Question: A post from a Facebook friend puts forth this position: God has “set” the day and time of our death, so there is no sense in fighting against COVID. God will pull my card at the appointed time, and that is
As we continue through the pandemic, what norms are priests asked to follow during the Mass? In his latest Pastoral Answers column, Monsignor Charles Pope explains that wearing a mask while dispensing a sacrament is not a violation of canon law. Rather,
This week, Monsignor Charles Pope answers the question: Where do you think Adam is? While there is no formal declaration of Adam and Eve being in heaven, it is surely a well attested tradition on which we can rely, as suggested in
A reader asks, “Given the dispensation we are under, do we commit sin if we do not participate in the livestreamed Mass on Sunday?” In his latest column, Monsignor Charles Pope explains that since the faithful are dispensed from attending Mass during
Monsignor Charles Pope answers a reader’s question about the Glory Be. In explaining the phrase “world without end,” Monsignor Pope explains that the English translation from Latin is a bit misleading. A more literal translation would read “and unto the ages of
One reader shares the difficulty of understanding a priest with a strong accent. She writes to Monsignor Charles Pope, “Is there some advice you can give as to what I and others should do to help him?” Monsignor Pope explains that the
A reader asks Monsignor Charles Pope: “In a recent religion lesson in my second-grade classroom, we were talking about Jesus dying on the cross for our sins, and one student raised his hand and said that he knew why Jesus died —
Can our departed loved ones send us messages from heaven? In his latest column, Monsignor Charles Pope explains that while there could be certain instances where the Lord permits a soul in heaven to send us a word, message, sign or consolation,
Monsignor Charles Pope addresses the moral culpability of getting vaccines that are made from aborted fetal cells. He explains that while we are never free to directly cooperate in evil, we do however, often find that we are linked to certain evils
In this latest column, Monsignor Charles Pope addressed how Catholicism understands race and diversity. In response to a reader’s question about race being a social construct, he explains: “The Catholic approach to race and ethnicity steers a middle course between recognizing and