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Pope John XXIII


The Patriarch Archbishop of Venice learned that one of his priests was leading a rather irregular life and had been frequenting a place where no priest should be seen. The Archbishop could have suspended the priest from his ministry; he could have used all the force of his authority and dismissed him with his power. But what did he do instead? He waited one day outside that place which the priest was accustomed to frequent. When the priest saw him, he grew pale, but the Patriarch took him by the arm and, as if nothing were amiss, gently requested him to go with him to the palace.

When they reached his studyroom, the Archbishop knelt down before the priest and asked him: "Please, Father, hear my confession!" And the Patriarch did it all with great humility and kindness.

When the priest had absolved him, the Patriarch put his arm around his shoulder and said to him: "My son, I would like you to meditate on the marvelous gift that God has given you of forgiving sins, even those of your own Archbishop. May this encourage you to avoid sin as far as possible in your life out of gratitude to Christ."

In 1958, that Archbishop of Venice was elected Pope and is thereafter known as Pope John XXIII.

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