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 ...
In Hamlet, the gloomy Dane lives out a thoroughly pagan vendetta against his uncle Claudius, who has murdered his father. At one point, he discovers Claudius at his prayers and thinks to go and stab ...
I am told that it’s my Christian duty to forgive, and the Lord knows I’ve tried. But each time I forgive him... - Published on August 15, 2025 He said I am sorry, but it’s at least the tenth time! I ...
The parish liturgy committee decided to adopt the contemporary version of the Lord’s Prayer for use during worship. From now on, at least at one of the services, we’d be “sinners” instead of ...
What should we do when we feel obligated to forgive but too deeply hurt to restore a relationship with the one who hurt us? Sometimes people feel this way because they don’t understand the difference ...
Pope Francis accepts a report from the Rev. Edgardo A. Colón-Emeric, dean of Duke University Divinity School in Durham, N.C., and the new Methodist co-chair of the Joint International Commission for ...
The sacrament of Reconciliation, being a sacrament, is a work of God before it is a work of man. Jesus establishes the sacrament; we just get to be participants in it, and Jesus seems to be so eager ...
Eds: This story was supplied by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. Timothy Gabrielli, University of Dayton (THE CONVERSATION) The 1953 Alfred ...