Thou Shall Not Confess Online, Vatican Rules
From Times Wire Reports
You can book a vacation, order groceries or buy a book on the Internet, but you will never have your sins forgiven online, the Vatican said.
A top Vatican official told Italian media that the Roman Catholic Church would rule out giving confessions over the Internet in a document to be issued by the Pontifical Council for Social Communication.
“The Internet is a wonderful instrument for evangelization and pastoral service, but it will never be possible to confess online,” the council president, Archbishop John Foley, was quoted as saying.
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