What is the basis for the Catechism saying that one can always be forgiven by perfect contrition come from?

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The answer is given in footnote 51 of what you quote:

Fourteenth Session of the Council of Trent (1551), "On the Most Holy Sacraments of Penance and Extreme Unction," ch. 4, "On Contrition":

The Synod teaches…that…it sometimes happens that this contrition is perfect through charity, and reconciles man with God before this sacrament be actually received…

The Council of Trent is infallible because its documents were ratified by a pope.

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