May 9, 2020
Catholics and Communion in Other Churches
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
I will be attending a family wedding in an Orthodox church. May I receive Communion during the wedding Mass?
Three in the Bible
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
In reading the Bible, I’m noticing numerous references to the number three or sets of three. For example, the three calls of Samuel, three temptations of Jesus in the desert, the Trinity, three days in the tomb, Jesus’ three-year ministry, ...
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Dealing With A Father’s Abuse
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
I am the youngest in a large family. Many of my siblings suffered physical or verbal abuse from our father when we were growing up. Although he has abused our mother verbally and continues to do so, she has stayed ...
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Did the Church Make Up Purgatory?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
My middle-aged daughter recently told me that there is no purgatory, that the Catholic Church made that up.
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