Editors Note, Feb. 25, 2019: America has become aware that this article included extensive unattributed material from other sources. Accordingly, we have removed the text. For more material on this topic, read the original report from Catholic News Service, “Pope Francis For Year of Mercy, Pope Francis extends possibilities for absolution.”

A Feb. 22 story in the National Post of Canada documented multiple cases in which Father Rosica used material from other authors without providing proper citations. “What I’ve done is wrong, and I am sorry about that,” Father Rosica told the Post.

 

Thomas Rosica, C.S.B., is C.E.O. of the Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation in Canada. He served as English language Media Attaché at four Synods of Bishops (2008-2015) and also to the Holy See Press Office from 2013 to 2017.