Daily Archives: 2 December 2007

RP 9: The Confessor

Posted on 2 December 2007 by catholicsensibility

Bishops and priests, those in orders designated as sacerdos, exercise the ministry of confessor. 9. a. The Church exercises the ministry of the sacrament of penance through bishops and priests. By preaching God’s word they call the faithful to conversion; … Continue reading →

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Zenit on Gambling

Posted on 2 December 2007 by catholicsensibility

Father John Flynn surveys gambling expansion in the English-speaking world on Zenit today. Casinos, lottos, and machines: everything gets a bit of bad press. It’s a hard movement to overcome. Legal gambling tries to drop the “bl” and tell us … Continue reading →

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RP 8: The Role of the Community

Posted on 2 December 2007 by catholicsensibility

This theme isn’t well developed in terms of quantity, but the insights are important: 8. The whole Church, as a priestly people, acts in different ways in the work of reconciliation that has been entrusted to it by the Lord. … Continue reading →

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