[RegulatorCountry]

When you can repeat a few words or some such, and believe yourself absolved, it’s apparently perceived to be of little consequence.

[fr_freak]

When you can repeat a few words or some such, and believe yourself absolved, it’s apparently perceived to be of little consequence.

Any Catholic who would believe that about confession would be completely ignorant of how it works. If they are that ignorant of such a basic element of Catholicism, then, most likely, they are nominal Catholics who know nothing of Church teachings.