As more countries continue to lockdown and isolate to stem the spread of the coronavirus, both believers and nonbelievers “are all in the same boat” and must confront the challenge together.
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Vatican says general absolution may be permissible during pandemic
In places particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic and with severe limits on people leaving their homes, conditions may exist to grant general absolution to the faithful without them personally confessing their sins first, the Vatican said.