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May 18th, 2008
I've found nothing in the Code of Canon Law of the Catholic Church indicating that Protestant spouses cannot be buried with their Catholic spouse in a Catholic cemetery. The only hitch would be if burial ...
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May 18th, 2008
The Catholic Church recognizes the validity of other Christian baptisms if they involve water by immersion, pouring or sprinkling, and if they are done "in the name of the Father and of the Son and ...
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May 18th, 2008
I just read an article on a website which spoke of women deacons and female priests. If Christ is the Bridegroom and the priest is in persona Christi, how could a female fill this role in the Church?
The matter of women deacons is in a different state in the Catholic Church from that of women priests. Pope John Paul II stated that it was not possible for women to be ordained as ...
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May 18th, 2008
The answer is: much later than we might think!
The early church seems to have avoided any titles for Christians, except for the egalitarian "brother" and "sister." Matthew's gospel, which is very concerned about the ...
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May 18th, 2008
I'm not sure I completely understand your question, but I can certainly understand the sadness and frustration in your experience of wanting to minister the Sacraments and not having your desire supported by the Church. ...
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May 18th, 2008
When I was growing up, my mother didn't belong to any church. When I was in high school, after a long period of seeking and questioning, she decided to become a Catholic. Her older sister, ...
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May 18th, 2008
The stole is a scarf that was used as a symbol of authority for Roman officials. It would be something like the badge that a police or fire official wears today. The Catholic Church, when ...
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May 18th, 2008
The practice of cardinals electing a new pope has its origins in the tradition of the early church for a local church to elect its own bishop. St. Ambrose, for example, was chosen as bishop ...
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May 18th, 2008
The idea of the infallibility of the pope was defined at the first Vatican Council in 1869. The Council was trying to describe the teaching authority of the pope at a time when the pope's ...
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May 18th, 2008
The word pope is an English adaptation of the Latin word "papa" (a child's affectionate word for father). From the third to the fifth centuries words like papa or abba were used of bishops to ...
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