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“Ask a Priest: May Someone Sell a House to a Cohabiting Couple?”
Q: My parents just received an offer from an unmarried couple to purchase our house in Ohio. I don’t know if the couple is Catholic, but they don’t intend to marry until after they move into the house. Would it be sinful to accept their offer based on their intentions? ...
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“Ask a Priest: Should a Christian Work in Advertising?”
Q: I have recently got the chance to maybe work as a copywriter in an advertising agency. I needed to learn as much as I could about copywriting. Most tutorials always seem to focus on manipulating and tricking people into buying products. I, however, think it could be done in ...
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“Ask a Priest: Do I Really Need to Mingle With Other Catholics?”
Q: I am a new convert, having completed RCIA last year. After going through what I call the honeymoon period, where I loved all things Catholic, I now find myself wanting to be alone in my faith, rather than mingling so much with other Church members. In other words, I ...
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“Ask a Priest: Is There Guilt by Association?”
Q: This topic deals with being involved with someone who might be guilty of sinning but without you knowing for sure. If we take a personal relationship between a man and woman as an example, let’s say a man has reason to suspect that a woman he’s involved with might ...
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“Ask a Priest: May I Accompany My Child in the Confessional?”
Q: This is a delicate question, but you are really the only one who can answer it. I am an abuse survivor, but I do not want to abandon the Catholic faith for another religion. My question is, for a survivor who has young children and has obvious difficulty with ...
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“Ask a Priest: Why Were Verses Dropped From the Douay-Rheims Bible?”
Q: I am a Christian, but I am non-Catholic. I was doing some research into Bible versions throughout history. I was skimming through the Douay-Rheims (I believe the 1899 version), and verses that are commonly removed or called into question are present. For example, Matthew 17:21 is included in the ...
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“Ask a Priest: Why Should We Care About Bodies of the Dead?”
Q: As a Christian I have had a question concerning the connection between the body and soul after death. I am very intrigued by material I have either read about or have seen on TV. It seems that there is a notion of not disturbing the dead. For example, I ...
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“Ask a Priest: When Is Anger Justified?”
Q: What are the criteria for justified anger? Is it justified when I am angry with my parish because they seem to be indignant about my questions on how the parish finances are handled? Or am I justifiably angry because it appears that everything in the parish is run by ...
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