A reader asks, “What is concelebration, and why do some priests object to it?” Monsignor Charles Pope explains: “Concelebration is when two or more priests join together in the celebration of Mass. While each of them is celebrating as a priest with
A reader wonders: “Every one of our parish Masses features a lector reading or quoting ‘letters’ that typically begin with, ‘A reading from the Second Letter of St. Paul to …,’ or “a reading from the First Letter of St. John ...,”
A reader writes: “Recently, a mutual friend of my sister and I died, and there was no funeral. My sister told me not to fret and that Buddha was also a god, so our friend is in the heaven where Buddhists are
A reader asks: “The Church says it will not tell the faithful which party to vote for. Fine, but doesn’t the Catechism of the Catholic Church warn Catholics that it is a grievous sin to cooperate with evil? Some bishops have started
A reader asks: “The Church says it will not tell the faithful which party to vote for. Fine, but doesn’t the Catechism of the Catholic Church warn Catholics that it is a grievous sin to cooperate with evil? Some bishops have started to
A reader writes: “Are the laws of the Roman Catholic Church explained in Canon Law to be respected and even obeyed by its laity even though there are changes from the 1917 code to the 1983 code that are no longer valid?”
A reader writes: “The Bible says we should obey the law of the land as well as the law of God. So is it a sin to deliberately drive faster than the speed limit?” Monsignor Charles Pope explains that, “Civil law is
A reader writes: “It is said that St. Thomas Aquinas received a revelation that all of his brilliant writings were straw, and he then ceased writing. Does this mean that Catholics should take their doctrines with a dose of salt?” Yes, and no,
A reader writes: “How do you dispose of Palms (from Palm Sunday) if you do not have a place to dig a hole to burn or bury them?” Monsignor Charles Pope answers: “You can bring them to your parish. It is common
A reader writes: “I have always been taught that incest is a sin. But when God created Adam and Eve as our first parents, how did our population increase without their offspring having committed incest?”