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packman

(16,296 posts)
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 04:46 PM Mar 2020

Rejoice all you sinners - Salvation if you get the coronavirus -


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The Catholic Church on Friday granted forgiveness -- under certain conditions -- for the sins of the faithful struck by the novel coronavirus.

A decree published by the Vatican also covers healthcare workers and those who pray for their wellbeing. Relatives who care for their sick family members may also be forgiven.

The conditions include the sick saying a certain number of prayers or following important celebrations from a distance.

Those who pray for the caregivers' wellbeing must also read the Bible "for at least half an hour".

https://news.yahoo.com/church-forgives-sins-those-stricken-virus-144837990.html
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Rejoice all you sinners - Salvation if you get the coronavirus - (Original Post) packman Mar 2020 OP
Hmmm. If I only read the Bible for 29 minutes, will the caregivers I pray for get CV and/or coti Mar 2020 #1
Wait!!, if I pray for 30 minutes I will be forgiven? Doreen Mar 2020 #2
They are not going to make priests do last rites jberryhill Mar 2020 #3

coti

(4,612 posts)
1. Hmmm. If I only read the Bible for 29 minutes, will the caregivers I pray for get CV and/or
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 04:49 PM
Mar 2020

go to hell?

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
2. Wait!!, if I pray for 30 minutes I will be forgiven?
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 05:01 PM
Mar 2020

I will die but be forgiven? So, there is no forgiven so I do not die? Am I understanding this correctly? Or maybe it is praying for someone else and with the same results?

WTF?!!

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