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Example sentences for: repentance

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The New York Times leads with the Vatican's official repentance regarding the mass killings of Jews during World War II.
To usher in the Year 2000, the Pope has declared that anyone who quits smoking or drinking (or eating) for one day can get an "indulgence"--a ticket bypassing purgatorial repentance and smoothing the way to heaven.
Everybody carries the repentance story on the front page.
In an editorial, the paper said that "[b]etween rampant organizational chaos, a stingy funeral budget, sound and fury from the Russian Orthodox Church and a growing list of prominent no-shows, this proposed 'act of national repentance and reconciliation' is shaping up as one lousy historical event."
I have taken up issues related to love and sex, repentance and forgiveness, and the relationship between personal character and public responsibility in political leaders.