In the movies, the penitent enters a confession booth, kneels and whispers to a priest behind a lattice screen: “Forgive me, father, for I have sinned.” This drama was, for centuries, at the center of ...

The Catholic Church has vowed to excommunicate any priest who follows a new Washington state law requiring clergy to report information about child abuse to law enforcement — even if given in the ...

Fifty years ago, when Monsignor Thomas A. Kane was a freshly ordained Roman Catholic priest, he'd sit in a confessional booth each Saturday for four hours and listen to people list their sins. The ...

A Swiss Catholic church installed an AI Jesus in a confessional booth. It won't do much for your eternal soul. Reading time 5 minutes This autumn, a Swiss Catholic church installed an AI Jesus in a ...

A Catholic church in Lucerne, Switzerland, has sparked conversation online by installing an artificial intelligence hologram of Jesus in one of its confessionals. The project, “Deus in Machina (God in ...

A Catholic priest listens to a confession as faithful and tourists visit the St. John Lateran Basilica, in Rome, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Confession, the Catholic and ...

A Nov. 20 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) alerts people to a purported new offering at St. Peter’s Chapel in Lucerne, Switzerland. "NEW - A church in Switzerland is now using an AI hologram ...