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A memorandum of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on "Worthiness to Receive Holy Communion", signed by its Prefect Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and published in July 2004, declared that, if a Catholic politician's formal cooperation in "the grave sin of abortion or euthanasia" becomes manifest by "consistently campaigning and voting ...
Within the Catholic Church standpoint, lay confession is a primarily historic practice. [citation needed]It is found under two forms: first, confession without relation to the sacrament, second, confession intended to supply for the sacrament in case of necessity.
The Anglican Communion established full communion with the Old Catholic Churches on the basis of the 1931 Bonn Agreement, which established three principles: Each communion recognizes the catholicity and independence of the other and maintains its own. Each communion agrees to admit members of the other communion to participate in the sacraments.
Sufficient spiritual preparation must be made by each Catholic prior to receiving Holy Communion and one must believe truly in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. A Catholic in a state of mortal sin should first make a sacramental confession: otherwise that person commits a sacrilege. A sacrilege is the unworthy treatment of sacred ...
However, the Catholic Church punishes with excommunication latae sententiae anyone who records by any technical means or divulges what is said by the confessor or penitent. [ 18 ] [ 20 ] There are limited cases where portions of a confession may be revealed to others, but always with the penitent's permission and never by revealing the penitent ...
Confession of sins is made directly to God and not through man; the only exception is when confessing to a person is a required step in recompensing for the damage done. It is taught that sins are to be kept to oneself to seek individual forgiveness from God. God forgives those who seek his forgiveness and commit themselves not to repeat the sin.
This is a glossary of terms used within the Catholic Church.Some terms used in everyday English have a different meaning in the context of the Catholic faith, including brother, confession, confirmation, exemption, faithful, father, ordinary, religious, sister, venerable, and vow.
The principal fruits of receiving the Eucharist in Holy Communion is an intimate union with Christ Jesus; [154] preserves, increases, and renews the life of grace received at Baptism; [155] separates from sin; [156] strengthens charity, which tends to be weakened in daily life; [157] preserves from future mortal sins [158] and unites to all the ...