National Catholic Reporter

AI Jesus might 'listen' to your confession, but it can’t absolve your sins − a scholar of Catholicism explains

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 ...
Religion News Service

From public confession to private penance: How Catholic confession has evolved over centuries

(The Conversation) — The Catholic Church treats information shared during confession as absolutely confidential – but that requirement can create legal dilemmas. (The Conversation) — The 1953 Alfred ...
New York Post

Catholic Church vows to excommunicate priests who follow new Washington state law requiring them to report confessions to cops

The Catholic Church has vowed to excommunicate any priest who follows a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report information about child abuse to law enforcement — even if given in the ...
Southeast Missourian

Stolen historic door returned to St. Louis Catholic church

ST. LOUIS -- A century-old door to a confessional booth has been returned after it was stolen from a St. Louis Catholic church last week. The Rev. Canon Andrew Todd, a vicar at St. Francis de Sales ...
Washington Examiner

A myopic threat to Catholic priests to break the seal of confession

A Catholic priest listens to a confession as faithful and tourists visit the St. John Lateran Basilica, in Rome, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Confession, the Catholic and ...