Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Saints
There have been many canonized saints who were treated very badly by church leaders of their day, through no fault of their own.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Lent, Question Corner
While a vegan or vegetarian already fulfills the law of abstinence by just sticking to their usual meat-free eating habits, it might make sense for them to consider adopting an additional penance for Lent.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
If a person truly cannot remain faithful despite their desire to do so, this means that they were incapable of marrying due to a fundamental incapacity to assume a core duty of the vocation of marriage.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
Not all sins are equally terrible, and the dynamic of how we come to fall into sin can vary depending on the circumstances.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist, Question Corner
Under ordinary circumstances, the church does not allow non-Catholics to receive Holy Communion. But this discipline is not meant to “keep people away from Jesus.”
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist, Question Corner
It is true that actual wheat must be used in a valid celebration of the Eucharist, but there are still ways to receive holy Communion even as a Catholic with a severe gluten intolerance.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
Divorce only becomes an obstacle for receiving the sacraments when a divorced Catholic attempts to remarry civilly without having had their first marriage declared null by a Catholic marriage tribunal.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Eucharist, Question Corner
A faithful Catholic may indeed receive holy Communion twice in one day — but the second reception must be within the context of a Mass.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Worship & Sacraments
Canon 924 is telling us that the wine, which is to become the blood of Christ, must be something that can truly be considered “wine” in a strict sense.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Vocations
Consecrated virginity is a unique vocation for women in that it is centered in the local diocesan church rather than a particular group or religious community.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Worship & Sacraments
Receiving holy Communion while standing is the local norm for the United States, but this doesn’t mean that those who choose to kneel for Communion are doing anything wrong or “illegal.”
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
On a practical level, through Catholic baptism, infants become official members of the Catholic Church, which among other things qualifies them to receive the other sacraments.
