August 2020 Contents Revised and corrected. Special thanks to Booknook.biz for ebook and POD book Reformatting, and their help over and above the call of duty. Confession is private, personal, confidential, healthy, free, and a guarantee of getting to Heaven. It was the first gift which Jesus gave to His Church after His Resurrection. Jesus gave the authority to forgive sins to His Apostles and they passed on that authority to the bishops and priests in the Catholic Church so that sins would be forgiven. It is in black and white in John's Gospel, Chapter 20:23. It is crisp, concise and clear. "Whose sins you forgive are forgiven, and whose sins you retain are retained. God wills it. He established it, and what He establishes is permanent. Confession – only God could think of it. Only a foolish person would ignore it. 250 Questions gives us answers to: What is Confession and what are its benefits; What is meant to happen in Confession; Who came up with this practice of Confession; Why do we need it; Is there a need in people to confess to others; How can a man have the power to forgive sins and why confess out loud; Protestants and non-Catholics do not have the Sacrament of Confession. How can they get forgiveness for their sins; Why can't other Christian denominations go to Confession in the Catholic Church; Do non-Christians have something like Confession; On the Day of Atonement in Judaism, didn't the priest simply send a goat away which carried off the sins of the people, and they did not have to say out their sins individually; Why penance; The History of Confession and much more. About the Author Fr. John Noone was born in Ireland in December 1941. He grew up in Ireland with his family. He was ordained on June 10, 1967 at St. Patrick's College, Carlow, Ireland and came to United States shortly after and served in the diocese of Natchez-Jackson 1967-1970. He received Master's Degree in Social Work from Tulane University in New Orleans in 1971 and became a citizen of the United Stated in 1972. He received the following appointments: 1967-1970 Assistant Pastor of Our Lady of the Gulf, Bay St. Louis, MS; 1970 Assistant Director of Catholic Charities; 1977 Director of Catholic Social Services for the newly established Diocese of Biloxi, MS; 1983 Pastor of Holy Trinity in Columbia, MS and St. Paul in Tylertown, MS and St. Mary's Church, Sylvest, Ms; 1990 Pastor of St. Charles Borromeo in Picayune, MS; 2002 Pastor of Annunciation Church in Kiln, MS; 2014 Retired. And he continues working on his call to get the truth out to all who are looking for it. Fr. John Noone has compiled information for several CDs and Books through the years of his priesthood from various sources and from his parishioners. 250 Questions about Confession is the result of those years. For other books visit: https://frjohnnoonesbooks.wordpress.com/