The Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelization
has published a 63-page pastoral guide for the “24 Hours for the Lord”
initiative, in which dioceses designate churches where confessions are
heard for an entire day around the Fourth Sunday of Lent.
In his November 2016 apostolic letter
concluding the jubilee of mercy, Pope Francis wrote that “the Sacrament
of Reconciliation must regain its central place in the Christian life …
A favorable occasion for this could be the 24 Hours for the Lord, a
celebration held in proximity to the Fourth Sunday of Lent. This
initiative, already in place in many dioceses, has great pastoral value
in encouraging a more fervent experience of the sacrament of
Confession.”