Yes, mass prayer will get you forgiveness.
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ohn Hooper in Rome
Monday January 7, 2008
The Guardian
The Vatican has called on Catholics to atone for the sex abuse scandals that have engulfed their church in recent years by taking part in what may be the largest global prayer initiative ever seen.
Cardinal Cláudio Hummes told the Vatican's official daily, L'Osservatore Romano, that every diocese in the world should name a priest to work full-time on the arrangements for the "perpetual adoration" of the eucharist. This would involve parishioners taking turns to keep a round-the-clock vigil in front of a consecrated host representing the body of Jesus.
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The pope has been accused of obstructing the investigation of sex abuse claims while head of another Vatican department. But he made it clear before his election that he would put the issue near the top of his agenda if chosen as pope. In 2006, he disciplined and publicly humiliated Marcial Maciel, the founder of the Legionnaires of Christ movement, who had been accused of sexual abuse.
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ohn Hooper in Rome
Monday January 7, 2008
The Guardian
The Vatican has called on Catholics to atone for the sex abuse scandals that have engulfed their church in recent years by taking part in what may be the largest global prayer initiative ever seen.
Cardinal Cláudio Hummes told the Vatican's official daily, L'Osservatore Romano, that every diocese in the world should name a priest to work full-time on the arrangements for the "perpetual adoration" of the eucharist. This would involve parishioners taking turns to keep a round-the-clock vigil in front of a consecrated host representing the body of Jesus.
[...]
The pope has been accused of obstructing the investigation of sex abuse claims while head of another Vatican department. But he made it clear before his election that he would put the issue near the top of his agenda if chosen as pope. In 2006, he disciplined and publicly humiliated Marcial Maciel, the founder of the Legionnaires of Christ movement, who had been accused of sexual abuse.
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