What ever happened to Confession?

confession 2“Is Confession Dead?” is the title of a recent article which summarizes accurately the general disfavor of the Sacrament of Reconciliation among too many Catholics and by extension that sins are just mistakes we hopefully can work our way out of.[1] I recall, for example, when I was a businessman before becoming a priest, interviewing an employee who stole money from the business, and “I had the goods on him”. MORE