Confessional
This is a place for sacramental confession and absolution. Local norms govern its design, while canon 964 requires confessionals with a fixed grate between penitent and confessor to remain freely available to those who wish to use them.
Key points
- The sacrament celebrates God's forgiveness and reconciliation with the Church.
- Look for: A place for confession, including a fixed screen between penitent and priest.
- An illustrative Roman Catholic parish in the Latin rite, assembled for study rather than surveyed from a single building. Plans, devotional furnishings, music, and the locations of the font and tabernacle vary; Eastern Catholic churches have other traditions. Sizes, materials, and spacing are illustrative, and displayed vessels represent different moments of worship.