A reader asks: “What is your view on the time needed to reverently pray the Rosary? Can one say a couple of decades in the morning and finish that evening if time is a factor? The Rosary always seems to be in
Question: A reader asks: “I have been in many Catholic churches around the world, and the statue of Mary was always on the left side of the altar, as you face it. But at my church in Florida, she is on the
A reader asks: “Part of Mark 13 reads ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away’. I interpret this to reference Christ’s promise of his glorious second coming, but I’m confused by the mention of heaven, which
Writer David Mills explores the concept of home — and how there is no better place to practice the virtues that will lead to our eternal home with God in heaven. Mills writes: “As Christians, we live to get to our final
A reader asks for clarity whether people can earn their way into heaven. In his response, Monsignor Charles Pope explains: “We cannot earn salvation. We are saved by the grace of faith working through love. … The central problem with the faith
This month, assistant editor Ava Lalor reread a popular classic by C.S. Lewis, “The Great Divorce.” For those who are unfamiliar with the story, Lewis provides a visual representation of what heaven, hell and purgatory might be like. An unnamed narrator, who
A reader asks why we say in the Nicene Creed that Jesus rose on the third day when he wasn’t in the tomb for three full days. Monsignor Charles Pope answers this question in his latest pastoral answers column. He writes: The
There are so many voices around, crying for our attention, bombarding our senses. How can we discern or distinguish and identify the voice of God? Jesuit Father Peter Schineller observes that God often speaks to us through nudges. He says, “Our challenge
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,
In his latest Pastoral Answers column, Monsignor Charles Pope answers the question, “What happens to the souls of pets when they die? Is there any divine consideration?” He replies that the Church does not definitely teach what happens after death to animal