Tag: Confession
Challenges to Confession seal attributed to abuse scandals
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Conversion in the Confessional
For centuries, the Catholic Church has maintained that what a penitent says to a priest in the confessional is strictly confidential,...
WA moves to force clergy to break seal
Priests in Western Australia will soon have to report information about child sexual abuse gained under confession under changes to the state’s mandatory reporting...
Simcha Fisher: 17 ways to make confession easier for your kids
Adult converts sometimes sheepishly admit that confession scares them. What they may not know is cradle Catholics often feel the same way. Very often,...
Archdiocese cool on new confession law
Recent changes to child protection laws in the ACT have been welcomed by the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn but the Church has cautioned...
‘Unbearable’ pain will purify Church
The clerical abuse scandal has caused "pain and unbearable suffering" the Pope told priests.
5 things to know when booking a retreat
With the beginning of Lent just a month away, Catholics everywhere will be in the mood to do a little spring-cleaning of the soul...
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EXCLUSIVE: Medics uneasy on ending lives
Victorian hospitals struggle to find doctors willing to kill patients on eve of assisted suicide law
With just a week to go until the implementation...
