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“Ask a Priest: Is It OK to Have an Interest in Genies and Mermaids?”
Q: I was wondering if it was a sin to find interests in genies, aliens, fairies, vampires, mermaids. Not idolizing them or like praying to them, but is liking them OK? I like playing a life-simulation game. I can play as an alien family or a mermaid who owns a ...
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“Ask a Priest: Could I Still Attend a Protestant Service If I Convert?”
Q: If I convert to the Catholicism, can I still attend the Protestant church for the family’s sake? My wife and young kids don’t want to convert and still want me to attend the Protestant family church in which I was baptized and married. – P. Answered by Fr. Edward ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If Shaky Ideas Seem to Have Infiltrated the Church?”
Q: I have two questions. 1) There has been a lot of reports and YouTube videos about heresies and apostasies in the Catholic Church. For example, priests or bishops who actively affirm or practice the homosexual lifestyle or even worse, the Pachamama incident at the Vatican, or the strange stuff ...
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“Ask a Priest: Does the Church Hate Secular Democracy?”
Q: Can you explain to me Quanta Cura, written by Pope Pius IX? I’ve been told that by other Catholics that the pope directly critiqued democracy in this document and condemned the Enlightenment as a whole, but I don’t think that’s the case. The pope seems to condemn secularism. Does ...
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“Ask a Priest: What If Relatives Are Blocking Me From the Church?”
Q: A few years back my dad baptized me in the Name of the Father, in the Name of the Son and in the Name of the Holy Spirit (I asked him to), and I now wonder if it’s considered valid? The reason I asked my dad to baptize me ...
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“Ask a Priest: Should We Be Practicing Extreme Mortification?”
Q: A priest at Mass was talking about mortification. He spoke of Saint Rose of Lima whose feast day it was. Saint Rose used to rub her face with lye and live in a small room she couldn’t stand up in. I know that if I started practicing mortification the ...
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“Ask a Priest: Do I Sin If I Don’t Speak Up About the Faults Around Me?”
Q: How do I live in peace and joy with family members who have different stances on moral issues that I don’t think are completely in line with what the Church teaches? They seem to follow Church teaching and rules with a loose interpretation, especially in regards to Church precepts, ...
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“Ask a Priest: Why Do Catholics Have Confidence in Their Beliefs?”
Q: There are around 4,000 different religions, all using their Bible to prove their religion is right. So how do you have such faith in yours? This is where I’m at: Hinduism is the oldest religion, so logically seems like a good fit. Judaism, which holds that God spoke to ...
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