Jenna Marie Cooper J.C.L., OSV News

Q: I'm one of the parents on a new "safety committee" for our local parish school. One of the parents' main suggestions is that,...

Q: I've noticed that in many flourishing Catholic communities with a lot of young adults (such as some Catholic university communities, or parishes in...

Q: Does a person's mortal sin prior to becoming Catholic follow him or her until confession and absolution? In particular, if a non-Catholic friend...

Q: As a divorced, over-50 Catholic man with an annulment, I met a Catholic woman my age with the same history of divorce and...

Q: Does the church ever use the word "divorce," or in every case is it always an "annulment?" Didn't Jesus allow for a spouse,...

Q: In all the discussion over the years of whether or not pro-abortion politicians should be denied Holy Communion, I've always wondered: Why couldn't...

Q: I'm retired and I volunteer with my parish to do the tech stuff to livestream some of the parish's Masses online. Sometimes I...

Q: In watching "The Chosen," I find I have real sympathy for Judas, who seemed to misunderstand Jesus and was merely trying to force...

Q: Why would God allow Satan to torture and torment Job when he knew Job was a wonderful man and if God is, indeed,...

Q: I used to volunteer to bring Holy Communion to the sick in nursing homes and hospice, and I always wondered: Why can't we...