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Purple stole and confessional. / Credit: Roman023_photography/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Jun 23, 2025 / 17:13 pm (CNA). The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state of Washington over its recent law mandating that priests must violate the seal of confession if child abuse is learned about during the sacrament of reconciliation. The DOJ in…

An attack on Mar Elias Church in Al-Duwaileh, Damascus, by a suicide bomber reportedly killed 22 and injured 59 people on June 22, 2025. / Credit: Mohammed Al-Rifai/ACI MENA ACI MENA, Jun 23, 2025 / 12:06 pm (CNA). The death toll from the attack on Mar Elias Greek Orthodox Church in the Douailah district of…

In Knock, Ireland, on Sunday June 22, 2025, Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh urged the people of Ireland to “feel inspired and courageous” by the renewed consecration to the Sacred Heart. / Credit: Sean Flynn/Irish Catholic Bishops Conference Dublin, Ireland, Jun 23, 2025 / 12:36 pm (CNA). Ireland was reconsecrated to the Sacred Heart on…