VANCOUVER Wash. (KPTV) - Catholic priests are pushing back against a new Washington state law that requires clergy to report child abuse to law enforcement, even if the information was obtained in the ...

Confession, the Catholic and Orthodox practice of listing one’s sins in the presence of a priest who then offers absolution and is sworn to secrecy under pain of eternal damnation, has long been a ...

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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 ...

(RNS) — A father confessed to me that he was thinking of kidnapping his son. Should I have called the police? A new law in Washington state, which was to have taken effect Sunday (July 27) but has ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In the autum on 2024, a Swiss Catholic church installed an AI Jesus in a confessional to interact with visitors. This hologram of Jesus Christ on a screen was animated by an ...

Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross (THE CONVERSATION) In the autum on ...