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Why is the pope called the "Holy Father" instead of just "Father"?
Fr. Vincent Serpa O.P.
Can the pope bind all future popes to a specific liturgical discipline?
Michelle Arnold
Shouldn't the pope dress simply, like Jesus did?
Michelle Arnold
Does papal infallibility mean the pope is perfect or inerrant?
Jim Blackburn
Is the pope similar to the high priest in the Old Testament?
Peggy Frye
What if one pope contradicts another?
Michelle Arnold
How do we know that the pope can make an infallible statement concerning doctrine? Has this ever been infallibly defined?
Jim Blackburn
The Bible says that Peter wasn't in Rome. So how could he be its first bishop?
Catholic Answers Staff
What is the origin of the statement "Rome has spoken, the matter is finished"?
Catholic Answers Staff
If a pope resigned, would he still be infallible in matters of faith and morals?
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"In the week immediately before Lent everyone shall go to his confessor and confess his deeds and the confessor shall so shrive him as he then may hear by his deeds what he is to do [in the way of penance]."

~ Anglo-Saxon "Ecclesiastical Institutes" translated from Theodulphus by Abbot Aelfric about A.D. 1000; explaining the English term "shrovetide" (from "to shrive", or hear confessions) wherein the religious idea is uppermost; but before long, human nature allowed itself some exceptional licence.