The 1953 Alfred Hitchcock film “I Confess,” based on an earlier play, features a priest suspected of murder. He’s innocent, and has even heard the murderer’s confession – but cannot clear his own name ...

Writer Anne DeSantis proposes the virtue of affability as one way to carry the good practices of Lent into Easter and beyond, ...

Confession, the Catholic and Orthodox practice of listing one’s sins in the presence of a priest who then offers absolution and is sworn to secrecy under pain of eternal damnation, has long been a ...

Exploring their sacraments, rituals and outreach that promote reconciliation with God and among people, Catholic and Methodist experts acknowledged in a new document that divided Christians "fall ...

This autumn, a Swiss Catholic church installed an AI Jesus in a confessional to interact with visitors. The installation was a two-month project in religion, technology and art titled "Deus in Machina ...

SAN FRANCISCO — In his new book, CONFESSION OF A CATHOLIC WORKER: OUR CURRENT MOMENT OF CHRISTIAN WITNESS (Ignatius Press), Larry S. Chapp acknowledges the fact that everyone knows there is a “crisis” ...

FILE - In this image from a video shot by Hong Kong broadcaster TVB, Hong Kong Bishop Stephen Chow talks to media during his visit to Beijing, with unidentified men standing behind him, on April 20, ...