By Carol Glatz, CNS – Catholics are still forbidden from joining Masonic organisations and, with an increasing number of Catholics joining Masonic lodges in the Philippines, the...
Christian Living / Church Teaching / Question & Answer / Shackleton
by Michael Shackleton · Published November 13, 2023
At almost every traffic light, as soon as I stop the car, there is someone at my window wanting money. I give a little cash now and...
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – If it would not cause scandal or confusion among other Catholics, “a transsexual – even one who has undergone hormone treatment and...
Church / Church Teaching / Editorials 2023 / Simmermacher
by Gunther Simmermacher · Published October 23, 2023
Dear Reader, During the month of November, we Catholics remember our dead. Our feature article in this issue on how we relate to our departed loved ones...
Church / Church Teaching / Climate Change / Laudato Si / Magliano / Pope Francis
by Tony Magliano · Published October 9, 2023
Reflecting on the worsening climate change crisis in the eight years since he wrote his environmental encyclical letter Laudato Si’–concerning the urgent importance of caring for our...
Question: A social media post by a priest stated that one of a priest’s functions is to forgive sins. I think that’s wrong. In the sacrament of...
By Justin McLellan, CNS – The Catholic Church, in pursuit of “pastoral prudence,” should discern if there are ways of giving blessings to homosexual persons that do...
Question: I believe our flat’s ceiling is spooked. We hear inexplicable footsteps, cupboard doors sounding like they are being opened, and so on. Nothing we have tried...
Church / Church Teaching / Question & Answer
by Admin · Published August 22, 2023 · Last modified August 25, 2023
Question: The Catholic Church strictly forbids euthanasia, that is, the intentional ending of a life at the request of a terminally ill patient. But what is the...
Question: I wonder if you could settle a dispute. A friend, also a Catholic, claims that any baptised Catholic can be named a cardinal. I say that...
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