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EPISODE · Jun 17, 2025 · 53 MIN

Hitchcock's I Confess and the world's failure to understand priesthood

from Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast · host Thomas V. Mirus, James T. Majewski

In Alfred Hitchcock's 1953 film I Confess, a young priest in Quebec City is suspected of murder because of his unwillingness to break the seal of confession. A major theme of the film is the incomprehension with which the world sees the priesthood, such that people project their own sins onto the priest, resulting in a kind of white martyrdom. SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: https://www.catholicculture.org/newsletters DONATE to keep this podcast going: https://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio  Music is The Duskwhales, "Take It Back", used with permission.

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