My pastor not only visits sick parishioners, he also says Mass at a local hospital and then makes sick calls in the hospital. He has shared some of those experiences with us in different homilies. Recently he commented on a politician in the hospital who had just learned he had a fatal illness. The politician asked Father to hear his confession in which he repented for having adopted a 'pro choice' stance during his elected term. Recognizing the error as he approached death, he asked Father what he could do at this late hour. Father told him to share begin by acknowledging this error with his own family.
Your priest was quite generous. I would have told the man he could start by acknowledging the error to his CONSTITUENTS, how about a press release, statement of apology for voting to kill babies....deathbed confessions I’m sure are heartfelt and sincere, but when a man has chosen a life as a public servant, with the public trust, let him finish his life as a public servant.