Jenna Marie Cooper

Our Sunday Visitor is a Catholic publisher serving millions of Catholics globally through its publishing and communication services. Jenna Marie Cooper, who holds a licentiate in canon law, is a consecrated virgin and a canonist whose column appears weekly at OSV News. Send your questions to CatholicQA@osv.com.

Question Corner: On Limbo and on silent prayer

January 16, 2023
By Jenna Marie Cooper
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Question Corner

Limbo is not included in our Creeds and is never mentioned in our current Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Questions: Holy days of obligation, vegetarians in Lent

January 9, 2023
By Jenna Marie Cooper
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Question Corner

It can be a beautiful practice to go to Mass on a feast that isn’t strictly obligatory simply to enter more deeply into the spirituality of our liturgical year.

Why confess to a priest? What if it’s been a long time?

January 3, 2023
By Jenna Marie Cooper
OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary

While we know for sure that sins are forgiven through the sacrament, God is of course free to extend his grace beyond even what he has promised.

Question Corner: On Limbo and on silent prayer

Questions: Holy days of obligation, vegetarians in Lent

Why confess to a priest? What if it’s been a long time?

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