As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, might it be licit to make a confession via iPhone or Skype or remotely in some other way? Some think it may not violate canon law; others disagree. Says Fr. Thomas Weinandy, “physical presence is absolutely [necessary] for the validity of the enactment of the sacrament.” [1]
Confession by phone?
JD Flynn and Ed Condon, Catholic News AgencyFriday, March 20, 2020
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