Is the current Pope a disgrace to the Cathloic Church

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Guess TX maybe backwards as we didn't or weren't confirmed till 7th grade and that's when the 1rst confession happpened. And to be honest I'm 45 and chose open-faced confession (all the time) which was a great thing as my priest (Fr. Flager) look him up Chicago; was my guy. I needed and listened to the guidance and instead of 10 hail mary's he'd say wash the car or similar for my parents when I admitted a sin towards them. And to think he's an Obama man. Guess I got lucky.

I went to a Catholic military school K- 2nd.
We went to confession way before confirmation
which I did through CCD at night after public middle
school. My wife also did her first confession in 2nd grade
in Washington DC. Maybe they finally figured out thats a bit
young by the time you went.

Cept we are only about 5 years apart age wise (you and I).