The Pope to confessors, 'God never tires of forgiving' - Last hour. Pope Francis will preside at the penitential liturgy in a Roman parish as part of the "24 Hours for the Lord" initiative and will himself confess some of the faithful.

"I encourage you, therefore, to live every confession as a unique and unrepeatable moment of grace, and to generously give the Lord's forgiveness, with affability, paternity and I dare say even maternal restraint"