The Internet offers an opportunity for dialogue, for response to questions, for interactive instruction and even for pastoral counseling, Foley, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, said June 5. It does not offer the opportunity for online confession.
Online mass is another matter, however. The church is still discerning its stance on virtual Sunday service attendance, which is obligatory in Roman Catholic tradition
More wishful thinking from the secular media. Sacraments require being personally there. You can't "phone it in." How is one to partake of the Communion while watching TV? Have it sent via FedEx?
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Becky
An interesting question. Would you agree that most people who attend mass should not be receiving communion, because they are not in a state of grace? And, if you are not going to participate in the sacrament, is there a qualitative difference in being in the church versus watching it from home? What about being in the church building, but in a separate crying room with closed-circuit TV?