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But that sin did not require this disproportionate act of repentance.

The pope's act of repentance was so unusual that some Catholics predict that it will take time for its full importance to sink in.

The pope's act of repentance, delivered as part of the liturgy of Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, was a courageous and historic declaration that many of his own cardinals and bishops opposed.

Yesterday the defence minister, Alain Richard, also reiterated the government's opposition to any formal act of repentance, saying "unjustifiable acts" were committed by both sides and that it was "not up to politicians today to distribute good and bad marks in a hasty fashion".

The public act of repentance, solemnly woven into the liturgy of Sunday Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, was an unprecedented moment in the history of the Roman Catholic Church, one that the ailing 79-year-old pope pushed forward over the doubts of even many of his own cardinals and bishops.

The public act of repentance, woven into the liturgy of Sunday Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, was an unprecedented moment in the history of the Roman Catholic Church, one that the pope pushed forward over the doubts of even many of his own cardinals and bishops.

In the years to come, there would be individual and institutional acts of repentance by many of those involved in the trials.

The Bible commands Jews to "afflict your soul" on Yom Kippur as a sign of atonement, and while it does not specifically mention fasting, the commandment has come down to mean acts of repentance like fasting, the wearing of leatherless shoes and abstinence from sexual relations.

Acts of repentance, individual or collective, assume a moral transformation.

"Acts of repentance for specific events are one thing but a general statement of repentance is meaningless," said historian Maurice Vaisse.

"And where the church has been silent in previous generations and cultures, or contributed to the separation of families, we have later understood our complicity and at our best have engaged in acts of repentance".