Where are you going if you killed the Priest after you got The instrument of forgiveness from him?

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All murder, as mortal sin, cannot usually be forgiven within Catholic teaching without going through confession again, so apart from confession of THAT new sin he/she will have to undergo punishment.

Three points are worth considering however:

1. Forgiveness comes ultimately from God and is bestowed on those who genuinely repent even in Roman Catholic circles. Therefore, a Catholic on their death bed may be forgiven even for murder if their repentance is genuine. In this way, mediation is not necessary.

2. Although not necessary, mediation is valuable. Since the effectiveness of repentance (ar. tawba) depends on sincerity, confessing to another person who will keep you accountable and ensure that you are genuinely repentance and not just saying words.

3. Only God can forgive sins which is why Jesus forgives sins (Mark 2:7), but by his authority, Jesus gives the right to forgive sins to his saints too - to determine whether repentance is real (John 20:23).

Consider how in Islam your prayers cannot be interrupted by distraction or they are invalidated, in the same way true repentance must be focused on really repenting (which includes penance - trying to fix what you did) or they do not receive genuine forgiveness.

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