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Vatican City (AFP) - Dubbed 'super confessors', for one year only they can absolve sins usually only pardoned by the pope himself.

And on Wednesday over 1,000 of these "missionaries of mercy", handpicked by Pope Francis, were sent forth to win back the hearts of those who have left the Catholic Church and open the door to repentant sinners across the world.

There are certain evils the Vatican ranks above other sins, from attempting to assassinate the pope to defiling the Eucharist -- the rite of consuming consecrated bread and wine in Church -- by spitting it out or using it in a Satanic ritual.

Since the 12th century, those guilty of these so-called "reserved sins" had their cases evaluated by a secret tribunal in the tiny Vatican city state before they were sent before the pope, who would determine an appropriate penance.

Now, 1,142 priests and monks from around the world have be given the power, for the Vatican's Jubilee Year, to forgive sinners in their flocks -- and possibly fellow priests as one of the special sins is breaking the seal of confession.

Maltese Franciscan Marcello Ghirlando, 53, told AFP he thought giving the 'super confessors' authority usually reserved for the man in white was "a symbolic gesture" to show people the Church is ready to wipe slates clean.

Over 1,000 priests and monks have be given the power to forgive sinners in their flocks.

"I think the pope wants to insist that 'listen, God is always going to forgive us if we turn to him with a clean heart, with a repentant heart'," he said with a grin, adding that he was relishing the challenge of bringing people back to church.

Pope Francis has repeatedly warned priests not to turn off potential believers by being boring, inaccessible or overly intrusive, and on Tuesday he told the missionaries they should take a "maternal" approach to sinners.

"Remember, you are not dealing with sin but a repentant sinner, a sinner who wants to change but can't," he said, telling them to "cover the sinner with a blanket of mercy, so that he is no longer ashamed and can rediscover joy."

- 'Spiritual, social revolution' -

Some of the super confessors are already thinking outside the box. One missionary is off to the Canadian Arctic to hear Eskimo confessions, another will tour Australia in a camper, whilst others are packing their bags for Burundi, China and Lebanon.

Vatican watcher John L. Allen, writing for the Cruxnow website, said the pontiff was hoping the missionaries would carry with them his messages on key social issues, from tackling climate change to opening doors to refugees.

"As the 'Pope of Mercy' sees it, this jubilee year isn't just a series of celebrations and events intended to foster deeper piety, however desirable that may be. The far more audacious aim is to launch a revolution -- spiritual at its core, but with imminent social and even political consequences," he said.

American priest Joseph Hlubik, 62, who was meeting up with the other missionaries ahead of talks with the pope, said he hoped that those who have left the Church in recent years "see this as an opportunity to come back".

"People who thought they were outside of the grace of God for one reason or another. Let them find us approachable and understanding," he said, holding his wide-brimmed black hat on in the wind.

Priest Mana Thembalethu from South Africa, 39, said the confessors would be forgiving those who take part in abortions -- but warned "we're not saying abortion is cool, everybody must do it. It still remains a sin".

And 49-year-old Xavier Lefebvre, a Paris-based priest, shrugged off the label "super confessor", saying anyone who takes confession should be super, or they are not doing their job right -- a sentiment shared by Francis.

"Let those who do not feel up to it have the humility to say: 'No, I'll celebrate Mass, I'll clean the floor, I'll do everything but not confess, because I do not know how to do it well'," the pope said.

 

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Is the Pope that man of sin, and if he is has he been revealed?

2 Thessalonians 2:3-4  Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

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All of the above theatrical antics of, 'MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH' is in accordance to the words of the Lord Jesus as recorded in Matthew 23:15, "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves."

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Matthew 23:8-10
8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.

The worship of Mary and prayers made by catholics to "saints" is also unbiblical.

1 Tim 2:5-6
5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Ephesians 2:8-9
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
 

The biggest problem with catholicism (and there are other massive problems) is that they do not revere the word of God... they refuse to even look at what the Bible (God's word) says.
They are taught to listen only to what a pope, priest, or other "authority" in the catholic church says, and to not come to God through Christ, but through the catholic church.
It is the biggest obstacle when witnessing to a catholic... showing them the word of God (which sadly, they have been told not to revere). It's harder oftentimes to witness to a catholic than to someone who has never heard what God's word says, or knows very little.  They (catholics) have been indoctrinated into "religiosity", rather than by the word of God.
But God's word will not return void... and many former catholics have come out of her!!! Praise the Lord! Never give up...(that's not to say to ram it down their throats) but if they will see what God's word truly teaches it will touch them in a way no words of human reasoning can.  I've met many former catholics who have come out of catholicism, and asked each one what drew them to Christ and the truth of salvation through Him alone. The above verses I gave are the 4 most common answers, how someone took the time to explain to them why confessing to priest is not biblical, and how Jesus is the one and only mediator, and/or that "good works" won't get them to heaven. They each say something which should spur us on to witness to them... they each have said they rejected the truth the first, second, maybe even third (or more) times it was presented to them,(out of loyalty to family/friends/the catholic "church") , but that "something" kept nagging at them to pick up a Bible and read for themselves what God's word really says (and not what they'd been told at catholic school or "church"). They then wondered why the priests and nuns had never mentioned those verses... or twisted them to suit the catholic rhetoric... they became angry that they had been deceived by the catholic "church" for so long, and then turned to Christ and He alone in belief that He truly is the only way, truth, and life, and admit there is no works they can do to "work their way" to heaven. Many of them have family which have turned on them, refusing to even speak to them, and it has cost them in persecution from friends as well. But it's amazing that not many people had ever even brought up these truths to them before they came to Christ. And since many of them said they rejected it the first time they heard it that after hearing/reading it again it touched them... so don't think you are ineffective. If no-one tells them the truth, they will never hear/read it! Use one (or all) of the verses above (or other scripture the Holy Spirit guides you to use).  We can't "force" them to see it... only the Lord can draw them.  Yes, they will likely (at first) call you a blasphemer or heretic for trying to reach them... but that shouldn't deter us. That's what they've been "programmed" by the catholic church to believe and say, many of them went to catholic schools throughout their youth/teen years as well. Yes, it can be uncomfortable to give them the word, but if you don't, who will??? So even if you don't feel you were effective at "winning them" to Christ... you never know how deeply God's word will reach them!

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