Father Thomas Fusco, pastor at St. Edward the Confessor Parish in Syosset, N.Y., listens to a penitent’s confession during a Catholic men’s conference at Holy Trinity Diocesan High School in Hicksville, N.Y., in 2012. Each Lent parishes and dioceses across the U.S. invite inactive Catholics to return to church and to take advantage of sacrament of reconciliation. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) (Jan. 30, 2013) See LENT-CONFESSION Jan. 30, 2013.