Assertion: priest | /r/CapableOf | hear confession
Facets:
value: in the open
type: LOCATION
value: at the parishioner’s home
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Lastly, when a priest hears Confessions, he is taking on another responsibility.
text: Priests CAN NOT repeat anything they heard in confession or in ANY WAY change their actions based on what they have heard.
text: A call to visit someone at the hospital or nursing home; a parishioner who is going through a difficult time with a family member and needs pastoral counseling; an individual who rings the doorbell looking for a priest to hear his confession; the unexpected death of a parishioner’s family member; all of these (and many other such occurrences) are grace-filled moments in the life of the priest and can cause him to adjust his schedule at a moment
text: If an elderly parishioner is physically unable to come to church for confession, for example, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with the priest going to him/her, and hearing the confession at the parishioner’s home.
text: When public school students attending the Parish School of Religion go to confession, for example, the priests hear their confessions in the open, face to face, where both priest and penitent can be seen, but not heard.
text: Priests hear Confessions and provide spiritual direction
text: Instead, it means that he can no longer conduct Mass, hear confessions or administer sacraments such as the Eucharist.
text: Q: I know that a priest who hears confessions is forbidden to reveal their contents to others.
text: Does the fact that priests would have to devote more time to hearing confessions, at least in some parishes, have anything to do with it?