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November 11th, 2009
Question: Should we use every means medically possible to keep an ill person alive? What is the Catholic teaching on this question? I reviewed some of the general principles that Catholics apply to the question of ...
October 28th, 2009
Question: Some of my Pentecostal friends believe that speaking in tongues is a sign that you are "saved." Does the Catholic Church have an official stance on speaking in tongues? I don't believe that the Catholic ...
October 21st, 2009
Certainly God knows when we are sorry for our sins. And since God's only relationship with us is one of unconditional love, whenever we turn to God with a sincere sorrow for sin and a ...
October 3rd, 2009
Your question is one of the most frequently asked "religious" questions. It has become a big question becauseso many people, like yourself, have pets for whom they feel affection and therefore sadness when their pet ...
September 26th, 2009
The church doesn't have any strong feelings on body piercing. The Catechism warns against mutilations (e.g. cutting one's arm or leg off) but nothing else is found. A recent article in U.S. Catholic Magazine ...
September 6th, 2009
Over the past 200 years, the Catholic church has consistently held a favorable attitude toward labor unions and the rights of workers to organize. A key step in attaining this position was the action of ...
October 16th, 2008
What the texts of the Bible reveal is a gradual evolution toward an appreciation of the value of marriage as an equal and lifelong partnership between a man and a woman. Our understanding of marriage ...
May 18th, 2008
Certainly God knows when we are sorry for our sins. And since God's only relationship with us is one of unconditional love, whenever we turn to God with a sincere sorrow for sin and a ...
May 18th, 2008
I'm sure that God forgave you when you celebrated the Sacrament of Reconciliation many years ago. However, the fact that the act of taking money from another still bothers you after all these years indicates ...
May 18th, 2008
There are many prayers to St. Joseph referring to him as "the dispenser of the treasures of the Sacred Heart of Jesus" but I've been unable to trace the origins of this phrase. Devotion to the ...
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