Pave Frans har annonsert et Nådens år som skal begynne 8. desember i år. I et brev som ble offentliggjort i dag, skriver paven bl.a. at alle prester i løpet av dette året kan tilgi de som har vært involvert i provosert abort, og at også absolusjonen til SSPX-prester vil være gyldig. Slik skriver Catholic Herald:
… the Pope wrote: “I have decided, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, to concede to all priests for the Jubilee Year the discretion to absolve of the sin of abortion those who have procured it and who, with contrite heart, seek forgiveness for it.
“May priests fulfil this great task by expressing words of genuine welcome combined with a reflection that explains the gravity of the sin committed, besides indicating a path of authentic conversion by which to obtain the true and generous forgiveness of the Father who renews all with his presence.”
Pope Francis also wrote that lay people who attend Confession with SSPX priests will receive valid absolution during the year of mercy.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that abortion incurs excommunication and as a result absolution can only be granted by a Pope, bishop or priest authorised by them. …
… Regarding the Fraternity of St Pius X, Pope Francis said: “This Jubilee Year of Mercy excludes no one.” He continued: “From various quarters, several Brother Bishops have told me of their good faith and sacramental practice, combined however with an uneasy situation from the pastoral standpoint. I trust that in the near future solutions may be found to recover full communion with the priests and superiors of the Fraternity.
“In the meantime, motivated by the need to respond to the good of these faithful, through my own disposition, I establish that those who during the Holy Year of Mercy approach these priests of the Fraternity of St Pius X to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation shall validly and licitly receive the absolution of their sins.”
Er det slik å forstå at ein vanleg katolsk prest berre har avgrensa mynde til å gje absolusjon? Finst det ei liste av ekstra alvorlege synder som presten må få særskild fullmakt til å tilgje? Frå NTB-meldinga om denne saka, kunne ein få det inntrykket, men eg har aldri høyrt om noko slikt tildlegare.
Det er noen få alvorlige synder som en prest ikke kan tilgi. Noen få må gå helt til Roma, men abort kan biskopen gi fullmakt til prestene at de kan tilgi.
Vær snill å nevne disse alvorlige synder. Hvilke som må gå via Rom. På forhånd takk.
Her er de viktigste syndene som leder til ekskommunikasjon som som bare Den apostoliske stol kan løse:
Canon 1367 One who throws away the consecrated species or, for a sacrilegious purpose, takes them away or keeps them, incurs a latae sententiae excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See; a cleric, moreover, may be punished with some other penalty, not excluding dismissal from the clerical state.
Canon 1370 §1 A person who uses physical force against the Roman Pontiff incurs a latae sententiae excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See; if the offender is a cleric, another penalty, not excluding dismissal from the clerical state, may be added according to the gravity of the crime.
Canon 1378 §1 A priest who acts against the prescription of Can. 977 incurs a latae sententiae excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See. [absolving an accomplice in a sin regarding the 6th Commandment]
Canon 1382 Both the Bishop who, without a pontifical mandate, consecrates a person a Bishop, and the one who receives the consecration from him, incur a latae sententiae excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See.
Canon 1388 §1 A confessor who directly violates the sacramental seal, incurs a latae sententiae excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See; he who does so only indirectly is to be punished according to the gravity of the offence.
Kilde: http://marymagdalen.blogspot.no/2015/05/no-one-expects.html
På høy tid å gi Paven Fredsprisen! PS. Hva med prisen til Malterserordenen som i det stille gjør en enorm innsats for menneskeheten.