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Originally Posted by ziggytrix
Maybe I'm wrong, I've only ever been to one Catholic mass in my life, so most of what I know is based on talking to Catholic family and friends, but don't you have to confess your sins to a priest to get absolvence? Isn't that kind of a big deal for a Catholic if you can only see your priest once a year?
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You're not wrong, but your exaggerating one example you heard on the radio (probably NPR, right?). In Africa, men and women walk dozens of miles on Sunday morning just to attend mass. This is across the denominational board. People living in the global "south" of the world rarely get anything conveniently,but I think that if someone REALLY needed to go to confession, and if they contacted the nearest Church, it would happen.
You should look into the missionary work of the Paulists. These men travel many hours, by train, plane, and boat, to get to some of the most remote villages in South America that can only be reached by travel down the river. They go into the deepest jungle, help people build, and offer them some faith.
So I'm sorry if I have a hard time believing that this one person just had NO WAY to confess, receive the eucharist, or whatever. And again, I'd like to know what your solution would be. If the answer for this person you heard on the radio is more priests, then how does the Church go about making that happen? Is it by becoming more liberal (which has been done and hasn't necessarily improved matters), or is it to maintain a hardline?
The problem with this discussion is that (as you basically said above) you don't really care either way. You've presented your points in a way to sem like you're presenting us with problems the Church is facing, when in reality, it seems to me that to you the
Church is in fact the problem. So why even bother with the debate? Enjoy hating on Catholics?
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