Question Corner: Can my friend’s annulment case be sped up so she can enter the church at Easter? April 16, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner We should keep in mind that the church sees the process of Christian initiation as a spiritual journey, not as an academic year with a deadline for “graduation.”
Question Corner: Why do we need confession if Jesus’ death cleansed us from our sins? April 9, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner, Worship & Sacraments We know that God is totally loving and merciful, and is always ready to forgive. And this is why Jesus left the church with the sacrament of penance, to provide a means for reconciliation after post-baptismal sins.
Question Corner: Can I attend a non-Catholic wedding? April 2, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner If a Catholic attends a clearly invalid wedding in the normal festive spirit, they are celebrating something which is, at least objectively “on paper,” a falsehood.
Question Corner: Are there any saints who had a difficult relationship with the church? March 26, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News 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.
Question Corner: How does a vegan senior citizen handle Lenten fasting? March 20, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News 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.
Question Corner: Does the church grant annulments in cases of marital infidelity? March 13, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News 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.
Question Corner: What are the different kinds of sin? March 6, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News 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.
Question Corner: Why can’t non-Catholics receive Communion? February 26, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News 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.”
Question Corner: Why can’t the church offer a completely gluten-free host? February 19, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News 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.
Question Corner: Is a person divorced due to an abusive marriage unable to receive Communion? February 12, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News 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.
Question Corner: Can you receive Communion twice in one day? February 5, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper OSV News 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.
Question Corner: Is non-alcoholic church wine valid for consecration? January 29, 2025By Jenna Marie Cooper 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.
