The Pope is asking all of us to do penance for our sins not because our sins hurt others and were immoral, but because the world is criticizing us.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8622671.stm
Pope Benedict XVI has called on Roman Catholics to "do penance" for their sins, an apparent reference to the recent child sexual abuse scandal.
He said Catholics were "under attack from the world which talks to us of our sins" and should see the necessity "to recognise what is wrong in our lives.
