Read Mark Chapter 15 v. 37-38...afterwards, why do Catholics still have confession?? The Catholic faith is based upon doctrine manifested in the Vatican Council sessions, not the Word of God. Do you know where the doctrine of pergatory came from? 2 Maccabees 12:43-46. It is stated in there that somebody said that we should pray for the souls that were killed in battle. And that's it ! The whole doctrine came from one passage interpreted into a theology. The Roman Catholic Church survives because of it's members. The only way for a church to keep it's members in such great numbers is to form a reliance. The people of the church have to depend on the church for all resource of the interpretation of doctrine, support and salvation. Priests were no longer needed the day that Christ died. Mark ch. 15 v. 37-38 states that the curtain was torn. What curtain? The one between man and God. God and man can now be one again through Christ who payed the sin debt. If Christ didn't do the WHOLE job, why did he come here then? Catholics teach that Jesus was sent for the single purpose that God wanted him to teach us and to die to show that he loves us. What about the worlds beauty? Doesn't that show us that he loves us? God doesn't do things without a reason. He wouldn't send his Son just to show us he loves us. He came here to teach us AND to die because God knew, no matter how many times we said that we were sorry or how many animals were sacrificed, we couldn't make up for what we did. THAT is why Christ came. But if the Catholic Church fessed up to that, there would no longer be a need for priests. If no need for priests, then there's no need to ask for forgivness and salvation. If no salvation is needed from the priest, people stop coming and that's when the money stops rolling in. Do you think cathedrals are built by the government. It's all about GUILT and it's all about CONTROL !!!! I invite all Catholics to dust off and open your bibles and really begin to read what God has to say !