Our parish has confessions 3 times a week—Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. I have been on Saturday when there is a long line. Father has to excuse himself to say Mass at 5 (Confession starts at 3:30), then come back and finish hearing Confessions! We have 1500 registered families in our parish.
I have often wondered about Catholic confession. Let’s say you confess a sin and the priest tells you to pray etc. Is there not some form of counseling with the confession? I’m not Catholic or anything and I was just wondering.