‘Hero of the confessional’ Father Carmelo De Palma beatified in Italy

Blessed Carmelo De Palma. / Credit: Dicastery for the Causes of Saints ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 18, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). Father Carmelo De Palma, a priest known as the “hero of the confessional,” was beatified Nov. 15 in Bari, Italy.Pope Leo XIV recognized the new blessed during the Nov. 16 Angelus in St. Peter’s Square, saying De Palma “was a diocesan priest who died in 1961 after a life generously spent in the ministry of confession and spiritual…