question corner CommentaryQuestion Corner Question Corner: How do I know if I’m excommunicated due to my past support of the SSPX? Jenna Marie CooperJuly 6, 20264 min read I used to be supportive of the SSPX and have regularly attended Mass at their chapels at different points in my life. How do I know if I’m excommunicated now? CommentaryQuestion Corner Question Corner: Would a vow renewal impact a future annulment? Jenna Marie CooperJune 29, 20264 min read Hypothetically, would a vow renewal like this have any impact if a couple were to try for an annulment later? CommentaryQuestion Corner Question Corner: Should a priest do a Mass intention ‘for the people of the parish’ when there are more specific intentions waiting? Jenna Marie CooperJune 24, 20264 min read The short answer is that your priest isn’t offering Mass for the people of the parish because he personally wanted to or because he thought it was a good idea (although he probably is happy to do this and praying for the people of the parish is indeed a good idea)! Rather, he was offering this specific Mass intention because the Church’s canon law specifically requires him to do so. CommentaryQuestion Corner Question Corner: Can a Catholic priest attend a non-Catholic wedding reception as a guest? Jenna Marie CooperJune 16, 20264 min read “Non-Catholic wedding” is a very broad term that can refer to a number of scenarios. In some of these scenarios, there is no reason why a Catholic, even a Catholic priest or deacon, should feel the need to decline an invitation to attend as a guest. But other “non-Catholic weddings” would be more of a concern. CommentaryQuestion Corner Question Corner: What does it mean if a couple is asked to ‘live as brother and sister’ during an annulment process? Jenna Marie CooperJune 9, 20264 min read If the original marriage is presumed to be a true and binding one, then living as a married person with a new spouse is technically committing adultery — even if most divorced and remarried people wouldn’t subjectively experience it this way. CommentaryQuestion Corner Question Corner: When does a priest promise celibacy in the ordination process? Jenna Marie CooperJune 3, 20264 min read Hypothetically, what would happen if the bishop accidentally left out the part of the ordination Mass where the future priest promises celibacy? That wouldn’t mean that the new priest was actually free to marry, would it? CommentaryQuestion Corner Question Corner: Will everyone know each other’s sins at the last judgement? Jenna Marie CooperMay 27, 20264 min read When Jesus comes again to judge us all, how public will this be? As in, will everyone know each other’s sins when this happens? CommentaryQuestion Corner Question Corner: Are parish priests allowed to do confirmations? Jenna Marie CooperMay 18, 20264 min read The short answer is that while the Latin (a.k.a. “Roman”) Catholic Church normally envisions a bishop as being the minister of confirmation, there are some scenarios where a simple priest is able to celebrate this sacrament. CommentaryMarriage & Family LifeQuestion Corner Question Corner: Can a Catholic date a person whose marriage has not been annulled or is this a sin? Jenna Marie CooperMay 5, 20264 min read Our belief in the absolute permanence of marriage is rooted in what Jesus himself taught us in St. Matthew’s Gospel… CommentaryQuestion Corner Question Corner: Am I obligated to do my penance right away for my confession to be valid? Jenna Marie CooperApril 28, 20264 min read Now it occurs to me that since I didn’t say my penance right away, my confession was invalid and I shouldn’t have received Communion at Mass. Is this a new sin I need to confess? Previous 1 … 1 2 3 … 28 Next
