Questions Answered: On Confession during Mass, and homilies given by non-ordained person

Confession during Mass Question:  I have heard there is a new document the Holy See has issued on confession, and that that document states that confessions may be heard during Mass.  I thought this was not approved. Answer: On M … [Read more...]

Questions Answered: Does Hell Exist? And, Civil Law vs. Moral Law

Question: I heard that, recently, some Christian theologians are denying the existence of hell? Can you tell me if we must believe in hell? Answer: The existence of hell is de fide from the Athanasian Creed, which teaches: “But those who h … [Read more...]

Questions Answered

Judge Not. Really? Judging our neighbor; and the principle of subsidiarity.   Question:  I have found that penitents often confess judging their neighbor.  Is all judgment of our neighbor condemned by Christ? Answer:  In Matthew 7:11, C … [Read more...]

Questions Answered

March 2011

Priest altering the text of the Mass Question: I am a priest and very troubled by some of the mistranslations in the English edition of the Sacramentary, for example, “When he humbled himself to come among us as a man” in Advent Preface I. … [Read more...]