Catholics: Do You Know When to Genuflect?
Many Catholics seem to be confused about genuflecting in general.
Michael Shackleton
Why Sunday is our Sabbath
Tell me about Sunday. I know the early Christians celebrated it because Christ was resurrected on a Sunday. Is that the only reason?
Mixed-Religion Marriages and Confirmation
A Catholic marries a Christian or Jew or Muslim or unbeliever. Canon 1065, requiring an unconfirmed Catholic to be confirmed before marriage, cannot apply to both parties. What is the value of insistence on confirmation for one and not the other, when they are both wanting to enter a single union?
Why Our Statues Are Not Idols
We know that images and statues of Christ and the saints are nothing more than plaster, wood or paint. As such they have no magical powers.
Sunday Mass: Days of Obligation With No Priest?
If I cannot attend Sunday Mass at my own parish but only a Communion service, does this fulfil the Sunday obligation? Must I attend Mass at another parish?
May Priests Whip Themselves?
In Leviticus 21:5-6 rules are set out for the priests: they may not wear tonsures or gash their bodies. Is this not a direct instruction for priests, bishops and popes not to flagellate themselves to undue mortification? Why do some well-known Catholic leaders use this outlawed method of disciplining themselves?
The Unity of the Body and Soul
I was taught catechism by strictly disciplined German nuns. One indelible piece of information was that we were born, body...
Do Christian Virtues Exist in People Without God?
Every being acts according to its nature, so human beings act according to the rational nature which governs their moral life. Human behaviour has a natural tendency to do good and seek harmony, even without any explicit desire for God and his support.
Transubstantiation – What Takes Place?
How does the Church define Transubstantiation? This complex doctrine draws from the philosophy of Aristotle but resides firmly in the realm of Faith…
