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Do churches outside the Catholic Church have a valid consecration of the Eucharist?

A viewer asks whether churches outside the Catholic Church have a valid consecration of the Eucharist.

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The Orthodox do. We used to say the Anglicans did, but I am not sure that is still true. The Orthodox have the sacraments because they have a valid priesthood, and yet they are outside the Catholic Church, in schism. That is the painful point: they possess the sacraments while remaining separated from the Catholic Church.

Dr. Robert Sungenis

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