Word: confessional
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Not everyone who worked on the story would make that claim-or, some would say, that confession. A few years ago, for example, Chicago Correspondent Richard Woodbury, who reported on the move to the countryside in the Midwest, fled his native New York for the open skies of Colorado, where...
Confession now in Room of Reconciliation. This provides both the traditional approach or face-to-face confession with the priest. The choice is yours.
...quiet but significant revolution for Catholics, who will henceforth be allowed to choose between old-fashioned anonymous confession and the new face-to-face-style sacrament. While it will remain an option, as will the modified form of a screen set in an open room, the traditional cramped confessional box could gradually become a relic...
Rushed Sins. With the start last week of the penitential season of Lent, many priests began educating their parishioners in the revised sacrament of Penance-now also called the Rite for Reconciliation-that formally takes effect next year. Face-to-face confession -the last reform of the sacraments that stemmed...
The new confession takes longer than the traditional rite-15 or 20 minutes v. five or so-and is more demanding for priests and parishioners. But where it has been tried, the option seems popular. While some older Catholics find the open style uncomfortable, many younger parishioners seem to feel...