Romana

The Jubilee door through which pilgrims will pass is a symbol of a personal encounter with Christ, the source of our salvation and our hope. The desire inspiring this convocation is that the Jubilee be for everyone an opportunity to rekindle hope.

Hence the Pope asks that in Rome and in the particular churches “special care should be taken to prepare priests and the faithful to celebrate the sacrament of Confession and to make it readily available in its individual form” (Spes non confundit).

A central concern of St. Josemaría’s teachings was his deep respect for people’s freedom, which led him to defend a wide-ranging pluralism in all areas of human activity. In the case of Catholics, this freedom is exercised within the doctrinal and moral guidelines provided by the Magisterium of the Church. 

But his teachings in this regard can be blurred by the passage of time and the continuous change of social circumstances, which underlines the need to return to the principles on which he based his positions rather than to evaluate with current criteria the specific decisions he may have taken in the past.