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No each man is master of his/her own soul. 2) I once had this fear, but reading The Bible..Acts 16 : 31 ...but remembered I felt this was a good thing...there is also a web site that talks about (see link below) this may help some decide how this works...

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Catholic AnswerNo. There are a lot of things one person can do for another, and there are things one person should do for another, and there are things that another person must do for another. In the first category, we can always pray for another, and our prayer will be heard, and even in some instances, will be for the remission of venial sin (less serious sin-see the letter of St. James 5:16-19; the second category, we should do for another person, forgive them, pray for them, take care of them, be Christ for them, and the third category - we must, like baptism, there is no way that anyone can baptize themselves. But, nobody can repent for another person, that is entirely the other person's responsibility, although, of course, we should pray for them to be brought to repentance, but we cannot repent for them.
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No. The Bible says in Galatians 6.5. "For every man shall bear his own burden."

And every man has been commanded to repent. See -

Acts 17.30. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Roman Catholic AnswerYes, if the sin is venial, read 1 John 16-17, "He who knows his brother is committing a sin that is not until death shall ask, and shall give life to him who does not commit a sin until death." In other words, we can not pray for another in mortal sin "sin unto death" but we can and should pray for someone in venial sin "not unto death".
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