[dansangel]

As someone who will make their first Confession in over 25 years next week, I find this article very ambiguous. It's strange, too, because when I asked the priest-in-charge for a face-to-face Confession (feeling it would be better handled this way after so many years) he patiently explained that it is done both ways, now, by request. But still one-on-one. Now, from this article (and from speaking to my mother) I find that some parishes have done away with one-on-one Confession altogether. On whose authority?

Such ambiguousness and waffling on important sacramental issues is part of what drove me away in the first place. I really think it would be best if the Church adhered to the Vatican and did not cave into instituting touchy-feely stuff to their numbers up.

We belong to a very Conservative Roman Catholic Church and its numbers have swelled so much there are plans to build a bigger Church. Conservatism obviously does not drive the faithful away.

[Salvation]

Check out #17

[Salvation]

**I really think it would be best if the Church adhered to the Vatican and did not cave into instituting touchy-feely stuff to their numbers up.**

And you are totally correct!