One reader shares the difficulty of understanding a priest with a strong accent. She writes to Monsignor Charles Pope, “Is there some advice you can give as to what I and others should do to ...
A reader asks Monsignor Charles Pope: “In a recent religion lesson in my second-grade classroom, we were talking about Jesus dying on the cross for our sins, and one student raised his hand and said ...
Can our departed loved ones send us messages from heaven? In his latest column, Monsignor Charles Pope explains that while there could be certain instances where the Lord permits a soul in heaven to send ...
Monsignor Charles Pope addresses the moral culpability of getting vaccines that are made from aborted fetal cells. He explains that while we are never free to directly cooperate in evil, we do however, often find ...
In this latest column, Monsignor Charles Pope addressed how Catholicism understands race and diversity. In response to a reader’s question about race being a social construct, he explains: “The Catholic approach to race and ethnicity ...
A reader recently heard that when we receive communion, we are consuming the glorified body, blood, soul and divinity of Our Lord. Monsignor Charles Pope, in his latest Pastoral Answers column, comments on this phrasing. ...
Were Catholics discouraged from reading the Bible? Monsignor Charles Pope answers that the problem is not reading, it is interpreting. If in the past, priests once encouraged the faithful to be cautious in reading the ...
Have Catholics ever believed in reincarnation? Monsignor Charles Pope answers that to believe in reincarnation is clearly excluded in Scripture and by Christian anthropology. He says, “it is sufficient to state that the soul is ...
In the Gospel of Matthew, we are told of a man who finds a hidden treasure buried in a field. A reader asks, “What is this treasure, and where is the field?” In his latest ...
In his latest Pastoral Answers column, Monsignor Charles Pope answers the question, “What happens to the souls of pets when they die? Is there any divine consideration?” He replies that the Church does not definitely ...
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