Question: The query I have received is somewhat more challenging than the title of this article; it simply says: “Is watching television a sin?” Clearly, one must answer: “It depends…” A well‑known fable by Aesop ends with the moral that the tongue can be both the best and the worst
Question: I would like to know the Church’s position on Judas Iscariot, did he condemn himself by betraying Christ and committing suicide? L.M.O. Answer: To whom it may concern: Sacred Scripture does not reveal to us the identity of any particular damned person (except the ‘devil and his angels’, as
Question: Estimated Theologian: my question is the following, when is it a sin to look at a woman? Is it a sin to simply look at a woman in the gym or at the beach? Is it a sin to think how beautiful she is? Etc… Answer: Impurity’ is the
Question: Good afternoon Father, I hope you can answer me; you know, I want to ask you if after having made the sacrament of confession one tries not to sin again, one resists, but the bad thoughts are there even if one fights against them. People sometimes have bad thoughts,
Question: An acquaintance asked me about the original sin and I referred to the story as it is found in the book of Genesis in the Holy Bible, but he answered me that the interpretation should not be literal because the original sin would have been that Adam and Eve
Question: I would like to know if it is possible that a person who commits a disorderly act without being guided by any motive of contempt, hatred, defiance, or rebellion towards God, still commits an act against God. I do not understand why the morality of acts should be determined
Question: Question: Do the prayers and good works done by a person in mortal sin have merit? What would happen if: a) the person has the intention of going to confession and re-establishing his friendship with God as soon as he can? b) the person lives in a situation in
Question: Father: I would like to know more about the conscience and how it should be educated, and also what role morals and values play in it. I am a professor of religion and would like to know this for my students. Response: The moral conscience is subject to a
Question: When a Christian confesses that he is not married in the Church, can absolution be denied? Answer: Absolution must be denied whenever the penitent is unwilling to live according to the demands of grace, that is, fulfilling all the commandments of God. If a penitent intends to sin, continue
Question Dear Father: Unfortunately, I have gotten into the habit of blaspheming from hearing it so much in my family. Many times I don’t realize I’m blaspheming until the word slips out. I always repent, but I am left with the question: is what I am doing a sin? I
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