Father Thomas Vassalotti is a priest from Brooklyn in New York City and will be among
those dozens of priests (including Pope Benedict himself!) hearing confessions from
young people at the World Youth Day event in Madrid on Saturday morning. He spoke
to us about the origins and importance of the sacrament of reconciliation and the
reasons why young people nowadays often either shun or fear going to confession. Listen
to the interview with Father Vassaolotti by Emer McCarthy: