The Major Penitentiary is sometimes referred to as chief confessor of the Catholic Church because he has broad faculties that are reserved to the Holy See to grant pardon and forgiveness for sins for which an ordinary priest or bishop cannot grant absolution.
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Cardinal Piacenza is the head of the Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary, the office of the Roman Curia responsible for issues related to the sacrament of confes.
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COMMENTARY: That the Holy Father has created cardinals from serving nuncios multiple times is one telling sign of their return to power during his papacy.