About this blog…
“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
Fr. Z’s Podcasts RSS Feed
YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- amenamen on An image drawn by a Cistercian nun provokes thoughts about the Immaculate Conception and the Tears of Eve. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Thank you, St Cyril of Jerusalem. Sometimes, reading the Fathers of the Church is like turning on a light in…”
- on An image drawn by a Cistercian nun provokes thoughts about the Immaculate Conception and the Tears of Eve. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Ah, the caramels! The caramels! A box is always at our home during the holidays filled with chocolate and traditional…”
- on 8 December: Happy 20th Blogiversary! A retrospective: “Congratulations, Reverend Father, and many happy returns of the day! Your continued “accompaniment” of all of us via this electronic…”
- on An image drawn by a Cistercian nun provokes thoughts about the Immaculate Conception and the Tears of Eve. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “This is splendid – many thanks! I’ve been doing a bit of comparative mediaeval Christmas song reading, and just encountered…”
- on Presidential Message on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception 2025: “I don’t look to the White House, or any politician, for approbation of the faith.”
- on Presidential Message on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception 2025: “This is a reverent, noble and much appreciated gesture gifted to us by President Trump. We need acknowledge with respect…”
- on An image drawn by a Cistercian nun provokes thoughts about the Immaculate Conception and the Tears of Eve. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Father, I love your BTW comment! Additionally, it bothers me to hear “…he will crush your head…” vs “she” in…”
- on 9 December – Feast of St. Juan Diego. The AMAZING miracle for his canonization!: “You and your mother are daily in my morning offering, Fr. Z. I’ll pray for your mother’s healing in my…”
- on Presidential Message on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception 2025: “@PatS: Instead of seeing the glass half-empty, I see it half-full and still filling. God bless President Trump, even with…”
- on 8 December: Happy 20th Blogiversary! A retrospective: “Happy blogiversary, Father! May God richly bless your efforts.”
- on Time flies… 7 Dec 1965 – Vatican II closed: “I and a group of women have been reading the documents of Vatican II. We remark frequently on how what…”
- on ADVENTCAzT 2025 – 09 – Immaculate Conception: “Thank you for adding the bit about John Paul II stating the BVM is co-redemptrix. I hope I spelled that…”
- on Presidential Message on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception 2025: “I have been a Constitutionalist since the 7th grade when we were taught Civics. Held my nose and voted for…”
ABORTION PILL RESCUE NETWORK
Everyone, work to get this into your parish bulletins and diocesan papers.
Federated Computer… your safe and private alternative to big biz corporations that hate us while taking our money and mining our data. Have an online presence large or small? Catholic DIOCESE? Cottage industry? See what Federated has to offer. Save money and gain peace of mind.
Polls
Loading ...Donate using VENMO
GREAT BEER from Traditional Benedictine Monks in Italy
Good coffee and tea. Help monks.
CLICK and say your daily offerings!
A Daily Prayer for Priests
I use this when I travel both in these USA and abroad. Very useful. Fast enough for Zoom. I connect my DMR (ham radio) through it. If you use my link, they give me more data. A GREAT back up.
Help support Fr. Z’s Gospel of Life work at no cost to you. Do you need a Real Estate Agent? Calling these people is the FIRST thing you should do!
They find you a pro-life agent in your area who commits to giving a portion of the fee to a pro-life group!
This blog has to earn its keep!
PLEASE subscribe via PayPal if it is useful. Zelle and Wise are better, but PayPal is convenient.
A monthly subscription donation means I have steady income I can plan on. I put you my list of benefactors for whom I pray and for whom I often say Holy Mass.
In view of the rapidly changing challenges I now face, I would like to add more $10/month subscribers. Will you please help?
For a one time donation...
To donate monthly I prefer Zelle because it doesn't extract fees. Use
frz AT wdtprs DOT comPLEASE RESPOND. Pretty pleeeease?
Loading ...WDTPRS POLL
Loading ...Great WINE USE COUPON CODE: fatherz10
Use my code for a discount
Tag Archives: can. 966
ASK FATHER: Confession on a train when going through another diocese
From a reader… A priest from Diocese X and a lay person travel by train to some place. During the trip the latter feels the need to confess sacramentally. The train at that moment is in Diocese Y, where the priest has no … Read More
ASK FATHER: Valid absolution from Orthodox priest, but not from SSPX priest?
From a reader… Quaeritur: Why is absolution from an Orthodox priest valid but absolution from an SSPX priest invalid? I was told by someone that this is one argument from the SSPX as to why their Confessions are valid. This … Read More
QUAERITUR: Confession to an SSPX priest a sin?
From a reader: While doing research I came across something that said that one of the faithful who knowingly receives a Sacrament from a priest without faculties commits a sin. I have always attended SSPX chapels and gone to confession … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, SSPX
Tagged absolution, can. 1379, can. 966, confession, faculties, sins, SSPX, validity
18 Comments
18 Comments
QUAERITUR: Priests, valid absolution of sins, and the faculty to receive sacrament confessions
From a reader about something I raised HERE. In a recent post you wrote, “bishops and priests have Christ’s own power to forgive sins and they do so validly with the Church’s permission, indicated by a ‘faculty.’” Does this mean … Read More
amenamen on An image drawn by a Cistercian nun provokes thoughts about the Immaculate Conception and the Tears of Eve. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Thank you, St Cyril of Jerusalem. Sometimes, reading the Fathers of the Church is like turning on a light in…”
Loading ...
