00a0 I\u2019ve often felt that confession is the great neglected sacrament of the church and now our wonderfully pastoral Pope is emphasizing it anew.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t tell you how happy I am with this guy!<\/p>\n
PS.\u00a0 Isn\u2019t it wonderful the way that God provides Popes with such different personalities and strengths ( JPII the great philosopher, BXVI the great theologian, etc.) who in sum fulfill the charism of their office in a way tuned to the needs of the flock?\u00a0 It\u2019s hard not to feel loved when God provides such a great string of Popes for our benefit\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yep.\u00a0 I love the guy.\u00a0\u00a0And you\u2019re right that where\u00a0crazy partisans see only opposition between these Popes, the obvious and common sense thing is to see continuity and commonality.\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m grateful for all of them.\u00a0 Gifts far beyond my desserts.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A reader writes: Wow! Pope Francis is encouraging his priests to \u2018Open the doors of the Church, and then the people will come in \u2026 if you keep the light on in the confessional and are available, then you will see what kind of line there is for confession\u2019. Fantastic!\u00a0 I\u2019ve often felt that confession […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[221,289,8,374],"class_list":["post-43445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-b16-is-the-bomb","tag-jpii","tag-mailbag","tag-pope-francis"],"yoast_head":"\nYep<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A reader writes: Wow! 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