Speaking

as a Catholic who knows the depths of guilt, this is interesting:

Pass up on guilt, says Irish priest

"Catholics are pressed by guilt, but if they take a different attitude, it will change."

But, if, as he says, he has many investment bankers in his congregation, it may be important to point out that there is legitimate guilt. If these people where taking actions that helped lead to our current economic situation, if they were complicit in it and fully and knowingly participated in it, then the guilt isn't wrong or misplaced at all, and while we need to forgive, we also need to call people to account for their actions, and these people need to correct their ways...