A reader asks: “Why is baptizing a baby who is named Jesus allowed by priests? Yes, it’s often a family tradition, but I can’t accept using Jesus’ name as it is not respectful, good or ...
A reader shares, “There was a discussion among my Protestant family recently following the death of a close family member, and someone who was trying to be consoling said, ‘Well, it was just her time.’ ...
A reader asks Monsignor Charles Pope: “I hear a lot these days about spiritual warfare. … Given this, should we consider atheists to be the enemy?” Monsignor explains that to label all atheists as enemies ...
A reader asks: “Somebody told me that this past Jan. 1 was not a holy day of obligation. I was surprised to hear it and doubt that this is so. Can you clarify if Jan. ...
This week, a reader asks Monsignor Charles Pope: “To my understanding of Scripture, nothing is mentioned about Jesus’ life as a youth, pre-teen, young adult, etc. Certainly we know of his glorious birth, passionate death ...
A reader asks Monsignor Charles Pope whether or not Russia has been consecrated as Our Lady requested in her apparitions at Fátima: “Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, then Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the ...
Question: A reader asks: “I have been in many Catholic churches around the world, and the statue of Mary was always on the left side of the altar, as you face it. But at my ...
A reader asks: “Part of Mark 13 reads ‘Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away’. I interpret this to reference Christ’s promise of his glorious second coming, but I’m ...
A reader writes: “My divorced daughter lives with another divorced man part time, and thinks nothing of going to Communion. I am happy that she goes to Mass every Sunday and does daily prayers. A ...
Question: I was thinking about the Catholic/Protestant debate on whether or not Mary can be an intercessor for us to God. Protestants always say that Jesus is the only intercessor. But why do we even ...
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