If one is seriously ill, is that person still required to attend Mass? Is a marriage still recognized by the Catholic Church if a priest isn’t the officiant? Father Doyle has the answers in Question Corner.

Father Doyle fields questions about the use of incense at Mass and whether a person should give money to homeless people.

Father Doyle answers a question about possible sainthood for the founder of EWTN.

Father Doyle fields questions about Stephen Hawking and prayers for Russia.

Father Doyle fields a question about where a wedding can take place in a marriage between a Catholic and a Christian of another denomination.

Father Doyle answers a question on whether blessed objects can be sold.

Father Doyle fields questions about going to heaven and the responsibility for taking care of the faith of grandchildren.

Father Doyle fields questions about dispensation from abstinence and feelings after a miscarriage.

Father Doyle fields questions about the burial of unbaptized persons in a Catholic cemetery and the role of deacon in parishes.

Father Doyle answers questions about the canonization of Father Patrick Peyton and praying for Judas Iscariot.