Daniel_Cheung
06-19-2009, 11:07 PM
Pope alarmed by decline in confessions
http://wwrn.org/article.php?idd=31126
Pope Benedict XVI has raised the alarm over the decline in confessions, urging priests not to become "resigned to empty confessionals" but rather to help the faithful rediscover "the beauty of the sacrament", which answered "a deep and humble longing for forgiveness".
A survey in La Repubblica of practising Italian Catholics today said that only 2 per cent went to confession more than once a month. 10 per cent went once a month, 58 per cent "once or twice a year", and 30 per cent "never." ...
http://wwrn.org/article.php?idd=31126
Pope Benedict XVI has raised the alarm over the decline in confessions, urging priests not to become "resigned to empty confessionals" but rather to help the faithful rediscover "the beauty of the sacrament", which answered "a deep and humble longing for forgiveness".
A survey in La Repubblica of practising Italian Catholics today said that only 2 per cent went to confession more than once a month. 10 per cent went once a month, 58 per cent "once or twice a year", and 30 per cent "never." ...