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Sacraments: §1495 — Tolle Lege

Catechism

§1495

Sacraments › … › In Brief

Only priests who have received the faculty of absolving from the authority of the Church can forgive sins in the name of Christ.

Read in full at Vatican.va

Source: Catechism of the Catholic Church (Vatican.va)