{"id":3441,"date":"2017-08-13T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2017-08-13T06:51:10","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T10:51:10","slug":"anointing-sick-substitute-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/anointing-sick-substitute-confession","title":{"rendered":"Is Anointing Of The Sick A Substitute For Confession?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Dc2XjsDUt_o\" title=\"Is Anointing Of The Sick A Substitute For Confession?\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<p>Catholic Answers Senior Apologist Jimmy Akin answers a caller who asks if anointing of the sick can be a substitute for confession.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">According to the Catechism,\u00a0&#8220;This sacred anointing of the sick was instituted by Christ our Lord as a true and proper sacrament of the New Testament. 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