question corner CommentaryQuestion Corner Question Corner: What is church teaching on Protestant Communion and the Real Presence? Jenna Marie CooperJanuary 3, 20244 min read The Catholic Church does not recognize any Protestant denomination as having the Real Presence in the Eucharist. CommentaryQuestion Corner Question Corner: How accurate are the Nativity scenes outside our churches? Jenna Marie CooperDecember 20, 20234 min read 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. CommentaryQuestion Corner Question Corner: Is there a big source that explains everything Catholic? Jenna Marie CooperDecember 13, 20234 min read 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. ChristmasCommentaryQuestion Corner Can one Mass satisfy my Sunday and Christmas obligation in 2023? Jenna Marie CooperDecember 6, 20234 min read You cannot “double dip” by attending a Christmas eve Mass that happens to be on Sunday and have this one Mass fulfill two obligations. CommentaryQuestion Corner Question Corner: Baptismal records, earthly sufferings and Purgatory Jenna Marie CooperNovember 29, 20234 min read 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. AdventChristmasCommentaryQuestion Corner Question Corner: What are the rules for Catholics and Christmas trees? Jenna Marie CooperNovember 21, 20234 min read There are no strict right or wrong answers as to when a Catholic should put up or take down a Christmas tree. CommentaryQuestion Corner Question Corner: Why can’t the church use disposable plastic cups at Mass? Jenna Marie CooperNovember 15, 20234 min read 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. CommentaryQuestion Corner Question Corner: Are demonic possessions just mental illness? Jenna Marie CooperOctober 31, 20234 min read most dioceses in United States have protocols which require an individual to have medical and psychiatric evaluations, to rule out potential natural causes, before they can receive a major exorcism. CommentaryQuestion Corner Why more letters from Paul than Peter, and how do the saints keep track of things? Jenna Marie CooperOctober 25, 20233 min read Even though St. Peter was the first pope, his status as the “first among equals” among the apostles doesn’t automatically mean that writing was his personal strong suit. CommentaryQuestion Corner Question Corner: What justifies prayers for the dead? Why isn’t the pope called Francis I? Jenna Marie CooperOctober 19, 20234 min read We find a clear scriptural reference on the praiseworthyness of praying for the dead in the Old Testament’s second book of Maccabees. Previous 1 … 1 2 3 … 16 Next