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If a Catholic confesses his/her sins to an orthodox priest, is the confession valid?
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Pfaffenhoffen
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Yes, it is.If a Catholic confesses his/her sins to an orthodox priest, is the confession valid?
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ConstantineTG
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No it is not, unless it is a matter of urgency. Confession is a ministry of the Church, and thus a valid priest with no faculties from the Church cannot validly confer the Sacrament. In cases of emergency, such as danger of death, the Church will supply the faculties for the benefit of the penitent. So any valid priest, Catholic or otherwise (including lacizied priests) can validly hear confession in behalf of the Catholic Church.
A diocesan priest only has faculties in his own diocese. He would have to receive faculties from the Bishop of the next diocese to hear confessions there. Religious priests would also need to receive faculties from the Local Ordinary to hear confessions from the lay people in a diocese. But if they have faculties from their superior, then they can hear confessions from any house they have.
A diocesan priest only has faculties in his own diocese. He would have to receive faculties from the Bishop of the next diocese to hear confessions there. Religious priests would also need to receive faculties from the Local Ordinary to hear confessions from the lay people in a diocese. But if they have faculties from their superior, then they can hear confessions from any house they have.
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runningdude
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An orthodox priest has faculties to hear the confessions of fellow Orthodox Christians, depending on the discipline of the particular church. Orthodox usually lack faculties to hear confessions from Catholics, but only because the Catholic Church doesn’t allow Catholics to be absolved by Orthodox priests (except of course in case of necessity).No it is not, unless it is a matter of urgency. Confession is a ministry of the Church, and thus a valid priest with no faculties from the Church cannot validly confer the Sacrament. In cases of emergency, such as danger of death, the Church will supply the faculties for the benefit of the penitent. So any valid priest, Catholic or otherwise (including lacizied priests) can validly hear confession in behalf of the Catholic Church.
There may be other limited exceptions allowing a Catholic to be absolved by a willing Orthodox priest, depending on current Catholic law, but I’m not familiar with the particulars. Many Orthodox priests would not be willing to perform such an absolution, at least not outside of grave necessity.
A Catholic priest only has faculties to regularly hear confessions within his own diocese. However, if not otherwise barred from administering absolution, he may occasionally hear confessions elsewhere.A diocesan priest only has faculties in his own diocese. He would have to receive faculties from the Bishop of the next diocese to hear confessions there. Religious priests would also need to receive faculties from the Local Ordinary to hear confessions from the lay people in a diocese. But if they have faculties from their superior, then they can hear confessions from any house they have.
The example I heard was if a priest were simply passing through a city while in traveling and approached by a penitent, he need not refuse the penitent solely on the basis of jurisdiction. It would only be a problem if he set up a regular ministry offering confession without the local bishop’s permission.
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