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Indianapolis Archdiocese shuts down drive-thru confessions
- Mar 26, 2020
A Catholic priest in western Indiana has stopped hearing drive-through confessions at the request of the Indianapolis Archdiocese amid the coronavirus pandemic, he said.

By Associated Press
Vatican says general absolution may be permissible during pandemic
- Mar 20, 2020
In places particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic and with severe limits on people leaving their homes, conditions may exist to grant general absolution to the faithful without them personally confessing their sins first, the Vatican said.

By Cindy Wooden
Priest begins offering drive-through confessions in church parking lot
- Mar 19, 2020
When public Masses in the Archdiocese of Washington were suspended in efforts to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Father Scott Holmer, pastor at St. Edward the Confessor Parish in Bowie, Maryland, got creative about bringing the sacraments to his local community.

By Josephine von Dohlen

Confession by phone: Priest says it could be right in some situations
- Mar 18, 2020
If a priest is wearing a mask and standing 3 feet or 6 feet away from a penitent requesting the sacrament of reconciliation, is he really more present to a penitent he knows than he would be by telephone?

By Cindy Wooden
Baltimore priests working to reverse decline in confession in novel ways
- Mar 7, 2020
Usually offered in the middle of the weekend on Saturday afternoons, confession can be a hard sell for busy Catholics. The subject matter, sin, also can be a stumbling block in a culture that can be, at times, too enamored with accentuating the positive.

By Tim Swift
Australian archbishop rejects breaking seal of confession for abusers
- Jan 17, 2020
The president of the Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference is the latest of the country’s senior clerics to push back against legislation to lift the seal of confession for child sexual abuse.

By Michael Sainsbury

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