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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
ASK FATHER: Funerals for those who commit suicide
From a reader… QUAERITUR: A long time member at our parish committed suicide just the other week. He was heavily involved in the parish and loved by all. They had a funeral Mass said for him. Why are those souls who commit … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged can. 1184, funerals, suicide
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41 Comments
Crazy talk from an Italian theologian… just the beginning of crazy
My fear for the last and the upcoming Synod of Bishops has not been that they would suggest to the Holy Father to change doctrine, but that they – and the discussions surrounding them – would raise expectations of things … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Synod, The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Basilio Petrà
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21 Comments
ASK FATHER: Should we open our business on Sunday?
From a reader… My family and I are considering buying a business. One point of debate within the family is the idea of opening on Sunday. The business is a candy store, but more than that will also provide a place for people to … Read More
ASK FATHER: Marrying first civilly, later sacramentally
From a reader… I have been married for a few years. When I came to the States a few years ago as an immigrant, I entered on a fiancé visa, and could not work until I was married and obtained a Green … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z rants and cracks the whip
I received word a few weeks ago about a move that was to be made in the Diocese of St. Petersburg in Florida, by the local bishop, to reduce the celebration of Holy Mass using the 1962 Missale Romanum. Now I … Read More
Of a “gay Mass” sermon, the Poles, and a useful marriage resource for priests
A the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald, there is a piece you readers of the Fishwrap might want to peruse. The writer points to a sermon recently given by His Eminence Vincent Card. Nichols of Westminster at … Read More
Is the revolution beginning? “Hundreds” of priest learn TLM in England
Is the revolution beginning? From Church Militant: Hundreds [!]of UK Priests Learn Ancient Rite of Mass Hundreds of priests in the United Kingdom gathered in the city of Bath in England last week to learn how to say the Traditional … Read More
ASK FATHER: Text for 1st Blessing by a new priest (… same as blessing by an old priest)
QUAERITUR: Every year this comes up. I get questions about the Latin form of blessing to be given by new priests. There is no need to throw in all sorts of other ingredients as if those to be blessed were … Read More
ASK FATHER: My son’s best friend is Presbyterian
From a reader… My son asked me about his best friend a Presbyterian when I told him in response to his question that Presbyterians do not have confession do they not receive forgiveness for their sins do they have all the time. … Read More
ASK FATHER: Is divorce a sin? Should I confront priest who said it isn’t?
From a reader… A local, newly Ordained, Priest has told my wife that it is NOT a sin to divorce me so long as she does not remarry. I believe that it is a sin to divorce since there is … Read More
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