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Pope Francis is calling his priests to forgive women of the “sin of abortion” during the upcoming “Holy Year of Mercy.” The Pope guides more than a billion Roman Catholics worldwide. He released a letter Tuesday saying many women have told him of the pain when ending a pregnancy. He wrote many women agonized and told him “that they [had] no other option." The Pope, or pontiff, wrote he has "met so many women who bear in their heart the scar of this agonizing and painful decision." Rosemary (Farfan) is a single mother with two children. The Los Angeles woman spoke with the pontiff during a video link-up from ABC News. She said “It hasn't been easy for me. I've made some mistakes as a person, as a mother…I've felt guilty at times and ashamed.”
* forgive = 용서하다/ abortion = 낙태, 임신중절/ Holy Year = (가톨릭) 성년(聖年)/ pregnancy = 임신/ agonize = 고민하다, 고뇌하다/ pontiff = 교황/ scar = (지울 수 없는) 마음의 상처[상흔]; 흉터/ at times = 가끔은[때때로]
In reply, Pope Francis told her, “I know that people can sometimes look askance at you. You're a brave woman because you're capable of bringing these two daughters into the world. ... You respected the life you were carrying inside you and God is going to reward you for that and he does reward for you for that. Don't be ashamed. ... I congratulate you." The Roman Catholic Church remains opposed to abortion. Traditionally, the Catholic Church has viewed abortion as a serious sin, punished by excommunication. Women have been expelled from the Church and condemned to hell in the afterlife. The forgiveness allows women to continue to practice their Catholic faith in a formal manner. They can receive sacraments, like Holy Communion, and participate in church ceremonies.
* in reply (to ~) = (~에 대한) 답으로/ look askance at ~ = ~을 곁눈질로[의심쩍은 눈으로] 보다/ reward = 보상[보답/사례]하다/ be[stand] opposed to ~ = ~에 반대하다/ excommunication = (종교상의 형벌로의) 파문 (선언), 제명/ expel = 축출[제명]하다; 퇴학시키다/ condemn = 규탄[비난]하다; 선고를 내리다/ sacrament = 성체(성찬식의 빵과 포도주); 성례(결혼식, 세례식, 성찬식 등의 의식)/ Holy Communion = 영성체, 성체 성사
