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Catholic Church, confession and child abuse

Feds call child abuse confession law for priests "anti-Catholic" as church vows to excommunicate those who comply

Priests are required to report child abuse or neglect to Washington state law enforcement after learning about the crime through confessions.

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Catholic Church Warns Of ‘Government Overreach’ With New State Law Forcing Priests To Violate Sacrament

The Archdiocese of Seattle is taking a stand against a recently passed Washington State law that would force priests to

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Catholic Church to excommunicate priests for following WA law requiring child abuse confessions to be reported

The Catholic Church said priests will be excommunicated if they follow a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report confessions about child abuse to law enforcement.

Catholic Church, pope and Mass

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In Seattle area, Catholics react to new pope with ‘collective gasp’

Hours after the Pope Leo XIV announcement, Catholics in the Seattle area said they were processing the news and hoped Leo could be a bridge builder.

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New pope says first mass as leader of the Catholic Church

Kiea McCann, 17, and Dlava Mohammed, 16, were fatally injured on July 31, 2023, after the car they were in struck a tree at approximately 75 mph Pope Leo XIV's childhood home in Dolton, IL, had been listed for $199,

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Local Catholics gather for Mass to pray for new pope

Bishop William Joensen of the Diocese of Des Moines says he hopes Pope Leo XIV lights a "fire" within the Catholic Church.

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Seattle archbishop goes on the record about future of the Catholic Church

Archbishop of Seattle Paul Etienne discussed the future of the Catholic Church and how Washington clergy will navigate a new ...

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Why Seattle's archbishop believes Pope Leo XIV will focus on 'social teachings' of church

At his first Mass at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on May 9, Pope Leo XIV warned against reducing Jesus Christ to a "superman" ...

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Catholic bishops vow to resist blue state law intruding on 'sacred' trust: 'Obey God rather than men'

A new law signed by Democratic Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson poses a danger to religious liberty and a sacred trust of ...

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Pope Leo XIV’s Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America

The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity ...

Catholic students in western WA learn real-time lessons in faith as conclave begins

A new generation of Catholics. not yet born or very young when the late Pope Francis was selected in 2013, are now immersed in a real-time lesson about their ch ...

The Latest: Catholic cardinals to sequester themselves in the Vatican for the start of the conclave

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the ...

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