The priest
Image caption, The role of a priest
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In the Catholic Church the main duties of the priest include:
- conducting the Sunday Service and Mass during the week
- visiting the sick / pastoral care for the congregation
- taking A service celebrating the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus Christ involving the sharing of the bread and wine (body and blood of Christ) in church. to those who are ill or housebound
- overseeing the day-to-day work of the church, including any organisations that meet during the week
- helping to guide and direct the church as it makes decisions about how to work in the community
- representing the church at official meetings
- carrying out baptisms, confession, marriages and funerals