Catholics and Prenuptial Agreements
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
Please clarify what the church teaches about prenuptial agreements and why.
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Beginnings of Human Life
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
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?
A Scary Prayer for a Child
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
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 prayer hastened my returning to God, should I have been taught to say it?
What Advice Can I Give?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
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.
Withdrawing Food and Water?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
Hospitals today really encourage people to have living wills. Is it permissible for patients to choose to have water and food withheld in case of very severe illness? I think this is suicide.
How Do the Saints Help Us?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
May 9, 2020
Do you think that saints can help us out? Can you be sure that they are there and that sometimes they talk to you?
Elizabeth Ann Seton: A Profoundly Human Saint
Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, PhD
May 9, 2020
Daughter, wife, mother, widow, friend—all of these describe Elizabeth Ann Seton, this first American-born saint.
Saint Christopher: Fact or Fiction?
Christopher Heffron
May 9, 2020
Saint Christopher—patron of travelers—is one of the most endearing for Catholics. His life and story, bordering somewhere between legend and legitimacy, is an exercise in service, grace, and love.
Jesus’ Extraordinary Treatment of Women
Barbara Leonhard, OSF
May 9, 2020
Jesus refuses to see women as inferior or unclean, and even makes them his disciples and reveals himself to them. His is a new model of how to treat women.
Sharing the Word for May 9, 2020
Rev. Daniel E. Pilarczyk
May 9, 2020
Jesus is leading his followers into the deepest truths about God. Step by step he is making them aware of the intimate life of God, and inviting them to share it.