Question & Answer – Page 15 – The Southern Cross

Is the priest using the wrong words in confession?

By Southern Cross / April 18, 2023

Question: In the sacrament of Reconciliation, our parish priest does not use the same words of absolution used by every […]

By Southern Cross / April 17, 2023

Question: My daughter is married to somebody divorced from his wife. Prior to this marriage, contracted in court, she was

Jesus said: “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my words and believes him who sent me has eternal life

Some Catholics do not know that there is such a thing as a Eucharistic fast, or know but ignore it.

Question: On Good Friday our priest comes into church singing: This is the wood of the cross. Come let us

When we renewed our baptismal promises at Easter, we together renounced Satan and all his works and all his empty

By Southern Cross / March 14, 2023

Question: My question refers to this line in the Douay-Rheims version of the Bible: “I will put enmities between thee and

Question: The lack of solemn genuflection when entering the church is bothering me. Folk don’t know to double genuflect (that

Question: I have many religious items, such as rosaries, medals, prayer cards, small statues of saints that are damaged and