Text In LatinIn English Date 1 July 1962 | ||
Argument The need for the practice of interior and exterior penance Encyclical number 7 of 8 of the pontificate Similar Sertum laetitiae, Mater et Magistra, Sacerdotalis caelibatus, Ad diem illum, Mirae caritatis | ||
Paenitentiam agere ("Penance for sins") was the seventh encyclical made by Pope John XXIII, and was issued on 1 July 1962. It calls on Christians to practice penance and considers the upcoming Second Vatican Council.
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