Rev. Thomas Rausch, a professor of theology at Loyola Marymount University, told USA TODAY the installation is in no way a substitute for or equivalent to the Catholic sacrament of reconciliation. He noted that Catholic Church canon laws 965 and 966 say that only a priest may hear confession. “Confession, or ‘Reconciliation’ as it is usually termed today, is an ecclesial sacrament, always private, celebrated with a penitent and a priest who has been authorized by the Church to proclaim God’s forgiveness,” he wrote in an email. “AI is a non-ecclesial, impersonal set of technologies which assembles collections of data into a programmed readout. It has nothing to do with a sacramental encounter.”
Source: USA Today
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