{"id":4399,"date":"2010-05-11T07:36:58","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T07:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/05\/quote-of-the-day-the-church-has-a-profound-need-to-relearn-penance.html"},"modified":"2010-05-11T07:36:58","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T07:36:58","slug":"quote-of-the-day-the-church-has-a-profound-need-to-relearn-penance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/05\/quote-of-the-day-the-church-has-a-profound-need-to-relearn-penance.html","title":{"rendered":"Quote of the day: &#8220;The church has a profound need to relearn penance&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Attacks on the pope and the church come not only from outside the church, but the suffering of the church comes from inside the church, from sins that exist inside the church. This we have always known but today we see it in a really terrifying way.  The biggest weight on the church doesn&#8217;t come from the enemies outside, but is born from sin inside the church. The church has a profound need to relearn penance, to accept purification, to learn on the one hand forgiveness but also the necessity of justice. And forgiveness does not substitute justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">&#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/05\/12\/world\/europe\/12pope.html?hp=&amp;pagewanted=print\">Pope Benedict, May 11, 2010,<\/a> on his plane en route to Portugal<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Attacks on the pope and the church come not only from outside the church, but the suffering of the church comes from inside the church, from sins that exist inside the church. This we have always known but today we see it in a really terrifying way. 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