Priests Unlikely to Obey Confession Laws – Video
Priests say they would go to jail, or worse, to protect the seal of confession More Stories: Confession as a Religious Liberty Issue – Video State Secretly Records a Confession – Video Priest &...
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State Secretly Records a Confession – Video
This Oregon priest discovered that a confession he heard from an incarcerated man was secretly recorded and a legal firestorm ensued. More Stories: Confession as a Religious Liberty Issue – Video Priests Unlikely to...
Confession as a Religious Liberty Issue – Video
Priests, theologians and lawyers say protecting the privilege between priest and penitent in the confessional is a religious freedom issue. More Stories: State Secretly Records a Confession – Video Priests Unlikely to Obey Confession...
Pope Urges Romanian Leaders to Care for Country’s Poor, Disadvantaged
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Pope Francis told Romanian leaders a country’s success is measured by how it treats and cares for its most vulnerable citizens, especially the poor and disadvantaged. The path to building...
Pope: The Holy Spirit is Like Dynamite, Igniting Hearts
By Junno Arocho Esteves – When the Holy Spirit speaks to men and women through the word of those who evangelize, it ignites a power strong enough to break down the barriers that divide the...
Cardinal Pell’s Appeal of Guilty Verdict in Abuse Cases Set for Hearing
By Michael Sainsbury – Should an appeals court uphold his conviction for child sexual abuse, Australian Cardinal George Pell appears to have come to terms that his spectacular fall from grace could be complete...
The Seal of the Confessional – Video
A bishop and a moral theologian say that as confessors they have tools to persuade penitents confessing child abuse to do the right thing More Stories: Four Cardinals ask Pope to Clarify Teaching on...
Pope: Holy Spirit keeps Christians Young at Heart
By Cindy Wooden – The Holy Spirit keeps Christians young at heart, supporting them in times of trial and helping them praise God no matter what is going on, Pope Francis said. Celebrating morning Mass,...
Pope: Prayer not Possible Without the Holy Spirit!
By Junno Arocho Esteves – The Holy Spirit gives Christians the courage and the strength needed to engage in a loving dialogue with God that is like the dialogue of a child with his...
Digital apostle: Pope cites tech whiz as role model for young people
By Junno Arocho Esteves – In his recent apostolic exhortation, Pope Francis told young men and women that they did not need to look far for role models who avoided the traps of “self-absorption, isolation...
Abuse Survivors Find Healing Rooted in Catholic Faith Can Aid the Church
By Dennis Sadowski – Teresa Pitt Green and Luis Torres Jr. aren’t afraid to say they were sexually abused by priests. They want the church to know it especially, and wider society as well. They...
Pope Encourages Catholics to join Ecumenical Prayer Campaign
By Cindy Wooden – In a video recorded on the phone of the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury, Pope Francis encouraged Catholics to join the worldwide “Thy Kingdom Come” prayer campaign May 30-June 9. Archbishop Justin...
