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Sin just isn’t the same anymore for many Catholics. The threat of damnation doesn’t seem to pack the same punch it used to.
The Catholic faithful have been deserting the confessional in droves. The most recent statistics show that, during the past few decades, the practice of confessing your sins to a priest has plunged to the point where 75 percent of Catholics say they never go to confession, or do so fewer than once a year.
The Diocese of Venice is pushing to remedy that. It has launched the “Light is On” campaign to bring members back to the confession booth during Lent, the 40 days of spiritual reflection and repentance before the celebration of the resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday. …
Venuti’s practice of going to Mass but not confession would appear to dispute that theory. Venuti said he also has another reason for bypassing confession: reports of sexual abuse by priests.
“I don’t need to go to some guy who may be a bigger sinner than I,“ Venuti said. “I will not go to confession, especially in light of all the immorality that has taken place and making headlines and everything else.”
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