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Have you asked the tribunal about this? I don't know how they handle such situations. It's kind of apples and oranges, but when my wife filed for an annulment of our marriage (this after have been invalidly "remarried" for a decade), I chose not to respond. The diocese gave me that option and...

Be assured that my first impulse is to assume that my intuitions are wrong, and that there is more to the situation than meets the eye. Nonetheless, when I do a bit of digging (by getting to know the person better and being around them), my instincts are usually right. Even animals and small...

Well, the Apostles' Creed, so far as I have been able to determine, was originally written in Latin, whereas the Nicene Creed was written in Greek. That could have something to do with it. I'm just guessing.

I know of no traditional Catholic moral teaching that says "never assume that another person is committing a sinful act". It would be awfully naive to see a couple, especially of a virile age, known not to be in a valid marriage, cohabitating and presenting themselves to society as being...

I'm talking about people who, immediately upon meeting them, seem to have some kind of evil presence. It's a hard thing to describe, but I know it when I sense it. And once I get to digging and find out more about them, my initial discomfort proves to be well-founded.

And the most recent Catechism has this to say about exorcism: 1673 When the Church asks publicly and authoritatively in the name of Jesus Christ that a person or object be protected against the power of the Evil One and withdrawn from his dominion, it is called exorcism. Jesus performed...

I have not, though I have known people whose mere presence made me quite uncomfortable, there was just something malevolent about them. I wouldn't go so far as to say they were "possessed", but they weren't the kind of people with whom I'd want to spend any time if I could help it. The various...

Obviously the Church admits the efficacy of exorcisms, otherwise she would not have officially appointed exorcists. There would be no other reason for exorcism than demonic possession. Short answer, an emphatic yes.

Scandal would be given if it is common knowledge that the spouses are living in an invalid marriage, with the presumption that they engage in conjugal activity, because that is the normal course of affairs for married people, unless perhaps they are very advanced in age. Whether such a couple...

Huh? Totally not clear what you're getting at in the last two paragraphs. I will grant that there is a certain "look" among many in his adminstration, and I'm not seeing the diversity of age, gray hair, baldness, body shape, physiognomy, and so on, with which I would be more comfortable (and...

I hope you're right, but as you say, he needs to make that clear. One thing to consider, the abortion pill can be used as early as the first missed period, which would make the embryo/fetus/whatever six weeks post-conception, maximum. Many people who would otherwise be against abortion, don't...

You made a similar post a few days ago. Why are you doing this?

But in those evangelical churches, they also believe that once you have accepted Jesus as your "lord and personal savior", your sins, past, present, and future, are forgiven, and many of them believe that you can never lose your salvation "no matter what". That, coupled with being relieved of...

There is another consideration. Just putting it as plainly as I can, our culture contains many tempting alternatives to Catholicism, that go under the name of "Christian", and there's probably not a single one of them that would turn away a disaffected Catholic. Simply put, these alternatives...

In all fairness, the Iran invasion probably never would have happened for there to be negotiations in the first place. Hard to say how Israel would have handled the situation on its own. One does need to consider that Iran has been threatening to annihilate Israel for a long time, whether they...