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The freedom to choose the minister for the Rite of Reconciliation

January 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Remember the passage, “there is more rejoicing in Heaven over one repentant sinner than over ahundred who need not repent.”
 
The freedom to choose the minister for confession is broad in fact and in practice. But I want to add that it is so especially in the teaching of the Church. All matters of conscience are […]

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U.S. Priest to Represent Vatican in Vienna

January 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI appointed a U.S. priest, Monsignor Michael Banach, as permanent representative of the Holy See at the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The Vatican press office announced today that the Pope also appointed Monsignor Banach his representative at other international institutions with headquarters in Vienna.
He will be the papal representative at the European Organization for Security […]