The spokeswoman for France’s bishops’ conference clarified Wednesday that the country’s Catholic leaders do not intend to compromise on the Church’s teaching that the confessional seal is sacrosanct. ...

The president of the French bishops’ conference has accepted a request to discuss his recent comments about the confessional seal with the country’s interior minister. Archbishop Éric de ...

Silenced Irish priest Father Tony Flannery has once again broken ranks with church authorities in Ireland by calling for an overhaul of the ancient seal of Confession. On the eve of a speaking tour in ...

PARIS — The spokeswoman for France’s bishops’ conference clarified Wednesday that the country’s Catholic leaders do not intend to compromise on the Church’s teaching that the confessional seal is ...

This autumn, a Swiss Catholic church installed an AI Jesus in a confessional to interact with visitors. The installation was a two-month project in religion, technology and art titled "Deus in Machina ...

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Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Catholic parishioners in Maryland can now lay their burdens down at a drive-thru confessional, thanks to a ...

DOVER, Del.- A proposed bill in the Delaware Legislature would require Roman Catholic priests to report confessions relating to child abuse and neglect. However, the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, ...

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Catholic leaders are pushing back against efforts to alter state laws that exempt clergy from reporting child abuse they hear about during the sacrament of confession, arguing the changes will force ...

HARTFORD, Conn.—After a nearly weeklong debate, Connecticut legislators passed stricter sexual abuse legislation without a controversial passage about priests reporting what they hear in the ...