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Two readers asked the same basic question about final repentance and salvation.

I am very confused about homosexuality. I know it’s a sin, but I don’t understand why society condemns this so much as compared to other sins.

I believe that from all eternity God has planned our world and knew exactly what would occur. When I was created, God knew what I would do, when, where and how.

What is your take on situations where Catholics drop their faith and die without receiving the sacraments? Can you say anything to ease my mind?

One of my close friends believes in reincarnation. My Catholic education and faith leave me with no reason to believe in multiple lives. Among other things, my friend claims that all mention of reincarnation was removed from the Bible in ...

Is the Catholic Church against in vitro fertilization? If so, why? Isn’t this a compassionate response for couples who want to have children, but either or both spouses have medical conditions that make this unlikely?