I caught a segment on NPR this weekend about an ad campaign for confession in the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington DC. Monsignor Kevin Irwin, dean of theology and religious studies at Catholic University, was discussing a decline in confession attendance amongst US Catholics.

He went a step further to explain how the Church’s view of sin is changing, bringing focus to social injustices such as racism, classism and poverty. He also mentioned that some of the greatest areas of guilt amongst many Catholics today is having an overabundance of money, Internet addiction and mobile phone usage.

So by all means, if you spend too much time checking email on your cell phone, now is your chance to start anew.