Catholic Review
Inspiring the Archdiocese of Baltimore
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
A true fully, conscious and active participation in the Mass is understood to require our literal, physical presence at the liturgy. Because of this, watching Mass on a screen would not fulfill the Sunday obligation.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Marriage & Family Life
Canonical form is an important concept to understand and be aware of because if a Catholic does not marry according to canonical form — say, if a Catholic decided to get married by a justice of the peace — this marriage would be considered not only illicit, but also invalid.
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Filed Under: Commentary
Catholics and Orthodox not only share belief in the Real Presence in the Eucharist, but also a shared understanding of the sacrament of holy orders and thus the nature of the priesthood.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
The smoke that rises from the burning of incense has for millennia been understood by the Christian community as a symbol of the prayers of the faithful rising up to God.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
Jesus’ baptism truly is a major “turning of the page” in Jesus’ life, since, after his baptism at the hands of John the Baptist his quiet, hidden life became one of public ministry, wherein he actively sought to make his saving mission and identity known and proclaimed.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
The Catholic Church does not recognize any Protestant denomination as having the Real Presence in the Eucharist.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
The point of religious art and imagery is not so much to give us a perfect, historically accurate picture of events that occurred in the life of Jesus.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
The catechism is meant as a summary of core Catholic beliefs and is widely available both in print and online — and there are a few searchable web versions of the catechism that make it fairly simple to navigate.
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Filed Under: Christmas, Commentary, Question Corner
You cannot “double dip” by attending a Christmas eve Mass that happens to be on Sunday and have this one Mass fulfill two obligations.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
The diocesan chancery office would have access to maps of parish territorial boundaries, and would also be familiar with any “quirks” of local sacramental record-keeping.
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Filed Under: Advent, Christmas, Commentary, Question Corner
There are no strict right or wrong answers as to when a Catholic should put up or take down a Christmas tree.
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Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner
Because we believe that Jesus is physically, bodily present in the “sacred species” (our term for the bread and wine which have been turned into the body and blood of Christ), we have several laws and customs pertaining to the Eucharist that ensure a sufficient degree of protection and reverence for Jesus’ presence in the Blessed Sacrament.
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