Where is the confessional?
doh-VEH eel kon-fes-syo-NA-leh.
When a Catholic visitor wants to go to confession. Also useful for visitors curious about the confessional as an architectural element of Italian churches.
Il confessionale is the confessional — the wooden booth where the sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) takes place in Catholic churches. Many historic Italian confessionals are themselves works of art.
A che ora ci sono le confessioni?
What time are confessions?
Confessions are usually held at fixed times.
C'è un sacerdote che confessa in inglese?
Is there a priest who hears confession in English?
Important for English-speaking Catholics.
Questo confessionale è del Seicento?
Is this confessional from the seventeenth century?
The art-historical question about the confessional itself.
The Confessione di San Pietro beneath the main altar at St Peter's Basilica in Rome is a major pilgrimage destination — the spot directly above St Peter's tomb. It should not be confused with the confessionals (confessionali) where the sacrament of confession takes place, which line the basilica's perimeter.