[fortunecookie]

"The bishop has the obligation not to allow in his diocese abusive recourse to general or collective absolution," he stressed.

This is good news. It's good to hear someone speak out and admonish Bishops not to abuse it.

This is my third year on parish council and several times every year this issue comes up. Most members ask when it will be 'brought back', as a dissenting Priest used general absolution for years. They loved it and miss it. My first year, I was one of only 2 members who opposed it. Luckily our new pastor will have none of it. I'm still amazed that this issue comes up, considering the late Holy Father's urgings for monthly confession as a 'remedy for the west', but it does and I know there will be rumblings in our Diocese about this issue.

[DBeers]

Another link (maybe more permanent)

"No to General Absolution," Except Rarely, Says Cardinal Re

hmmm... I have debated others on this topic and it is my understanding that in some parishes general absolution is the norm rather than the exception...