Halloween’s Christian Roots
By Fr Desmond Nair – For a lot of people, Halloween has become synonymous with sweets, costumes, scary stuff, witches, ghosts and pumpkins. But do you know...
Category: Church Teaching
Marrying an ‘Anti-Catholic’
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: My goddaughter is considering marrying a man who will not get married in the Catholic Church and says that their children will...
Adam, Eve and Original Sin
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: I believe in the evolutionary theory of creation and have never given much thought to its impact on Christianity – until recently....
Pope’s New Encyclical – A Roadmap To Live As One Human Family
With so much of humanity sickened in soul and body by greed, self-centred indifference to suffering, inequality, polarisation and violence, Pope Francis has wonderfully seized the moment...
How Ordinary is Extra-Ordinary With Ministers of Holy Communion?
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: In “Redemptionis Sacramentum,” issued by Pope John Paul II in 2004, it says that an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion should only...
Are God and Allah the Same?
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: I am a practising Catholic who reads the Catechism of the Catholic Church daily. I also read the Quran, to try to...
Did the Resurrected Jesus have a Human Body?
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: Did the resurrected Jesus have a human body? Answer: It is a fundamental truth of Christianity that Jesus rose from the dead...
Q&A with Fr Doyle: Did Mary die, and where?
By Father Kenneth Doyle Question: In 1999, I travelled to the Holy Land, and one of our stops was at the Basilica of the Dormition. We were...
Cardinal Says He Has ‘Unpleasant’ Job Of Disciplining Theologians
By Cindy Wooden – The prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said his office sometimes has the “very unpleasant” obligation to take action against...
Vatican Reaffirms, Clarifies Church Teachings On Euthanasia and End-Of-Life Care
By Carol Glatz – With the legalisation of assisted suicide and euthanasia in many countries, and questions concerning what is morally permissible regarding end-of-life care, the Vatican’s doctrinal...
Living Sexuality In The Church’s Embrace
By Mary Marrocco – A young Catholic couple were not engaged, but hoping to get there. At a certain point, naturally enough, Anne and Simon found it difficult...
Pope’s Reforms: Annulments May be Quicker, but Not Cheaper
By Cindy Wooden – Catholic bishops and diocesan tribunals are making steady progress in implementing Pope Francis’ reforms to make the annulment process quicker, but it is taking...
