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Confession and General Absolution April 9, 2013 Divorced Catholics and the Eucharist February 21, 2013 When a Shrine Isn’t February 14, 2012 Bishops, Coadjutors, and Auxiliaries January 24, 2012 Can All Priests Always Hear Confessions? November 18, 2011 Do Catholic Children Have to be Given Saints’ Names? October 25, 2011 Canon Law and the SSPX October 5, 2011 Index of Forbidden Books March 24, 2011 When Does the Pope Speak Infallibly? February 17, 2011 The Validity of Anglican Holy Orders January 20, 2011 The Eucharist and Sacramental Validity, Part II January 6, 2011 Episcopalians Entering the Catholic Church December 9, 2010 The Eucharist and Sacramental Validity, Part I November 11, 2010 Have Pro-Abortion Politicians Excommunicated Themselves? October 21, 2010 Celibacy and the Priesthood September 30, 2010 Can Cousins Marry in the Church? September 9, 2010 Does Mass Have to be Said in a Church? August 27, 2010 Are They Excommunicated? Sanctions, Part IV August 12, 2010 Sacraments and Personal Identity July 29, 2010 How are Priests Selected to be Bishops? July 15, 2010 What Does it Mean to “Defrock” a Priest? May 6, 2010 Canon Law and Altar Girls April 22, 2010 Can Children Make their First Communion Before their First Confession? April 8, 2010 Can a Priest Administer the Sacrament of Confirmation? March 25, 2010 Do Converts Have to be Rebaptized? March 11, 2010 Will the Woman Who Attacked the Pope Be Punished? February 25, 2010 Can a Bishop Forbid a Priest to Say Mass? February 11, 2010 Does a Catholic Wedding Have to be Held in a Catholic Church? January 28, 2010 Canon Law and Donations to the Church January 14, 2010 Canon Law and “Catholic” Organizations December 31, 2009 Bishops, Archbishops, and Cardinals December 17, 2009 Can Catholic Children Receive the Last Rites? December 3, 2009 Can a Priest Ever Return to the Lay State? November 12, 2009 Confession by Appointment and Face-to-Face October 29, 2009 What if One Spouse Doesn’t Want the Annulment? October 15, 2009 How Soon Should a Baby be Baptized? October 1, 2009 Clergy and Summer Vacation July 23, 2009 Notre Dame, Obama, and the Bishop’s Authority July 9, 2009 Is Confession Still an Easter Duty? April 2, 2009 What’s the Difference Between Sisters and Nuns? March 19, 2009 Are Catholics Supposed to Abstain from Meat Every Friday? March 5, 2009 Can Non-Catholics Receive the Catholic Sacrament of Matrimony? February 19, 2009 Why Do Marriage Annulments Take So Long? February 6, 2009 Do Catholics Have to Raise their Children as Catholics? January 22, 2009 Do Priests Have to Say Mass Every Day? January 8, 2009 Can We Receive Holy Communion Twice on Christmas Day? December 18, 2008 Can Priests Ever Reveal What is Said in Confession December 4, 2008 The Priesthood and the Vow of Poverty November 20, 2008 Questions About Eucharistic Ministers November 1, 2008 Can Pro-Abortion Politicians Receive Holy Communion? October 16, 2008 Can Catholics Become Freemasons? September 25, 2008 Inclusive Language and Baptismal Validity September 11, 2008 Can Homosexual Men be Ordained to the Priesthood? August 28, 2008 Homeschooling and Catechetics August 14, 2008 Parish Closings July 10, 2008 “Who May Preach?” June 26, 2008 Parish Registration and Confirmation Sponsors June 5, 2008 Holydays of Obligation May 22, 2008 Are They Excommunicated? Sanctions, Part III May 3, 2008 Parish Registration April 11, 2008 Could the Pope Change the Law to Allow Women Priests? March 28, 2008 Is She Excommunicated? Sanctions, Part II March 13, 2008 Is She Excommunicated? Sanctions, Part II March 7, 2008 Mass Intentions and Stipends February 22, 2008 Are There Any Limitations on the Power of the Pope? February 8, 2008 Am I Excommunicated? Sanctions, Part I January 25, 2008 “Can You Be Refused Holy Communion if You Kneel?” January 11, 2008 Can Non-Catholics serve as Baptismal Sponsors? December 27, 2007 Can Women be Ordained Priests? December 1, 2007 Can a Public Sinner Have a Catholic Funeral? November 17, 2007 Are They Really Catholic? — Part II October 18, 2007 Do Lapsed Catholics Marry Validly outside the Church? October 5, 2007 Are They Really Catholic? — Part I September 20, 2007 Are Women Obliged to Cover Their Heads in Church? September 6, 2007 May a Catholic Married in a Non-Catholic Ceremony Receive Communion? August 23, 2007 Catholics Marrying Mormons August 9, 2007 Marriage and Annulment July 26, 2007 Catholic Sacraments for Non-Catholics? July 5, 2007 Why Do We Need Baptismal Classes? June 21, 2007 When Should I Go to Confession? May 24, 2007 Who May Be Buried with Catholic Funeral Rites? April 27, 2007
