In “The Guilty Vicarage,” an essay on detective fiction, W.H. Auden argues that the most successful detective novels take ...

NCR interviews James O'Toole, whose new book, For I Have Sinned, details the growth and eventual decline of confession in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

"A 'Confessional' of a Recovering Catholic" is making its debut at Caveat! What's a better way to enjoy the holiday season than with a generous helping of Catholic guilt? Having been raised in said ...

What's a better way to get into the holiday spirit than with a generous helping of Catholic guilt? Having been raised in said church, I have been in “recovery” for a long time: all those prayers you ...

A new bill before the Arizona House of Representatives could force priests and pastors to break their seal of confession. The ...

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 ...

All priests should desire to carry out a holy ministry and to confer the sacraments in a way that leads others to Christ. However, sometimes the mix of personalities in the confessional makes it ...

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against the state of Washington Monday, June 23, over a new law requiring clergy members to report child abuse, even if the information is obtained ...