The Language of the Heart
Stephen Clarke, Manila, Philippines – A few years ago my dad surprised me with a story I had not heard. […]
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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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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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Let’s Discuss Our Church’s Bible Past
From Cecil Cullen, Alberton – During my school days, long ago, and well thereafter, I understood that Bible study was
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How are Patron Saints Appointed?
Question: In your November 2022 issue you had a feature on “Five saints with unusual patronages”. Who decides on saints’
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Does the Church still believe in Purgatory?
Question: My whole life I believed that the Catholic Church teaches the existence of purgatory. But I have heard from
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What does Laicising a Priest Mean?
Question: Recently the Vatican laicised the former US priest Frank Pavone, but the Letter to the Hebrews says: “You are
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