Father Sebastian Picur is one of the most popular clergy in social media in our country. His account on Tikktoku is already observed by nearly 900,000 people, and the recordings have won over 19 million likes. As the priest often emphasizes, such activities are a good way to reach people who are not associated with the Church. – Social media are a tool for reaching people who are not in the church every day. Through Pandemia, people whose faith was not alive and deep, they are no longer regularly in the Church – he said in an interview with the portal aleteia.org.
Can you confess online? The priest puts the matter clearly
Father Picur very often answers his viewers’ questions. Recently, one of the people asked him about online confession through messengers. As part of the response, the priest recorded a short film. “There is no confession online. You can arrange a confession in Real through the messengers. I invite you” – he informed his viewers.
The topic caused an avid discussion. Some strongly oppose this type of change. “I would never agree to such a confession, I’m not so modern” – commented one of the women. However, several people wrote that Tadeusz Rydzyk is led by such a confession for a fee. It is worth noting, however, that the media related to the controversial Redemptorist denyted this type of reports several times. “Radio Maryja never had, there is nothing and will have nothing to do with such activities. Radio Maryja or none of us has ever led and does not conduct any confession via the Internet, by phone or any technical means” – we read in the communiqué on the station website .
Confession through messengers? “Ineffective and wicked”
We can read about online confession on the monthly website “On the road”. The article was created after media reports informing about a certain documentary of the Holy See, in which such practices were banned. One of the readers wrote that in her opinion it would not be a bad solution. As she said, the internet would provide really full anonymity and authentic dialogue with a confessor.
However, the Polish church is not currently open to such changes. This is reminded of the answer to the question of the Catholic magazine reader. “Any attempts to grant the sacrament of penance using such means of communication that do not provide really direct and bilateral contact of the confessor with the penitent, they are by nature ineffective and wicked” – we can read on the monthly website.
Source: Gazeta
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