God Wants You to Confess Your Sins to a Priest
By Trent Horn, Catholic Answers (extrenal link)

“Why confess your sins to a priest when you can just confess them straight to God?”

At one time or another, most Catholics have heard this objection from their Protestant friends. They may have even heard it from a fellow Catholic who doesn’t understand the importance of the sacrament of reconciliation (or confession).