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

Q: My favorite Advent hymn is "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel." I'm used to singing it all through Advent, but the new choir director...

Q: My dad gives up chocolate every year for both Lent and Advent. I always tell him that this is weird and that we're...

Q: Is it a sin if someone calls Mary "co-redemptrix?" Should I stop following them on social media? (Louisiana) A: I'm assuming your question is...

Q: In my rosary group, I suggested we pray for all those experiencing feelings of hopelessness. My friend said that since it's the month...

Q: From what I learned in history class, indulgences caused major issues for the church in the 16th century and was one of the...

Q: At my parish, we pray "for vocations to the priesthood and religious life." But at the other parish in town, they pray for...

Q: In an earlier column, you said that purgatory was a state outside of time and that we can't talk about how long someone...

Q: At Mass we typically pray for the souls of "those in purgatory," often mentioning names of persons long since passed, sometimes 10 or...

Q: In families that are suffering from generational curses or that are involved in a lot of occult practices, why doesn't baptism free their...

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,...