That moment when someone re-tweets your sin
Pope Francis has revolutionized the Roman Catholic Church in many ways
and now he's going after the world of social networks. It has been announced
through the Sacred Apostolic Penitentiary publication that the Pope may
forgive sins through Twitter, to encourage those that cannot afford to see him
in Brazil to follow him through the TV or Internet.
The official announcement will be made next week during the World Youth
Day 2013, which will take place in Brazil July 23-28 with the presence of
millions of young people around the world. The initiative is to give "collective
forgiveness" only to the Pope's followers on Twitter that have previously
confessed their sins, have been absolved by a priest and have attended
Mass. They may tune in the World Youth Day broadcasts and receive special
papal indulgence, which can reduce the time a soul spends in purgatory.
According to iEnterate.com, many theologians have criticized the measure
because it "distances the person of the priest, the only mediator between God
and man," said one Vatican analyst. "You do not get an indulgence as you get
a coffee from a machine," said Archbishop Claudio María Celli, president of
the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.
"It's not enough just to watch a mass online or follow Pope Francis via live
streaming on your iPad or by connecting to Pope2You.net. These are just
devices. What really counts is that the tweet that the Pope will send from
Brazil or the photos from World Youth Day produce genuine spiritual fruit in
the heart of the person," said Celli.
According to the Courier Mail, Monsignor John Kennedy told Vatican Radio
that indulgences referred to God's kindness in forgiving the effects of sins.
"They are linked to a theme that Pope Francis has spoken very frequently
about since the moment of his election - that is to say, to the gift of God's
mercy," Kennedy said.
On July 9, the Pope released a decree about indulgences and social media,
according to Tennesean.com. "The faithful who on account of a legitimate
impediment cannot attend the aforementioned celebrations may obtain
Plenary Indulgence under the usual spiritual, sacramental and prayer
conditions, in a spirit of filial submission to the Roman Pontiff, by
participation in the sacred functions on the days indicated, following the
same rites and spiritual exercises as they occur via television or radio or,
with due devotion, via the new means of social communication," the Pope
stated.
The Pope's Twitter account is @Pontifex and has over 2,600,000 followers,
while its Spanish version is @Pontifex_es has nearly three million followers
worldwide.
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