And to whom?
2007-10-09 16:19:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How can the Pope justify living in the richest city in the world "the Vatican" and be a man of god whilst there are children starving on the streets, that is the biggest sin.
To me he is a hypocrite and no amount of confession can absolve that sin.
2007-10-09 20:58:10 · answer #1 · answered by jacs 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pope John Paul II went to confession daily.....and he confessed them to his confessor.
It could be any priest of his choosing.
Remember, that the Pope is infallible ONLY when teaching (ex cathedra) on Faith & Morals.
2007-10-09 23:39:34 · answer #2 · answered by The Cub 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The Pope does have a confessor. Generally, the identity of one's confessor is not commonly bandied about, so I don't know who it is.
The Pope attends reatreats, listens to the preaching and teaching of many teachers, and spends time daily in prayer and study. These are all the practices of committed Christians.
2007-10-09 23:43:08 · answer #3 · answered by MaH 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes. He has a personal confessor to whom he confesses his sins.
2007-10-10 01:19:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
No priest (including the pope) can absolve himself.
Therefore every priest up to and including the Pope needs to go to another priest to give his confession.
"The priest is not a priest for himself. He does not give absolution to himself. He does not administer the sacraments to himself. He does not exist for himself, he exists for you" (Cure of Ars: Monnin II 453).
What a comfort to the guilty, when, stung with remorse and repenting of his sins, he hears the word of the priest who says to him in God's name: "I absolve thee from thy sins!" These words fall, it is true, from the lips of one who, in his turn, must needs beg the same absolution from another priest. This does not debase the merciful gift; but makes it, rather, appear greater; since beyond the weak creature is seen more clearly the hand of God through whose power is wrought this wonder. (Encyclical of Pope Pius Xi on the Catholic Priesthood) http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_19351220_ad-catholici-sacerdotii_en.html
I do not know who is the Pope's confessor.
With love in Christ
2007-10-10 00:05:35 · answer #5 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
To a man of God. Probably a Cardinal since that's whose mostly around him I would think.
2007-10-09 23:24:04 · answer #6 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that's a very good question.
2007-10-09 23:31:55 · answer #7 · answered by sisterzeal 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wonder.
2007-10-09 23:22:44 · answer #8 · answered by Nels 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋