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Confession

# confession - Saturday 12 January, 2013

Lance Armstrong ‘plans to admit doping’ in Oprah interview

The shamed former peloton leader will tape an interview with Oprah Winfrey on Monday in Austin.

# confession - Sunday 2 December, 2012

From The Daily Edge Irish Childhood This post contains videos

11 things we all did when we were kids

Did you learn about Willie Birmingham? And use furniture to avoid lava?

# confession - Thursday 11 October, 2012

Fall guy: Michael Owen admits to diving for England

The Stoke striker admitted to ‘winning’ spotters against Argentina in two World Cups.

# confession - Wednesday 3 October, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Read Me

Column: I don’t want my son to make his Communion, but I’m worried

Communion takes up too much school time says Emma Gilmore, but by opting out she fears her son may be ostracised.

# confession - Monday 24 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Catholic Church

Germany’s Catholics told to pay church tax or no sacraments

Anyone who does not pay between eight and 10 per cent of income tax to the church will no longer be able to receive sacraments or become a godparent.

# confession - Monday 20 August, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Sweden

Swedish serial killer case to be reviewed

Sture Bergwall was convicted of eight murders before later retracting his confession – and being acquitted in three cases.

From TheJournal.ie China

China: Gu Kailai given suspended death sentence for Heywood murder

Gu Kailai was found guilty of murdering British businessman Neil Heywood, a crime she had confessed to, and given the death penalty with two years’ reprieve in a case which has rocked China.

# confession - Thursday 8 September, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Child Abuse

No exceptions for priests in child abuse legislation

Catholic confession will not get special treatment in new laws over reporting child abuse, the government has confirmed.

# confession - Monday 29 August, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Confession

Shatter insists mandatory reporting will apply to priests despite Cardinal’s comments

Cardinal Seán Brady has said that the seal of the confession is inviolable and that any attempt to undermine it is a challenge to the right of Catholics to freedom of religion.

# confession - Saturday 16 July, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Should priests be exempted from mandatory crime reporting?

The government is to make it a crime for priests not to report a crime if it’s confessed to them. What do you think?

From TheJournal.ie Confession

New row between Church and State over ‘privileged’ confessions

Frances Fitzgerald says the ‘privilege’ of confession will not exempt a priest from new duties reporting child abuse.

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Saturday

Nine things to know this morning, including a row between Church and State, the wrong type of Roscommon U-turn, and a bad day for Lady Gaga…

# confession - Friday 15 July, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Cloyne

FG’s Charlie Flanagan says the Papal Nuncio should be expelled

The Vatican’s response to allegations of clerical sex abuse in Cloyne was described as “unhelpful”.

# confession - Friday 1 April, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Cardinal Rules

Column: Cardinal Rules Part 18. Diary of a priest stuck in a confessional.

This week, the (not) Primate of All Ireland brings us exclusive extracts from Fr Brendan Phelan’s short but intense journal, Without Hope, about his five days locked in a confession box.

# confession - Wednesday 9 February, 2011

From The Daily Edge IConfess

iConfess to Almighty God – Church approves confession app

The new app means you can confess to the Almighty while on the go, plus our top five religious apps.