Or would that be a weird question to ask? Since i assume we all do human mistakes.
Which is what James 5:16 is talking about. To pray for each other
Yes, Catholic priests, bishops, and even the Pope must confess their sins to another priest to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation just like any other Catholic. A priest cannot absolve himself of his own sins. They often have a regular confessor and are encouraged to do so with regularity.
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In āThe Scarlet and the Blackā (I wonāt give details of the film away and so will keep very general), a priest does verbalise that heās given his own confession to God. He actually turns down the offer of a confession, before he states this. Presumably, however, these were venial sins as otherwise he may have accepted confession from the other priest. Unless, he had a particular mystical aspect to his faith where he knew from God that it would be okay to just offer directly all of his sins.
This is not a weird question at all. I will, however, volley this question over to @CanadianPriest : )
The answer is, yes, priests go to other priests and confess their sins.
One statement that has made me appreciate this more deeply is from Fr. Robert Dodaro, who has said that this is a way of priests washing one anotherās feet, as Jesus commanded in the upper room. Priests walk through this world like everyone else and need their āfeetā to be cleansed. (I believe Fr. Dodaro was quoting St. Augustine, but I am not 100% on that.)
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Yes indeed!,Pope John Paul l l used to go for weekly confessions , priest do go for the sacrament of confession,but am not sure of the length of time they take.
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