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Traditional Catholic Faith => General Discussion => Topic started by: klasG4e on August 25, 2017, 02:04:33 PM
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It may already be going on. I would almost be surprised if it were not. I am referring to Big Brother and or any other third parties having placed active spy/hearing (and even camera/video) devices into at least some confessionals.
It would almost seem like a win-win situation for the "prince of this world" (aka: the lord of the flies and father of lies). Win #1 -- people are not aware of the potential for spy device and thus don't pray for protection. Win #2 -- people are aware and shy away from the confessional IF because of the potential for spying they end up being too afraid to confess.
We may one day face a world -- at least a TradCat world -- where debugging/detection devices are provided to priests as a standard precaution for running or maintaining an ongoing counter "scan" of the "box."
In any event, I would think it an excellent idea to say a prayer to our guardian angel, St. Michael the Archangel, or even to God Himself to protect our communications from any snooping device in whatever way is best.
Not to scare anyone, but I'm afraid we are already inundated with surveilance monitoring -- as if you didn't already know!
Here are just 3 snippets of our "brave new world."
http://www.advanced-intelligence.com/infinity.html#!au046 (http://www.advanced-intelligence.com/infinity.html#%21au046)
https://spyassociates.com/listening-devices (https://spyassociates.com/listening-devices)
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/listening-devices-bugs (http://www.ebay.com/bhp/listening-devices-bugs)
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Ideally, it would seem like a good idea for both the priest and penitent to leave their listening/transmitting devices (i.e., smart phones) out of the confessional.
https://aleteia.org/2016/10/21/is-facebook-listening-to-your-confession/ (https://aleteia.org/2016/10/21/is-facebook-listening-to-your-confession/)
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this is madness
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From the Code of Canon Law;
Can. 983 §1. The sacramental seal is inviolable; therefore it is absolutely forbidden for a confessor to betray in any way a penitent in words or in any manner and for any reason.
§2. The interpreter, if there is one, and all others who in any way have knowledge of sins from confession are also obliged to observe secrecy.
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/__P3G.HTM