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Roger Sayre wrote:

Hi, guys —

I recently heard that Catholics believe that murder, adultery, and suicide are unpardonable sins. Is this true?

Happy Easter!

Roger

  { Do Catholics believe that murder, adultery, and suicide are unpardonable sins? }

Mary Ann replied:

Hi, Roger —

It is not true.

Murder and adultery can be, and are, pardoned by God upon repentance. If the sinner is Catholic, he or she needs to have the intention to go to Confession, and, of course, must confess as soon as possible.

Receiving Communion is not allowed until Confession is made, under normal circumstances, but God's grace returns at the instant of repentance.

Suicide, if it is the act of a person in his right mind, can be pardoned in the last instant, if the person repents.

Suicide may often be a case of mental illness; therefore the person is not culpable.

Mary Ann

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