What are the Duties of a Godparent?
Question: Exactly what duties do godparents have towards their godchildren nowadays? Answer: Imagine you are a second-century Christian and a
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Is There a Dress Code for Mass?
Especially during the summer months, people come to church looking like they are going to the beach and women are baring their shoulders. Isn’t there some kind of official dress code for Mass in the Church?
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Holy Spirit Question & Answer Shackleton
Speaking in Tongues Made Clear
At Pentecost the Church remembers how the Holy Spirit descended on the assembled apostles and gave them the gift of tongues, so that when they preached immediately afterwards, they could be understood by foreign people
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Church Church Teaching Mary Question & Answer Shackleton
Do we have to believe in Marian apparitions?
Do Jesus, Mary and saints really appear to people? My parish priest says he does not believe so. Paragraph 67
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Church Teaching Question & Answer Sacraments Shackleton
Can Deacons Anoint the Sick?
During a healing service at a parish in a South African diocese, the deacon invited and anointed those present with the sacred oil of the sick. This was distressing because the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Code of Canon Law expressly forbid anyone but a valid priest or bishop from anointing in this way?
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Church Prayer Question & Answer Saints Shackleton
Why Do We Pray to the Saints?
A friend quotes 1 Timothy 2:5: “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man
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Can a Divorced Man Become a Priest?
What is the Church’s view with regard to a divorced man who wants to join the priesthood, even if he
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Does the Creed Contradict Jesus?
Jesus said: “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my words and believes him who sent me has eternal life
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Church Church Teaching Eucharist Question & Answer Shackleton
Must We Still Fast Before the Eucharist?
Some Catholics do not know that there is such a thing as a Eucharistic fast, or know but ignore it.
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