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Question Corner: Why do Catholics emphasize the body more than the blood of Jesus in Communion reception?
CommentaryEucharistQuestion Corner

Question Corner: Why do Catholics emphasize the body more than the blood of Jesus in Communion reception?

Jenna Marie CooperSeptember 25, 20244 min read
It is the consistent traditional practice in Eastern Catholic churches to administer Communion under both kinds as a matter of course.
Question Corner: Are fairies and leprechauns demonic? And what happened to Barabbas?
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Question Corner: Are fairies and leprechauns demonic? And what happened to Barabbas?

Jenna Marie CooperSeptember 18, 20244 min read
The church does not have any current official teaching on fairies or leprechauns. However, in traditional folklore, fairies and leprechauns were not the sweet and playful creatures that they tend to be in our modern depictions, and they have an association with pre-Christian European paganism.
Question Corner: Is the annulment process just a way to get around the church’s prohibition on divorce?
CommentaryMarriage & Family LifeQuestion Corner

Question Corner: Is the annulment process just a way to get around the church’s prohibition on divorce?

Jenna Marie CooperSeptember 11, 20244 min read
In order to ensure that declarations of nullity are not simply “rubber stamped” or “cop outs,” the church has a specific process, carried out through the ministry of diocesan marriage tribunals, for investigating whether or not a marriage was invalid.
Question Corner: Who can wear a clerical collar and is it sinful to eliminate animal pests?
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Question Corner: Who can wear a clerical collar and is it sinful to eliminate animal pests?

Jenna Marie CooperSeptember 4, 20244 min read
Some seminaries attach the wearing of clerical clothes to a specific stage of formation called “candidacy,” but candidacy can also occur at different times in different places.
Question Corner: Should general absolution be a more regular practice?
CommentaryQuestion CornerWorship & Sacraments

Question Corner: Should general absolution be a more regular practice?

Jenna Marie CooperAugust 28, 20244 min read
If a parish is able to have at least a weekly Sunday Mass, then there would likewise seem to be enough of a priestly presence in that area to allow penitents to have their individual confessions heard within a reasonable time frame.
Question Corner: Is spiritual communion the same as sacramental Communion?
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Question Corner: Is spiritual communion the same as sacramental Communion?

Jenna Marie CooperAugust 21, 20244 min read
While a spiritual communion might be a praiseworthy aid to one’s spiritual life, it is not the same thing as a physical, sacramental Communion.
Question Corner: What is the church’s position on cremation?
CommentaryQuestion Corner

Question Corner: What is the church’s position on cremation?

Jenna Marie CooperAugust 19, 20244 min read
The Church permits cremation, provided that it does not demonstrate a denial of faith in the resurrection of the body.
Question Corner: What are the steps to receive Communion after divorce and remarriage?
CommentaryEucharistQuestion Corner

Question Corner: What are the steps to receive Communion after divorce and remarriage?

Jenna Marie CooperAugust 7, 20244 min read
This can be a hard truth, but it is good to understand that this inability to receive Communion is part of a consistent theological rationale, as opposed to being something arbitrary.
Question Corner: What level of involvement in abortion carries the canonical penalty of excommunication?
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Question Corner: What level of involvement in abortion carries the canonical penalty of excommunication?

Jenna Marie CooperJuly 31, 20244 min read
Looking at the crime of abortion specifically, one meaningful phrase in the relevant canon is that the penalty applies to those “who actually procure an abortion.” We can read “actually procure” as meaning: “directly and intentionally bringing about an abortion in a specific instance.”
Question Corner: Is a parish required to provide a screen and kneeler in the confessional?
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Question Corner: Is a parish required to provide a screen and kneeler in the confessional?

Jenna Marie CooperJuly 17, 20244 min read
While the church expects confessions to be heard in a designated confessional under ordinary circumstances, there are times when it would be permissible to celebrate the sacrament someplace else.
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