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QUESTIONS ABOUT DATING & MARRIAGE
“Ask a Priest: Is My Use of Dating Apps Gravely Sinful?”
Q: As a single guy in the modern world, I’ve been using dating apps and social media to try to meet women to date and see if there is a connection. While online dating has its positives, some of the profiles have photos that can be provocative, and I can ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If I’m Attracted to Someone Who Is Married?”
Q: What’s the best way to end an attraction to a married person? I find myself attracted to a married man at my job. Since he is married, I’ll do nothing, but it’s disturbing because “Thou shalt not covet …” I’ve tried to put all thoughts of him out of ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If My Girlfriend Holds Some Troubling Views?”
Q: I am 18 and my long-distance girlfriend who is 19 (both of us are Catholic) have been together for two months, and I just recently noticed that she supports same-sex marriage and has called the Catholic Church “sexist.” She even says she wouldn’t mind if our future daughter went ...
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“Ask a Priest: Could My Boyfriend Stay Overnight on the Couch?”
Q: My boyfriend and I are both Catholic and saving sex for marriage. We are currently dating long-distance as I am in grad school. We are both on a limited budget and don’t have friends in the area yet. Would it be immoral when he visits if he sleeps in ...
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“Ask a Priest: May I Consider My Son as Dead If He’s Living in Sin?”
Q: We adopted our son when he was 3 and have always thought the Lord had a plan for us to unite with the boy, an orphan. Now in his 20s, he has moved out of state to be with a girlfriend he found online. He met her once, in ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If My Husband Steals From Work?”
Q: I have been married for almost 40 years, and I never know how to deal with this problem. My husband brings home things that he takes from work. These are usually small things like garbage bags, pens, stacks of paper towels, even cleaning products. Whenever I notice that he ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If I Don’t Want My Son Near a Certain Girl?”
Q: I have been friends with a woman and her family for 10 years. We met through Eucharistic adoration, and I assumed they are just like me in my beliefs. Although we got along, I noticed her daughters always talked about boyfriends and having husbands—to the point that two of ...
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“Ask a Priest: I am in an abusive relationship… Will Jesus still love me if I leave my husband?”
Q: I have been with my husband for 22 years. We were baptized Catholic in November 2012, we have two children, ages 12 and 5. I want to know if Jesus will still love me if I leave my husband. I have put up with abuse all these years — ...
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