News Roundup— Week of May 15

The U.K. government has said there will be no exemptions to a new mandatory reporting law— including the sacramental seal of confession. The Diocese of Nashville reports a nearly 50% drop in Sunday Mass attendance at several Spanish-speaking parishes in conjunction with an ongoing immigration operation.

Germany’s synodal committee has said it will vote in November on statutes to establish a national synodal body. More than 30,000 people attend a youth festival in the Archdiocese of Seoul.

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