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	Apostolic Penitentiary - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Apostolic Penitentiary, formally known as the Tribunal of the Apostolic Penitentiary, is one of three judiciary bodies in the Roman Curia, which together make up the judicial branch of the government of the Holy See.
		The Apostolic Penitentiary is responsible for ruling on issues relating to the recognition of forgiveness of sins in the Roman Catholic Church.
		In order to understand the function of the Apostolic Penitentiary regarding relations between confessor and penitent, it is necessary to understand a bit about the Catholic Sacrament of Reconciliation, formerly known as the Sacrament of Confession or Penance.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Apostolic_Penitentiary (762 words)

	Roman Curia
		To the cardinal chief penitentiary is assigned a regent of the Penitentiaria.
		It is also the office of the cardinal penitentiary, at the end of the jubilee year, when the Holy Door is to be closed, to present to the pope the trowel and the mortar, to begin the walling up of the door.
		This name was given to certain Apostolic Constitutions which the popes were in the habit of promulgating at the beginning of their pontificate, in regard to judicial causes and those concerning benefices.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/c/curia,roman.html (6252 words)

	Apostolic Penitentiary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Apostolic Penitentiary is responsible for ruling on issues relating to the recognition of forgiveness of sins in the Roman Catholic Church.
		The head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Major Penitentiary, is one of the few Vatican officials who retains his position during a period of Sede vacante.
		To understand the function of the Apostolic Penitentiary regarding relations between confessor and penitent, it is necessary to understand a bit about the sacrament of Reconciliation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apostolic_Penitentiary (683 words)

	The Norm of Confession for Gaining a Plenary Indulgence - Confession
		The following was received by EWTN in response to a question directed to the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Roman dicastery responsible for the administration of Indulgences.
		APOSTOLIC PENITENTIARY to a doubt proposed on 16 February 2005, by the beloved in Christ Fr.
		Given in Rome, from the offices of the Apostolic Penitentiary, 18 February 2005.
	www.ewtn.com /library/CURIA/apconfes.htm (219 words)

	Encyclopedia topic: Apostolic Penitentiary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Apostolic Penitentiary is responsible for ruling on issues relating to the recognition of forgiveness of sin (An act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will) s in the Roman Catholic Church (The Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy).
		The head of the Apostolic Penitentiary is one of only two Vatican officials who retains his position between the death of one Pope and the election of the next.
		The sacrament is a rite by which, in Catholic belief, a penitent receives absolution (The act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance) for sins.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ap/apostolic_penitentiary.htm (626 words)

	Address to the Apostolic Penitentiary
		I then greet the members of the Penitentiary, the institution of the Apostolic See whose task is to offer the means of reconciliation in the most serious, tragic cases of sin, together with authoritative advice for problems of conscience, and the indulgence which is the crowning of grace, preserved or recovered through the Lord's mercy.
		I also greet the confessors who live their priesthood with generous dedication to the ministry of sacramental reconciliation, and the young men present who, with a good understanding of the excellence and indispensability of this ministry, wanted to perfect their training by taking part in the course that is now ending.
		I have addressed twelve Messages to the Apostolic Penitentiary on the subject from various viewpoints in the period between 1981 and last year, 2000.
	www.vatican.va /holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/2001/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_20010331_penitenzieria-apostolica_en.html (1573 words)

	Encyclopedia: Apostolic Penitentiary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Apostolic Penitentiary, formally known as the Tribunal of the Apostolic Penitentiary, is one of three judiciary bodies in the Roman Curia, which together make up the judicial branch of the government of the Holy See.
		The minor penitentiaries may not be removed by their superiors, either from Rome or from Loreto, without the permission of the Holy See.
		This name was given to certain Apostolic Constitutions which the popes were in the habit of promulgating at the beginning of their pontificate, in regard to judicial causes and those concerning benefices.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Apostolic-Penitentiary (1639 words)

	PENITENTIARY - LoveToKnow Article on PENITENTIARY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In its ecclesiastical use the word is used as the equivalent both of the Latin poenitentiarius, penitentiary priest, and poenitentiaria, the dignity or office of a poenitentianus.
		By an extension of the latter sense the name is applied to the department of the Roman Curia known as the apostolic penitentiary (sacra poenitenhiaria apostolica), presided over by the cardinal grand penitentiary (major poenitentiarius, Ital.
		In general, the poenitentianius, or penitentiary priest, is in each diocese what the grand penitentiary is at Rome, i.e.
	13.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PE/PENITENTIARY.htm (351 words)

	ELECTION OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF
		Apostolic Constitution of Pope Paul VI on the Vacancy of the Apostolic See and the Election of the Roman Pontiff issued on October 1, 1975.
		The former delegate shall sign in the presence of the reverend apostolic chamber, the latter in the presence of the prefect of the pontifical household.
		The only exception to this rule is the correspondence between the Tribunal of the Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary and the Cardinal Major Penitentiary who is in the conclave; such correspondence is to be free and unhindered, and the letters, bearing the seal of office, are not subject to examination and inspection.
	www.papalencyclicals.net /Paul06/p6elect.htm (8543 words)

	Pastor bonus
		For it is part of its duty to initiate general apostolic visitations where needed, in agreement with the dicasteries concerned and, in the same manner, to evaluate their results and to propose to the Supreme Pontiff the appropriate actions to be taken.
		It is available to the bishops so that in their Churches vocations to the sacred ministry may be cultivated to the highest degree, and seminaries may be established and conducted in accordance with the law, where students may be suitably trained, receiving a solid formation that is human and spiritual, doctrinal and pastoral.
		The Apostolic Camera, presided over by the cardinal camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, assisted by the vice-camerlengo and the other prelates of the Camera, chiefly exercises the functions assigned to it by the special law on the vacancy of the Apostolic See.
	www.uni-tuebingen.de /kirchenrecht/nomokanon/quellen/022.htm (14090 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Charles Borromeo
		Protonotary apostolic participantium and referendary of the papal court to Pope Pius IV on 13 January 1560.
		Apostolic administrator of Milan, Italy on 8 February 1560.
		Member of the Apostolic Penitentiary in May 1572.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/saintc10.htm (908 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : Jesus Instituted Sacrament of Penance
		The Holy Father's Address of March 13, 1999 to the Apostolic Penitentiary, the confessors of Rome's Patriarchal Basilicas and a group of priests and seminarians.
		Your Eminence, prelates and officials of the Apostolic Penitentiary, confessors of the Patriarchal Basilicas of the city, young priests and candidates for the priesthood who have taken the course on the internal forum organized again this year by the Apostolic Penitentiary, I welcome you affectionately to this traditional audience, which is particularly dear to me.
		May my Apostolic Blessing, which I gladly impart to you, be an assurance of this peace for you and for all whom the Lord has entrusted or will entrust to your ministry.
	catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=943 (1661 words)

	The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographies - D
		Auditor in the apostolic delegation, United States, 1950-1953; in the apostolic delegation in Canada, 1953-1954; in the apostolic delegation in Australia, 1954-1958.
		Apostolic administrator of the diocese of Poggio Mirteto, August 7, 1924.
		Apostolic delegate and vicar apostolic of Constantinople, June 10, 1914.
	www.fiu.edu /~mirandas/bios-d.htm (7810 words)

	VATICAN NORMS GOVERNING GRAVE OFFENSES, INCLUDING SEXUAL ABUSE OF MINORS
		The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is the Supreme Apostolic Tribunal for the Latin Church and also for the Eastern Catholic Churches for examining the delicts defined in the preceding articles.
		In these cases, together with the prescripts of these norms, to which all Tribunals of the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic Churches are bound, the canons concerning delicts and penalties and also the canons concerning the penal process of each Code must be applied.
		A confessor who directly violates the sacramental seal incurs a latae sententiae excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See; one who does so only indirectly is to be punished according to the gravity of the delict.
	www.natcath.org /NCR_Online/documents/CDFnorms.htm (2501 words)

	Penitentiary
		In the north, the Government permits traditional Lamibe (chiefs) to detain persons outside the government penitentiary system, in effect in "private prisons." The places of detention in the palaces of the traditional chiefs of Rey Bouba, Gashiga, Bibemi, and Tcheboa have the reputation of seriously mistreating their inmates.
		In January a convicted drug trafficker was hanged in his cell at the maximum-security Bangu penitentiary, in a manner that the authorities stated ruled out suicide.
		The building of the penitentiary has been commenced, and is in such a degree of forwardness as to promise that it will be completed before the meeting of the next Congress.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Pe/Penitentiary.html (1564 words)

	College of Cardinals: sede vacante...
		While the Apostolic See is Vacant, the government of the Church is in the hands of the Sacred College of Cardinals only with regard to ordinary business and those matters which cannot be deffered, and with regard to the preparation of all those matters which are necessary for the election of the new Pope.
		The Apostolic Penitentiary is one of the few organs which continues to function during the sede vacant.
		The destruction of the fisherman's ring and of the lead seals (used on apostolic letters) is overseen by the general congregation of cardinals.
	www.aquinas-multimedia.com /cards/sedeva.html (1965 words)

	Vatican City Government Information
		The Apostolic Penitentiary deals with matters of conscience; the Roman Rota is responsible for appeals, including annulments of marriage; and the Apostolic Signatura is the final court of appeal.
		Apostolic Nuncio (equivalent to Ambassador) to the United States--Archbishop Pietro Sambi
		The Holy See maintains an Apostolic Nunciature, the equivalent of an embassy, in the U.S. at 3339 Massachusetts Ave.
	www.traveldocs.com /va/govern.htm (614 words)

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		The celebration of the Jubilee Year is not only an extraordinary occasion for benefiting from the great gift of indulgences which the Lord gives us through the Church, but it is also a fitting opportunity to recall the catechesis on indulgences to the attention of the faithful.
		The Apostolic Penitentiary is therefore publishing this sacred notice for the benefit of all who will be making Jubilee visits.
		Given in Rome at the offices of the Apostolic Penitentiary, 29 January 2000.
	www.catholic-ew.org.uk /briefing/0003/0003007.htm (434 words)

	news
		In his message to the head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, Cardinal James Francis Stafford, the Holy Father underlined the need for the faithful to confess their sins before approaching the Eucharist.
		Father Gianfranco Girotti, an official at the Apostolic Penitentiary, remarked in a March 11 Vatican Radio interview that since the Second Vatican Council there has been a marked increase in the number of Catholics receiving Communion regularly, but a sharp simultaneous decrease in the number of confessions.
		He said that the "crisis of Confession" in the Western world is caused "mainly by a loss of the sense of sin," tied in turn to "an ethical system that relativizes moral norms." The Apostolic Penitentiary is the top Church tribunal handling issues of conscience and the "internal forum"-- ordinarily, matters pertaining to Confession.
	www.catholicexchange.com /e3news/index.asp?article_id=169659 (464 words)

	Address to the participants in the course on the internal forum organized by the Apostolic Penitentiary
		Your Eminence, prelates and officials of the Apostolic Penitentiary, confessors of the Patriarchal Basilicas of the city, young priests and candidates for the priesthood who have taken the course on the internal forum organized again this year by the Apostolic Penitentiary, I welcome you affectionately to this traditional audience, which is particularly dear to me.
		As I thank Cardinal William Wakefield Baum for the sentiments he has expressed in his address, I would like to emphasize the significance of this meeting, which in a way tangibly reaffirms the connection between the priest's mission of reconciliation as a minister of the sacrament of Penance and the See of Peter.
		May my Apostolic Blessing, which I gladly impart to you, be an assurance of this peace for you and for all whom the Lord has entrusted or will entrust to your ministry.
	www.vatican.va /holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/1999/march/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19990313_for-interne_en.html (1519 words)

	Parish News
		The formal decree granting the indulgences was dated December 25-- Christmas Day-- and issued by the Apostolic Penitentiary.
		Cardinal James Francis Stafford, the penitentiary major, announced that the decree was approved by Pope John Paul II on December 17.
		The Apostolic Penitentiary instructs all pastors to inform Catholics about these indulgences "in the most convenient manner," and asks priest to be prepared to hear confessions and lead services of veneration in order to help the faithful receive the indulgences.
	stjosephtheworker.homestead.com /par_news.html (321 words)

	Address to the officials of the Apostolic Penitentiary
		The course on the internal forum, organized every year by the Apostolic Penitentiary, gives me the opportunity to greet you at a special Audience.
		May she obtain from her Son the gift of holiness for every priest, through the sacrament of Penance, humbly received and generously offered.
		May the Apostolic Blessing which I cordially impart to you, as a pledge of God's blessings, descend upon your convictions, your resolutions and your hopes.
	www.vatican.va /holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/2003/march/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_20030328_penitenzieria-apostolica_en.html (746 words)

	The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Biographies - L
		Apostolic delegate in the United States of America and permanent observer in the Organization of Amercian States, with title of nuncio ad personam, December 10, 1980; pro-nuncio in the United States of America when diplomatic relations established, March 26, 1984.
		Secretary of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature, papal auditor, and palatine prelate, December 8, 1916.
		Apostolic administrator of the diocese of Tunja, 1932.
	www.fiu.edu /~mirandas/bios-l.htm (9580 words)

	Peace International Apostolic Ministries
		We are an apostolic community, under the leadership of Apostle John Alley.
		Christ Jesus is raising apostolic fathers in this nation, and Australia is to be prepared for spiritual awakening.
		Whilst writing "The Apostolic Revelation" three years ago, the Lord said that the book represented one level of revelation, after which He would give me a second and then a third.
	www.peace.org.au (2164 words)

	Archdiocese of Denver - DCR - World/Nation
		VATICAN CITY (CNS) — U.S. Cardinal J. Francis Stafford has been named by Pope John Paul II to head the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Vatican office that deals with matters of conscience involving the sacrament of penance and procedural issues concerning indulgences.
		The Apostolic Penitentiary is one of three tribunals of the Holy See.
		The penitentiary is divided into two offices: One governs indulgences, and the other is a court that handles cases of conscience and absolves individuals from sins reserved to the Holy See.
	www.archden.org /dcr/news.php?e=51&s=1&a=1155 (507 words)

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