Why don't Catholic nuns perform sacraments similar to priests?

Most priests are not religious. In the Catholic Church a “religious” has a very specific meaning, it is someone who has taken vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience; or stability, conversatio morum, and obedience. Those are monks, nuns, brothers and sisters. Please note further that most sisters or not nuns. read more

Most priests are not religious. In the Catholic Church a “religious” has a very specific meaning, it is someone who has taken vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience; or stability, conversatio morum, and obedience. read more

Roman Catholic Answer Nuns can't "give" the sacraments because they are nuns not priests. However, nuns can be Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist and distribute communion at mass or take it to the sick and shut-ins. read more