Ask a Franciscan
Is Giving Annulments Justified?
Where does the church get authority to give annulments to remarry? I do not think that humans have the right to change God’s law.
Catholics and Prenuptial Agreements
Please clarify what the church teaches about prenuptial agreements and why.
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Beginnings of Human Life
The Catholic Church teaches that we have a body and a soul. When do we receive our souls? Is it at the moment of conception?
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A Scary Prayer for a Child
As a child, I was taught to pray: “Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.” If this ...
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What Advice Can I Give?
My daughter-in-law’s brother is in a committed gay relationship and is going to be the father of a child carried by a woman who will allow the two men to adopt the baby.
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Sharing Communion Is Rarely Permitted
May a Catholic give or invite a non-Catholic to receive holy Communion? Wouldn’t that promote our efforts toward ecumenism?
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‘Asleep in Christ’
In my Bible readings I come across passages about “those asleep in Christ.” What is meant by those “asleep in Christ?”
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