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Re: web confessional I don't know what you mean by "RFQ" in this context, and I don't know whether you meant this seriously, but in the Catholic faith, confess

Re: web confessional I don't know what you mean by "RFQ" in this context, and I don't know whether you meant this seriously, but in the Catholic faith, confession is not (principally) counseling: it's a sacrament. Neither confession nor any other sacrament may be administered remotely. You may think that's silly (but unless you believe in the efficacy of the sacraments, it seems even sillier to argue about how they should be effective), but of course the question has come up at least since phones became commonplace, and the somewhat related practice of proxy baptisms on behalf of the dead has come up since the first century. In short, I wouldn't bet a business model on the Church changing her mind on this one. I'm not saying you couldn't get traction calling something a web confessional--in the reality tv age I think the name implies exhibitionism more than confidentiality--but it would be disingenuous to pitch it to Catholics as at all related to the sacrament.

steveklabnik 16y ago
As with any other group of people, lots of people who are Catholic don't even know half of the tenets of Catholicism. At least where I live. I basically slept through CCD, and even in my adult life, I've heard a 'huh?' response when I bring up something as big as Vatican II. I still think that you're right, but you'd need to do a little more market research to prove it out. Even people who know it wouldn't be 'real' might still think it amusing enough to do it anyway.