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...least a third less than they used to be," says Monsignor James A. Davin of St. Bernard Church in Mount Lebanon, Pa. At the same time, many renewal-minded Catholics are approaching the confessional in a more meaningful way-not as a mechanical means of cleansing their souls of sin but as a life-giving encounter with a forgiving...
...both priests and laymen to speculate on new ways to practice confession. Many theologians favor some form of return to the early church custom of group confession-as is done in many Protestant churches. In some Dutch churches, members of a congregation mentally express their sorrow for sin while publicly reciting an act of contrition, then receive absolution in a group from their priest, though private confession is available for those who want it. Still other Catholics have questioned whether confession need always be made in the presence of a priest. Although there are obvious dangers involved, at least...
...Grill. Priests see many reasons for the decline in frequency of confessions. One cause is the emphasis in the postconciliar church on the primacy of conscience-which means that lay Catholics are now far more certain of themselves as to whether or not they have sinned. "I used to consider anger a sin," says one Los Angeles housewife who goes to Communion frequently, although she has not been to confession since Christmas. "But now I simply don't feel guilty about yelling at the kids." Another is the repugnant medievalism of confessional practice-lining up before a dark, grilled...
...Brush. Which, since he is Yaz, is just what he did. Stepping up to bat in the fourth inning he cracked a fastball into the rightfield bleachers, then blasted another even deeper into the stands with two on in the seventh, and followed that with a line drive sin gle in the eighth. Total RBIs: four. One would have been enough. On the mound now was Boston's other ace, Jim Lonborg, fully rested and feeling mean. Always the possessor of a smoking fastball, Lonborg had only a so-so record until the spring when Pitching Coach Sal Maglie...
...Diaz-Plaja, the origin of all Spanish sins is the sin of pride. Spaniards have never forgotten that in the 16th century even stable hands wore swords and boasted family shields. They are convinced, he says, that they are the equal of any man, even if they happen to be shining his shoes. No government, not even a dictatorship, can impair their basic dignity, which often reaches the point of anarchy, because "the Spaniard always adapts the laws to his personality and never the other way around." Diaz-Plaja, in fact, sees his countrymen's pride as so overbearing...