Public Gets To See Workings Of Vatican Confession Tribunal

It will be a historical day for the world, Catholicism, and the Vatican. For the first time, is going to give a peek into the tribunal of confessions. It will be the first time in 830 years.

In the last few years, the Vatican has seen a decline of people coming in for confession. That means not many people are coming to confession. As a result, the Vatican is trying to get more people to come into confession. For the first time in its history, the Vatican will be giving a sneak peek of what goes on in regards to the handling of confessions. While the priests listen to confessions, it is a revealed that there is a tribunal for such confessions. There are confessions for the most sinful acts and crimes. The tribunal that handles such confessions is known as the “tribunal of conscience.” It has invited the public to see what goes on in regards to confessions. This is the Vatican’s way of fighting against the decline of people confessing their sins. “Today it seems as though the sense of sin has been forgotten,” said Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the number two at the Vatican. There is one question that needs to be asked: Will this sneak peek entice more people to “confess their sins?” Back in March of 2008, the Vatican had launched a different initiative. This initiative had the same objective: get more people to come to confession. The Vatican added the “seven mortal sins” to join up with the seven deadly sins. However, these modern mortal sins could be extensions of the seven deadly sins. The seven mortal sins are: Environmental Pollution, Genetic Manipulation, Excessive Wealth, Inflicting Poverty, Drug Trafficking/Consumption, Morally Debatable Experiments, and Violation of Human Rights. Overall, the Vatican seems to still have the dilemma of not many people showing up for confession. Another question that should be asked: Will these initiatives, let alone the sneak peak get more people to attend confession?