German Born Peru Bishop Retracts on “Phone Confession”

Caravelí Bishop Reinhold Nann, Peru, annulled a March 15 “permission” to confess over the phone during the coronavirus crises.

Already in 2002, the Pontifical Council for Social Communication clarified in “The Church and Internet” that virtual reality is no substitute for the real human presence which is necessary to receive a sacrament.

Seemingly, Nann was not aware of this, and needed the Vatican Apostolic Penitenciary to illuminate him.

Nann made headlines in February when he insulted Archbishop Georg Gänswein

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