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Do Catholics take their prayer requests to the priest?
Yes. Many Catholics ask priests to pray for them, or mention their request during their personal prayer at mass.
Why do Catholics have to go and pray to that Catholic priest for forgiveness?
Roman Catholic AnswerFirst of all, Catholics do not "go and pray to that Catholic priest" for forgiveness. They do go to confession to a priest and, if they are sincere, the priest absolves them from their sins, and gives them a penance. It is Our Blessed Lord who actually absolves the sin, through His priests. The reason that Catholics have to do this is because this is the way that God set it up for us. The protestant notion of asking God for forgiveness is okay as far as it goes, all Catholics do that everyday when they make their examen of conscience at the end of the day. But God further specified that to be forgiven, particularly from serious sin (mortal sin) one must go the priest. He mediated His forgiveness through His priests in the Old Testament and continues that in the New Testament.
Do Catholics pray to statues?
No, Catholics do not pray to statues. Catholics pray to God, Jesus, and ask Saints to pray for them.
Catholics pray to a priest vs pentecostal pray to God?
No Christian ( Protestant [for example, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist]) or Catholic prays to any entity except God the Father, Christ the Son and the Holy Spirit--the Trinity.
Do Catholics confess their sins to a priest?
Yes, but technically, we confess our sins to God through the priest.
What is different about pentecoastal beliefs and the roman catholic church?
Catholics have to go to the priest, and the priest prays to god on there behalf. Whereas pentecostal people pray directly to God.
Where do Roman Catholics pray?
Catholics can pray anywhere, they don't have a certain place where they can only pray. They pray in places like churches, their home, or wherever
Why do Catholics pray through Mary or a priest or anyone but not Christ?
Catholics do pray to Jesus-we usually pray, "In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit," to petition the Holy Trinity. We ask the saints, including the Blessed Mother, Mary, to intercede for us. Their prayers are powerful. If my grandmother prayed for me when she was on earth, then she would still pray for me as a saint in Heaven. Mary is seen as an example for us to follow-the perfect human being-"I am the servant of the Lord. Let it be done to me as you say." Luke 1:38
Why do Roman Catholics lay on the floor when they pray?
Catholics do not normally pray while in such a position. However, there is no prescribed manner for praying and any posture is suitable when praying in private. There are a few times when a priest will prostrate himself on the floor - during his ordination and during Good Friday services at the Adoration of the Cross.
Why don't assemsbly of god believe catholics are christians?
Becaus Catholics aren't Christians. Catholics believe that you have to go through the High Priest to talk to God, they believe that you'll go to purgetory if you do something wrong you didn't confess, and they pray to the saints. Christians, on the other hand, don't believe they need to go through someone else to talk to God (Jesus took care of the sepparation), they believe that if you rely on Jesus to get to heaven then you will go to heaven (no pergetory), and they only pray to God because the saints are only human.
Can Catholics intercede with God without a priest?
Certainly, Catholics are required to intercede directly with God. The priest is there as God's chosen emissary. Normally, when God is speaking directly with a person, He is speaking through some means: the Bible, the priest, the Mass, etc.
Do Catholics believe that they may pray to God or Jesus without going through the pope for prayer and forgiveness?
Catholics have never had to seek the permission of the pope to pray to God the Father, Son or Holy Spirit. Nor do they need permission from the pope to pray to the saints for intercession.
