Q: Recently I had a friend over for drinks and she began talking about her ex-boyfriend and the type of contraception she was using. She then asked me what contraception I was using with my fiancé. If I told her the truth and said we are abstaining from sex before ...

Q: My wife and I own two houses in two states. Both are modest, but one (rural) property is rougher, paid in full, and potentially a place where we could retire. We have a mortgage on the other, which is located near our jobs and is also home for our ...

Q: I am a devout Catholic and meditate and pray a lot at home. I would like to purchase a monstrance with a luna for home use. Is this approved by the Catholic Church to have one at home? I am assuming that I would not be allowed to have ...

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 ...

Q: I feel God is calling me besides daily Mass to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. I have prayed them before when I was single, and now married I feel God wants me to do that again. I was once a religious in an abusive order, but got a ...

Q: My mother-in-law’s husband passed away a few years ago. She is Catholic and recently began dating another Catholic man. They recently went on a trip together for a week and stayed in the same suite. My husband and I are planning a trip with her in a few weeks. ...

Q: What can I do to receive the Holy Spirit again? I was gifted with the Holy Spirit last year after running to God because I was so lost in life and troubled with my past mistakes. But then I slowly slid back into my old ways a month later, ...

Q: I’m wondering what I should do if I no longer feel the strength to fight against sin. The only thing that makes me want to change is a terrible fear of being condemned, and a little bit of love that I have for spreading the Truth. But I am ...