“ The urgent sense of personal sin has all but disappeared in the current upbeat style in American religion. ” Parishioners “do not want to hear sermons that might rattle their self - esteem, ” and among Catholics“ regular confession to a priest has become a rite of the past. ”
« Ç’të ketë ndodhur vallë me mëkatin, — pyet revista Newsweek, — Ndjenja urgjente e mëkatit personal është zhdukur pothuajse fare në stilin e sotëm optimist në fenë amerikane. »