Tag: Question Corner

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 read online that a married Catholic needs their bishop's permission to separate from their spouse. My husband abandoned our family to live...

Q: My husband and I got a divorce because my husband had an affair. Why doesn't the church agree with me that it was...

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...