Law Requires Priests in the State of Queensland to Break the Seal of Confession
A new law requires priests in the state of Queensland to break the seal of confession to report child sex abuse to police or face three years...
Category: Confession
Pope: Go to Confession, Let Yourself be Consoled
By Cindy Wooden – Anyone who wants to experience the consolation and tenderness of God simply needs to go to confession, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass....
Sin, Confession and Penance
As a sinner, I find myself confessing the same sins repeatedly. I have discovered that the priest gives a variety of penances for the same sin. This...
English Cardinal: Priests Would Die Rather Than Break Seal Of Confession
By Simon Caldwell – Catholic priests would die rather than break the seal of confession to report child abusers to the police, said an English cardinal. Cardinal...
Priest & Penitent: How Confession Works – Video
These priests and penitents take us through the inner workings of a sacred and confidential confession. More Stories: Confession as a Religious Liberty Issue – Video State...
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...
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...
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...
Pope to confessors: Betraying the Internal Forum is a Sin
By Junno Arocho Esteves – In confession, the privacy of one’s conscience before God, also known as the internal forum, must always be protected and not be used...
