A father recounts a story to his son about his past life as a priest.

A Louisiana boy educated by God-fearing Catholics is taught to abstain from masturbation and rather think of it as self-harm. Instead, he sets out on a tumultuous relationship with his sexuality, and comes to question whether or not he truly agrees with the church's teachings about what is and is not sin.

A priest struggling with addiction must choose between serving the will of his congregants and following the law.

A Catholic priest's typical mundane routine is interrupted by a sick woman who requests his presence in fear of her own death. However, what Father Macdowell soon understands is that the woman's wishes conflict greatly with her protective lover, who sees no importance in religious practices.

After dropping out of the Jesuit priesthood, a struggling graduate student studying theology meets a fellow Catholic graduate student. The two explore their sexual desires irrespective of what the Church has taught them.

After witnessing a wife wracked with grief stand over her husband's dead body, a priest is filled with anxiety at the thought of both his own and his loved ones' mortality.

In a convent, a young nun’s internal war between desire and religion comes to a head when she makes a new, devious friend.

A bitter rivalry between two priests and a cat takes a violent turn as the two men orchestrate the death of the animal - but the unexpected and miraculous consequence of their plot leave them horrified.

One night while visiting his mother, a man contends with the nature of faith and family.

A young priest who sees the world through rose-colored glasses admires an older woman dedicated to the parish. When she requests that he visit her, his overly optimistic expectations of churchgoers, and his honor of being a young clergyman, are challenged.