“… and I absolve you from your sins …”

Osservatore Romano | AFP

Aleteia Image Department - published on 02/16/18

Photo of the Day: February 16, 2018Pope Francis spent some time Thursday afternoon hearing confessions at the archbasilica of St. John Lateran in Rome on February 15, 2018.

Photograph provided by Osservatore Romano via AFP

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