Q already hinted that it has todo with confessions.
Confessions incoming :)
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Don't believe for a minute that you can confess your sins to a man and receive "absolution." The only way is through Christ and it is between you and Him. Repent of your sins and ask Him for forgiveness.
You have a misunderstanding of the Catholic belief in the priesthood. Christ said to confess to one another. He also gave the apostles the ability to forgive sins. All priests descend from the line of the apostles unbroken through the centuries. Catholics believe that when a priest administers the sacraments (such as absolution in confession), he does so in the person of Christ. This means that Christ Himself literally works through the agency of the priest and is actually the one granting the absolution. The priest cannot and does not absolve sins by his own human agency.
Amen. God bless you patriot.
Amen
I was raised Catholic, I'm not a scholar ... But I believe there are Mortal Sins ... those are unforgivable
Mortal sins can only be forgiven with a perfect act of contrition (which is impossible to know if you have done short of dying) or through confession. One who dies in mortal sin is damned. Venial sins can be forgiven in other ways besides those above.
Oh, ok thanks