General Confessions

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nowadays how can one do a General Confession of all of the sins that they commited all of their lives?

Is the practice General Confession still recognized in the Church?
 
One makes an appointment…

(Note: Those who are scrupulous I might add ought to discuss with the regular confessor if they ought to seek to do such)
 
Depends to what your are confessing, don’t assume you will be forgiven nor allowed to confess it.
 
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nowadays how can one do a General Confession of all of the sins that they commited all of their lives?

Is the practice General Confession still recognized in the Church?
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Baptism covers everything, and each sacramental confession must be integral (everything till now).

When a bishop approves, a priest may grant absolution to a group of faithful, but they must have the intention of making a personal confession later (if of the Latin Church, not eastern Catholic).

One should do a detailed examination of conscience prior to confession. If you do not remember all sins that you need to confess, due to a long time passing or some other reason, simply do the best possible to include, minimally, all serious sins and the quantity estimate.
 
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When a bishop approves, a priest may grant absolution to a group of faithful, but they must have the intention of making a personal confession later (if of the Latin Church, not eastern Catholic).
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The OP is talking about general confession, not general absolution. They are completely different.
 
General confessions are not done so much for their sacramental value as for their help in giving you and your confessor an accurate look at your spiritual development over your lifetime. Keeping that in mind, it should not be done by people who are scrupulous or who struggle excessively with despair. They do have sacramental value, in that they do provide grace- but they should not be seen as something needed because previous valid confessions weren’t good enough.

General confessions are particularly valuable tools to help people prepare for significant changes in their lives, such as marriage, death, death of a spouse (especially one you were married to for many years), ordination, profession of vows, and significant anniversaries (10, 25, 50, etc.) of those occasions. Graduation, retirement, a significant change in employment after having worked in one place for many years, moving far away from a home you had for many years, and anything else that happens that clearly will take your life in a new (and perhaps unexpected) direction are also occasions where a general confession could be useful.
 
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