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“Ask a Priest: Is It Silly to Shun Movies and Shows About Demonic Possession?”
Q: I usually enjoy a good horror movie or TV show. I watch “Supernatural” and am rarely bothered by the content and see it as being kind of silly. However, over the last years I have had a strong aversion to movies and TV shows that are about possessions. I ...
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“Ask a Priest: Is Running Over a Small Animal a Mortal Sin?”
Q: I read in the Catechism that serious cruelty to animals is a mortal sin, which on one level is understandable for me. However, I’m troubled by scrupulosity at times, and I’ve started becoming very concerned when I see small items in the road that appear as if they could ...
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“Ask a Priest: How Much Can an Attorney Be Involved in Questionable Practices?”
Q: I am a recent convert to the Catholic faith as well as a licensed attorney. Before my conversion, I practiced as an estate planning lawyer at a fairly large firm, but I have been at home with my children for the past four years. I am now considering returning ...
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“Ask a Priest: Is Predicting God’s Plan a Kind of Superstition?”
Q: What are your thoughts on superstitions, such as humans predicting God’s plan for them? -N.C. Answered by Fr. Edward McIlmail, LC A: First, it is good to mention that superstitions, by definition, are faulty. “In some sense,” says the Catechism in No. 2110, superstition “represents a perverse excess of ...
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“Ask a Priest: Creation and the Incarnation – Miracles or Contradictions?”
Q: So I’ve been thinking a lot about God making square circles. And I’ve heard people say, well, it’s a nonsensical term. Or that it’s asking if he can make a contradiction. But what about creating the universe? Getting something from nothing, how is that not a contradiction? How does ...
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“Ask a Priest: If God Is Testing Me so Much, What Is the Point?”
Q: I think I’m losing my faith. I no longer feel that God is there and can’t tell if he’s abandoned me entirely or if he was merely a figment of my imagination to begin with. I’ve had seven years of stalled luck. When others have had the opportunity to ...
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“Ask a Priest: Isn’t It Hard to Be a Catholic and an American?”
Q: As a Catholic and a citizen of the United States, I find it difficult to be patriotic. At least one reason is because I look around and I see a country that condones the murder of unborn children, cohabitation, divorce, contraception, same-sex “marriage,” and many other evils. I see ...
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“Ask a Priest: Are There Untimely Deaths?”
Q: Is there such a thing as an untimely death? I have heard it mentioned many times. But if God knows when we are to die, how can a death be untimely? And if there is such a thing, could you please explain it to me? -N.B. Answered by Fr. ...
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