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The Pope has his own email so that one can send him an email -- and I've been told that on certain occasions that account receives millions of emails every day! So, I think it should be obvious that the absolutely staggering volume of messages that get sent to the Pope means he can't personally...

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Intentionally missing Mass on a Holy Day of Obligation without a good excuse is a mortal sin in the Latin Catholic Church. The reason being, participation in Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation is a precept of the Church (CIC, can. 1246-1248; CCEO, can. 881 # 1, # 2, # 4; CCC 2042)...

There are many Saints venerated in the Latin Catholic Church that don't appear in the Roman Martyrology (the official list of Saints in the Latin Catholic Church). There are just too many to name them all. But, at the end of every day there is one last entry: And elsewhere in divers places...

I'm looking for the official formula for the calculation of the date of Easter currently in use with the Orthodox. Also, does the formula differ based on whether the Julian vs Gregorian calendar is used (obviously the date could be different even using the same formula)?

The First Fridays devotion arose from the private revelations to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque in the 17th century regarding the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Brown Scapular was originally the work apron of the Carmelites (a.k.a. The Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel). The word...

I wasn't aware that Saint Pio was acknowledged as an incorruptible. As for the other two, this seems to be a French thing to hide discolored skin (not decayed, just discolored). Silly French.  :P

What would make you think such a thing?

That's a reasonable enough question. The answer is that early on (say in the first millenium), often when the relics were transferred, it was then discovered that the body had remained incorrupt. Also, sometimes it was meant that a tomb or such was to be reused (a common practice, which is way...

This style goes even back to the Old Testament. For example, refer to Psalm 136(137) or the Canticle of the Three Children (David 3:56-88).

In the first millenium Church (before the Schism) there were numerous Saints who were preserved from bodily corruption even after death. For instance, Saints Agatha and Cecilia were both preserved (i.e., still look alive) even centuries after their deaths. We in the Catholic Church call these...

I thought the Orthodox believed that prayer helps the deceased -- and what pray is more efficacious than the Divine Liturgy! Also, I never read any authoritatively Catholic source that stated that buying enough "Mass cards" could get someone out of Purgatory on the Saturday after death. As for...

I don't hold any person of the Godhead to be contingent. I was merely pointing to the contradiction The Arians held that within time the Father created the Son. On the contrary, the begetting of the Son happens outside of time from all eternity. Umm, no. I don't have the time in a post to fully...

Well, what was quoted originally sounds really weird -- I don't quite know what it says. But, as far as the Trinity being a communion of love, it indeed is to be found in the writings of Saint Augustine, particularly his great work on the Trinity. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states...

A "willful act"? So is the Son created because the Father wills to beget Him? The Father as source of the Trinity could have, perhaps, been stingy and not poured Himself out into the Son. And by way of love, love always involves the will. 

The "demotion" consisted in removing the respective Saint's feast day from the universal calender - that is their feast day was not made to be celebrated everywhere. The particular Saint's feast could still be celebrated on local calendars (for instance, if they were the patron Saint of a...

Hello, I am looking for a detailed description of the life of the desert monks of the Coptic Church. Such detailed information such as: diet, daily and weekly schedule, clothing, hygiene, layout and construction of monasteries and individual cells, etc., etc., etc.

The Catholic Church also is very cautious and diligent in examining alleged apparitions and miracles.

Which ones are you thinking about? The only one that could be said to "confirm" any post-schism doctrine (as far as I know) is Our Lady of Lourdes who said, almost in passing, "I am the Immaculate Conception". But, that still was far from the primary message of Lourdes.

How would the OO view Scriptures such as Luke 2:52 -- And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and man. (RSV) How could Jesus' divinity increase in wisdom or favor with God?