(The Conversation) — The Catholic Church treats information shared during confession as absolutely confidential – but that requirement can create legal dilemmas. (The Conversation) — The 1953 Alfred ...
A federal judge has halted a Washington state law that required Catholic priests to break the seal of confession. The law that was passed in May, and was slated to go into effect on July 27, mandated ...
Bishops from Washington’s three Catholic dioceses announced a lawsuit Thursday against the state, challenging a newly enacted law that compels priests to report suspected child abuse revealed during ...
The Lenten period for penance started this week with Ash Wednesday, and some Catholic priests are happily bracing for long lines outside the confessional. The faithful across the United States are ...
The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, representing over 500 Roman Catholic priests and deacons from the U.S., Australia, and the United Kingdom, has issued a statement defending the inviolability of ...
Washington State is attacking religion under the guise of child protection. Earlier this month, and after three years of intense debate, Governor Bob Ferguson signed Senate Bill 5375 into law. It adds ...
Right off the bat, it’s important to point out that the Catholic Church takes privacy in the confessional very seriously. The Church is commissioned by Christ to give the faithful — especially those ...
The best-known Roman Catholic priest in Germany today is Father Johannes Leppich, 40, whom the Communists denounce as the “Black Goebbels,” and conservative Catholics call the “Red Father.” Leppich ...
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