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Roman Catholic AnswerNuns can't "give" the sacraments because they are nuns not priests.

However, nuns can be Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist and distribute communion at mass or take it to the sick and shut-ins. Any trained lay person can do this. Also, nuns can baptize (as can any lay person) in the case of an emergency when a priest is not available.

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Only a priest or bishop can say the mass because they have the power to do so by virtue of their sacrament of Holy Orders. Nuns don't have the sacrament of Holy Orders, so they can't say the mass.

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