This issue of A Public Witness highlights important voices of opposition to imperial plotting from a variety of religious groups, ranging from Lutherans to Baptists, Anglicans, Catholics, and others.
Church and government leaders in France are at odds over whether priests should be required to report the abuse of minors if they learn about it in the sacrament of confession.
To learn more about the secrecy of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, we spoke to Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, the head of the Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary.
Archbishop Jorge Lozano of San Juan, Argentina, doesn’t look like one of the most influential people in the Catholic Church: His pectoral cross is wooden, handmade for him by a prison inmate. The “chain” is of jute instead of a precious metal.