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In Rome recently a woman finished her confession and waited for her penance. "You will say six Hail Marys," said the priest, "and knit me a sweater-long sleeves, please."
But any priest to whom they presented their problem "looked at us and saw a young couple with a house full of youngsters, and then looked ahead. He thought of the possibility of one night having the little martini hour turn into quite a party, and no matter what the...
* A Roman Catholic may not take Holy Communion unless he is free of mortal sin, which can only be obtained by confession and absolution from a priest, and no confession is valid unless the penitent sincerely intends never to repeat his sin.
Allergic Reaction. Pike first stated his views in the Christian Century, was attacked by 15 Episcopal ministers in Georgia and critics elsewhere, then turned on his critics in a pastoral letter. Pike placed heavy emphasis on the freedom of the Anglican Communion. "We, unlike most principal Christian traditions, are not...
The Fit. Last month Harold Parsons took Fioravanti to the U.S. consulate and had him make a signed confession of the forgery. With that in hand, Parsons sent off a letter to the Met in Manhattan. The Met was not too surprised: its own ceramics expert, Joseph V. Noble, had...