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Ask a Franciscan: What About Universal Salvation?
Jul 20, 2022
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Father Pat McCloskey, OFM, answers questions in his Ask a Franciscan column!
Ask a Franciscan: Anger at the Church
May 20, 2022
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Father Pat McCloskey, OFM, answers questions in his Ask a Franciscan column!
Ask a Franciscan: Marriage, Miracles, and Tattoos
Apr 22, 2022
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Father Pat McCloskey, OFM, answers questions about marriage, the rosary, and whether it's a sin to get a tattoo.
Ask a Franciscan: Tridentine Masses, the Our Father, and Heaven
Mar 24, 2022
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Father Pat McCloskey, OFM, answers questions about the Latin Mass, a line in the Our Father, and heaven.
‘Is Lying Always a Sin?’
Feb 22, 2022
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Is lying always a sin?
No Funeral Mass for a Cremated Person?
Feb 22, 2022
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What is the Church's official stance on cremation?
Praying Quickly or Slowly?
Jan 21, 2022
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Does the speed of praying make a difference?
Giving a Saint’s Name at Baptism
Jan 21, 2022
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Is this required? Some Christians have first names that are not those of a saint or a variant on a saint’s name.
Preparing for the 2023 World Synod of Bishops
Jan 21, 2022
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