{"id":73,"date":"2010-04-15T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/04\/pope-watch-penance-needed-pope-benedict-says.html"},"modified":"2010-04-15T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-15T13:15:00","slug":"pope-watch-penance-needed-pope-benedict-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/04\/pope-watch-penance-needed-pope-benedict-says.html","title":{"rendered":"Pope Watch: Penance Needed, Pope Benedict Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing the Vatican&#8217;s<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/04\/pope-watch-protesters-target-pontiffs-travel-plans-threaten-arrest.html\">&nbsp;damage-control efforts&nbsp;<\/a>regarding&nbsp;the clergy sex abuse scandal,&nbsp;including a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/religion\/2010-04-14-moving-clergy-abuse_N.htm?csp=34&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+Religion-TopStories+(News+-+Religion+-+Top+Stories)&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">new Associated Press investigation reporting that at least 30 accused priests have been shuffled around the globe,<\/a> Pope Benedict spontaneously confirmed the need to repent for sins during a homily today. His exact words:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I must say that we Christians, even in recent times, have often avoided the word &#8216;penance,&#8217; which seemed too harsh to us. Now, under the attacks of the world that speaks to us of our sins, we see that being able to do penance is a grace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Related links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/religion\/2010-04-15-pope-statement_N.htm?csp=34&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+Religion-TopStories+(News+-+Religion+-+Top+Stories)&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\">Report: Pope says &#8220;we&#8221; must repent for abuse <\/a>(Associated Press)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnews.com\/data\/stories\/cns\/1001583.htm\">Abuse scandal painful, but doing penance leads to grace, pope says <\/a>(Catholic News Service)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com\/2010\/04\/this-pain-is-grace-because-it-is.html\">&#8220;This Pain is Grace, Because It Is Renewal&#8221;: Off-the-Cuff, the Pope Speaks <\/a>(Whispers in the Loggia)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/04\/16\/world\/europe\/16vatican.html?partner=rssnyt&amp;emc=rss\">In Shift of Tone on Abuse Cases, Pope Speaks of &#8216;Penance&#8217; <\/a>(New York Times)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Tomorrow is Pope Benedict&#8217;s 83rd birthday, he visits Malta this weekend,&nbsp;and Monday is the fifth anniversary of his election to succeed Pope John Paul II, so stay tuned&nbsp;for more Pope Watch updates, and share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing the Vatican&#8217;s&nbsp;damage-control efforts&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;the clergy sex abuse scandal,&nbsp;including a new Associated Press investigation reporting that at least 30 accused priests have been shuffled around the globe, Pope Benedict spontaneously confirmed the need to repent for sins during a homily today. 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