I do not understand the area of forgiveness in the catholic church. It seems they go to confession to a Priest or screen, (I assume a computer or such), at least once a year.....so they can have a years of sins built up before they can know forgiveness? Then they have to go thru a process of reconciliation as well, also involving a Priest? Can they not just go directly to Christ? and if they can then why do they need the Priest in the first place?
Further they cannot do mass if they haven’t been to confession, which means they cannot take communion that whole year as well.
I ask this because I was reading a list of catholic “duties” requiring that mass and confession need only be done once a year....I’ll assume more often if one wants to but required just once a year. It just seems complicated.
Why would you ask a non-Catholic questions about Catholic beliefs? Do you ask or expect liberals to give you an accurate explanation of conservatism?
Confession is supposed to be once a month. The way it used to happen is that people would line up for confession prior to taking mass.
Yes, we can confess to God, but Catholics believe that the priest can offer absolution through the sacrament.