Tag: absolution
Question Corner: Can laypeople absolve sins for the dying? Is chanting...
Q: If someone is dying, can anyone hear their confession and offer absolution? (Fredericksburg, PA)
A: No. Only an ordained priest has the power to...
‘No absolution, no Communion’ — Catholic church has long history...
WASHINGTON -- When Diane Davis was preparing for her first Communion in the 1970s, she asked her mother why she didn't go up to...
‘Catholic’ Bible vs. King James/General absolution during COVID-19? — Q&A with...
Q. I was raised Catholic and love my religion. But my brother has become a Pentecostal. He says that the King James Bible was...
“Be merciful” — Pope Francis gives seafarer chaplains special powers of...
VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis gave priests who minister to seafarers special permission to grant absolution for sins that usually would require the intervention...