May 13, 2020

Casual Sex on TV Programs

Pat McCloskey, OFM May 13, 2020

Q: Many TV shows include sexual remarks or people sleeping with people to whom they are not married. I don’t watch much television, but I do enjoy several hospital-based programs that have good plots but frequently include these situations, which are becoming more and more common.
Is it a serious sin for me to watch such programs? Do I need to confess such viewing?

Receiving Holy Communion in a Protestant Church

Pat McCloskey, OFM May 13, 2020

I recently attended the wedding of a friend’s son who was married in a Protestant ceremony. This wedding included a communion service. In order to show respect for my friend and his son, I received communion but afterwards questioned if ...

Walking through a tunnel | Photo by Chris Buckwald on Unsplash

Franciscan Inspirations: Reincarnation and Judgment

Jim Van Vurst, OFM May 13, 2020

In recent years, we’ve heard references to the concept of reincarnation. This is the theory that the soul or spirit, after death, begins a new life in a new body depending on the moral quality of the person’s previous life.

The Truth about Jesus and Women

Daniel J. Harrington, SJ May 13, 2020

Was Jesus a feminist? Some might say it's not fair to pose this provocative question. One can easily object that feminism is a late 20th-century western idea, and that it is unfair to impose it on a first-century Jew like ...