Synod on Synodality to Include Ceremony ‘Confessing’ Sins Against ‘Migrants,’ ‘Synodality’, by Michael Haynes

By Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent, LifeSiteNews, Sep 18, 2024

LifeSite will provide detailed and daily coverage of the Synod on Synodality on the ground during the entire length of the proceedings. Updates will be posted on LifeSiteNews.com and on X/Twitter account of LifeSite’s Vatican correspondent.

In the evening of October 1 in St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis is to lead a ‘penitential vigil’ which will include ‘confessing’ sins ‘against migrants,’ ‘synodality,’ ‘lack of listening’ and ‘participation of all.’

VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — The Vatican’s press office released details of the upcoming Synod on Synodality starting later this month, which includes a “penitential vigil” that will see the “confession” of sins against “synodality,” “migrants” and “participation of all,” among other things.

The synod will begin on Monday, September 30, with all participants taking part in a two-day retreat. Last year’s retreat was held in Sacrofano, but this year it will instead take place in the Vatican.

A new addition to the calendar this year, however, is the “penitential vigil” held in the evening of October 1 in St. Peter’s Basilica. Led by Pope Francis, the vigil will hear the testimonies of three people “who have suffered sin: the sin of abuse; the sin of war; the sin of indifference to the drama present in the growing phenomenon of migrations all over the world.”

After this, “the confession of a number of sins will take place,” the Vatican announced. It did not give precise details on how the event will unfold.

“The aim is not to denounce the sin of others but to acknowledge oneself as a member of those who, by omission or action, become the cause of suffering and responsible for the evil inflicted on the innocent and defenseless,” the Vatican wrote. “Whoever expresses the request for forgiveness will do so in the name of all the baptized.”

Sins particularly being “confessed” include: ….

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