After new national security legislation was passed unanimously in Hong Kong this week, the local diocese assured that amid concerns that the sweeping new measures will not interfere with the secrecy of confession.
In a brief statement, the Diocese of Hong Kong addressed what it said was “social concern” over the church’s Sacrament of Confession in light of the new security law, referred to as Article 23.
“With regard to the legislation of Article 23 on safeguarding national security, the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong recognizes that citizens have an obligation to ensure national security,” the statement said, in support of the law.
