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In Holy Trinity's rectory Father Huber opened a shabby black leather volume whose spine bore the gold lettering, "Sick Call Register." The pages were ruled and labeled, like a ledger. Under "Date" he wrote "11-22-63"; under "Name," "Pres. John Kennedy"; under "Residence," "Parkland Hospital." Ministrations were "Cond. abs., cond. ex., Last B."— conditional absolution, Extreme Unction, last blessing. The last column, on the far right, was headed "Remarks." Usually it was left blank, but he felt this occasion required at least one remark. He thought and thought and then made the simple entry, "Assassinated in Downtown Dallas."】

what does "conditional absolution"mean?

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what does it mean?
In Holy Trinity's rectory Father Huber opened a shabby black leather volume whose spine bore the gold lettering, "Sick Call Register." The pages were ruled and labeled, like a ledger. Under "Date" he wrote "11-22-63"; under "Name," "Pres. John Kennedy"; under "Residence," "Parkland Hospital." Ministrations were "Cond. abs., cond. ex., Last B."— conditional absolution, Extreme Unction, last blessing. The last column, on the far right, was headed "Remarks." Usually it was left blank, but he felt this occasion required at least one remark. He thought and thought and then made the simple entry, "Assassinated in Downtown Dallas."】

what does "conditional absolution"mean?

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"Conditional absolution" is Catholic terminology that means one is only absolved of their sins (i.e. forgiven of their sins) under a certain circumstance, or condition (hence conditional). That condition is usually just confession of the sin.

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