On the eve of the Synod on Synodality, Pope Francis presided over a penitence ceremony at the Vatican in which Cardinals read a list of petitions for the forgiveness of “sins” against the environment, indigenous peoples, and migrants, as well as abuse, poverty, using doctrine as “stones,” and a lack of synodality, among others.
Francis himself wrote the petitions for forgiveness, according to LifeSite News.
“Gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica Tuesday evening, Pope Francis led the assembled participants of the Synod on Synodality in a mass confession-style event,” Life Site News reported. “The para-liturgy – situated midway down the central nave of the basilica rather than around the altar – comprised a series of testimonies and confessions.”
Abuse victims gave emotional testimonies in which they described not only the abuse they faced but also how the…
