Ask a Franciscan
Saint Joseph and Selling Property
What is the origin of the tradition of burying a statue of Saint Joseph on property that someone wants to sell? I had never heard of this until a few years ago.
Answering Protestant Objections
Most of my family are members of Scripture-alone groups. They say that praying to Mary is fruitless and that the Eucharist is not really Jesus' body and blood. How can I respond? For 800 years before Martin Luther, Christians had ...
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Still a Leper?
In Matthew 26:6-13 and Mark 14:3-9, we read that Jesus was eating at the home of “Simon the leper” when Jesus was anointed with costly perfumed oil. Did Jesus heal Simon of his leprosy?
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Did Jesus Have a Soul?
As fully divine and fully human, Jesus must have had a human soul, right?
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Baptizing Grandchildren Secretly
At a recent meeting, the topic of unbaptized grandchildren came up.
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Facing Up to Systemic Racism
What do I tell the students in my CCD class when they ask me what the Catholic Church says about systemic racism?
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Pro-Life or Pro-Choice?
Can a Catholic be pro-choice? I am a practicing Catholic who is very pro-life. I know several Catholic women who are pro-choice. I'm an old man who thinks this is a contradiction.
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