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AI Jesus might ‘listen’ to your confession, but it can’t absolve your sins

Visitors were invited to pose questions to the AI Jesus, viewed on a monitor behind a latticework screen. (Courtesy of the Catholic Church of the City of Lucerne, CC BY) This autumn, a Swiss Catholic ...
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Is confession required for obtaining a plenary indulgence if there is no mortal sin?

Q: Is confession required for obtaining a plenary indulgence if there is no mortal sin? A diocesan hermit, who is homebound, ...
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From public confession to private penance: How Catholic confession has evolved over centuries

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 ...
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Roman Catholics: Confession: Public or Private?

The Roman Catholic Church urges its faithful to confess their sins to a priest at least once a year, and insists that they do so before receiving Communion if they have committed a mortal sin. In ...
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AI Jesus might ‘listen’ to your confession, but it can’t absolve your sins − a scholar of Catholicism explains

Visitors were invited to pose questions to the AI Jesus, viewed on a monitor behind a latticework screen. Courtesy of the Catholic Church of the City of Lucerne, CC BY This autumn, a Swiss Catholic ...
National Catholic Reporter

Over centuries, Catholic confession has evolved from public confession to private penance

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 ...
National Catholic Reporter

AI Jesus might 'listen' to your confession, but it can’t absolve your sins − a scholar of Catholicism explains

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 Conversation

From public confession to private penance: How Catholic confession has evolved over centuries

Timothy Gabrielli does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
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AI Jesus might 'listen' to your confession, but it can't absolve your sins. A scholar of Catholicism explains

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 Conversation

AI Jesus might ‘listen’ to your confession, but it can’t absolve your sins − a scholar of Catholicism explains

Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross This hologram of Jesus Christ on a screen was animated by an artificial intelligence program. The AI’s programming included ...