May I visit Protestant and Orthodox churches?

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I live only a mile away from a United Methodist church and a Greek Orthodox church. I still attend a Catholic church and am a devout Roman Catholic, but I go running and was wondering if it is wrong of me to go and visit one of these churches sometime as a quiet place of solitude for me to pray. Is this wrong of me or is it okay to do?
 
I wouldn’t say it’s “wrong” but I would ask you why you want to pray in a church. Most people want to do so because they believe God is present in a special way in a church. As Catholics, we know that God is most truly present in a church in the Eucharist. Protestant churches do not have a valid eucharist and Orthodox churches ordinarily do not reserve the Blessed Sacrament for adoration. But since Orthodox churches do have a valid Eucharist and do have holy icons that can foster prayer and contemplation of heavenly things, then I would choose the Orthodox church as the place on your run to stop and pray.
 
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