No, in many Christian denominations, confession is typically required before taking communion.
Go to confession
In the Catholic church if it not permited for someone to take communion if they have not been through the classes and steps to receive their first communion, if they are not a member of the Catholic church, or if they have not been to confession recently.
If a Catholic has committed a mortal sin, then he must confess this sin to a priest in the Sacrament of Confession before he can receive Communion. If he has committed only venial sins, then he is free to receive Communion without going to Confession, and his reception of Communion will actually result in the forgiveness of those venial sins.
You may never "take" Holy Communion in a Catholic Church. You MAYonlyreceive Holy Communion after you have been baptized, and in the Latin Rite, made your First Confession.
Baptism and Communion
Roman Catholic AnswerIf you accidentally receive Holy Communion before your First Holy Communion, then you better accidentally talk to a priest ASAP and accidentally receive First Confession.
Of course you missed mass on Good Friday. So did every other Catholic in the world. Yes. You can receive communion without going to confession. Jesus Christ died to save sinners. He came to seek and save the lost. Do not let a rule about going to confession separate you from Jesus. Confession is important. Jesus is more important.
Nobody can take Holy Communion in a Catholic Church, you may only receive Holy Communion from the priest, and then only if you have been baptized in the Catholic Church and previously made your first Confession and First Holy Communion. Bottom line? An Anglican may not take communion in a Catholic Church.
A nine-year old who has no control as to whether he/she gets to Mass is not liable for the sin. Therefore, he/she may receive Communion at the next opportunity without going to Confession first.
The bible teaches to divorce only if your spouse has committed adultery so if the reason you divorced was for some other reason other than your spouse committing adultery, and you did it with full knowledge that it is bad, you have committed a mortal sin. And if you have committed a mortal sin, you are not eligible to receive Holy Communion. Any ways, to be on the safe side, if you have already divorced for some other reason, you should go to confession before receiving Holy Communion if you knew it was bad OR not.
Yes, if you attempted to participate in an Anglican Communion service, you have technically committed apostasy! You should not receive Holy Communion until you have been to confession.
The Council itself did not really address nor make changes to Confession, although Pope Paul VI did, after the Council issue a Declaration on First Confession and First Communion saying that any experiementation involving giving First Communion to children without having confession before that was to end and everyone was to abide by the decree, Quam singulari issued by Pope Pius X in August 1910.