Are priests and the Pope still supposed to do confessionals when they sin? If so, who listens to them?
2006-11-12 16:37:47 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Any priest can hear another's confession.
2006-11-12 16:40:44 · answer #1 · answered by Norton N 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe anyone who have sinned, confesses directly to God. the priest and pope only help guide the confessions from people to God. Like lending a helping ear.
2006-11-12 17:09:58 · answer #2 · answered by ST 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course priests and the Pope have to confess. They confess to another priest.
God bless,
Stanbo
2006-11-12 16:40:41 · answer #3 · answered by Stanbo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the Pope has a specific priest he chooses as his confessor. Every Catholic confesses to God through the ministry of His priests, whom He breathed upon, indicating a special empowerment of the Holy Spirit, and then said, "whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven them". I wonder what Protestants think this means?
2006-11-12 17:08:56 · answer #4 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. Confessing to another sinner has never made any sense to me. I confess my sins to God directly. Christians have a direct link through the Holy Spirit.
2006-11-12 16:42:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I believe you should confess to God and not man. It is not a Pope's business what sins I have committed. He can't save me and neither can Mary. Only God can and that is my main concern.
2006-11-12 16:44:29 · answer #6 · answered by CGS 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They confess to another priest of higher rank. The punishment is a thousand times more severe.
2006-11-12 16:40:06 · answer #7 · answered by Imogen Sue 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Jesus is the only person who interceedes between God and men.
Priests and Pope can confess straight to God, like the rest of us.
2006-11-12 16:40:33 · answer #8 · answered by Abbasangel 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Hopefully they confess their sins to God like the Bible tells us all to do.
2006-11-12 16:44:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Benny Hinn
2006-11-12 16:39:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋