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What Cloth Must Go On The Altar?

A sacristan recently told me about a priest who refuses to cover the altar with a full-sized cloth because he […]

A priest I know encourages his parishioners not to call him “Father” but to address him by his first name

As a sinner, I find myself confessing the same sins repeatedly. I have discovered that the priest gives a variety

Guest Editorial by Michael Shackleton Celebrating the memory of the great saints of the Church is an annual time to

Guest Editorial by Michael Shackleton Saint Ambrose, the fourth-century bishop of Milan, coined the phrase “Ubi Petrus ibi Ecclesia”

Genesis 4:17 says that Cain, the son of Adam and Eve, had a wife. Where did she spring from, considering

By Michael Shackleton / September 24, 2019

The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells me that the Precepts of the Church have an obligatory character (2041). I

The following two incidents indicate that the Catholic Church no longer regards homosexual acts as opposed to homosexual inclinations as

As God is omniscient, I can understand that he would be able to “hear” prayers whether they are vocalised or