The Lenten period for penance started this week with Ash Wednesday and Catholic priests are happily bracing for long lines outside the confessional.
Parishes are hosting penitential services during Lent, where two or more priests are available to hear confessions. Before you go, read How to Prepare for Confession and How to Make a Confession.
Despite the Catholic Church’s requirement that Catholics go to confession at least once a year — with more frequent confession highly encouraged, and required if a Catholic is conscious of mortal sin ...