Fr. Joseph Dalimata, FSSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Immaculate Conception Church in El Paso, Texas. He was ordained in May of 2021.

 

In Today's Show

• Why don't the congregation usually drink the Precious Blood?
• How to convince a young child to go to confession?
• Why do bad things happen, if we believe there is such a powerful God?
• As Catholics, if we have protestant or Orthodox friends, should we encourage them to baptize their children as infants?
• Does baptizing an infant have any effect on their chances of salvation?
• How to interpret the Catholic interpretation of scholasticism?
• How to tell elderly people who are suffering, that their suffering has merit?
• Why don't the extraordinary ministers have to wipe their hands with water after distributing Holy Communion like the priests do? (Also answered tomorrow)
• What are some activities that the seminarians visiting the parish in El Paso do?
• Who would win a basketball contest between the FSSP, ICKSP, and the SSPX?
• What if I'm married in the Catholic Church to a spouse who is abusive.  Is there any way out of the marriage according to the church?

 

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Fr. John Brancich, FSSP is the pastor of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was ordained into the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter in 2004.     In Today's Show

• Update on how the Station of the Cross 25 Year Anniversary Conference went.
• For an upcoming election what should we do if both candidates are bad? Should we not vote?
• Is it venial sin to speed in traffic?
• Can you explain how the Brown Scapular works?
• How does a priest "leave" the priesthood by dispensation? 
• What is the sect of the Nazirites?
• How do you handle a holy day of obligation while traveling through a diocese that doesn't observe it?
• Is a Catholic marriage invalid if the couple doesn't consummate till years later?
• Can non-Catholics go to confession?
• Does Church have doctrines that the practice of it no longer applies?

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Fr. Charles Murr holds two Licentiates from the Gregorian University (philosophical anthropology and sacred theology), and a Master’s Degree in psychology from NYU. He is notable as a recipient of the "Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World" award and the "Ten Outstanding Young Americans" award. Both honors were awarded in 1985. Father Murr was also a lifelong friend and personal assistant to Cardinal Édouard Gagnon.

  In Today's Show

• What do you think about the private revelations from the Mission of Divine Mercy's nun?
• My husband thinks the bible supports him cussing, what to do?
• Does going to an SSPX mass fulfil your Sunday obligation?
• Why is the Church stringent on the use of litanies?
• What exactly does it mean to pray publicly? 
• Should we not chew when we receive the Eucharist? 
• As an elderly person, can I leave mass early for medical reasons?
• How do I get my marriage convalidated? 
• Should we follow the rules on modesty from Pope Pius?
• Discussing a Vatican document making comparisons between Budda and Christ.
• Can we go to a Sunday Vigil mass for any reason?
• Is it appropriate to call the Church desuetude in its current state?

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Fr. Daniel Alloy, FSSP has served as Parochial Vicar at Regina Caeli Parish in Houston, Texas since July of 2022. He was ordained in June of 2020.     In Today's Show

• Should the 10 Commandments be displayed in schools?
• How do I cooperate with God's graces?
• Why can't women be priests?
• How does celibacy practically work for a priest?
• Is crossdressing a sin?
• As an agnostic how can I find my faith again?
• What are we to make of the part of the Bible where Lot offers to give his daughters up instead of the angels/his guests?
• Will I be able to do a backflip in Heaven?
• After confessing about something I did to someone else, Am I required to make amends with said person afterwards?
• Can a bishop revoke a dispensation?
• How to deal with a relative who is cursing a deceased family member?
• Does Purgatory cleanse the soul of material sins as well as formal ones?
• Are imperfections subject to punishment in Purgatory?
• What ‘sends’ people to purgatory? The punishment for sins, or the need for purification from the effects of sins?
• Can a Catholic attend the "wedding" or reception of a gay couple?
• Should I go up at communion to receive a blessing or stay in my seat even though people will have to try to get around me?

 

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Canon Stephen Sharpe, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at St. Joseph Oratory in Detroit, Michigan. He was ordained in 2020.     In Today's Show

• Who would win a basketball contest between the FSSP, ICKSP, and the SSPX?
• Am I obligated to not attend a SSPX mass if there are other traditional options available?
• Did Jesus have ginger or red hair?
• What is a Wife/Mother's role in the family?
• Should Catholics have their male babies circumcised?
• My wife is scared to wear religious medals cause it causes people to be mean to her.
• Is not making the sign of the cross in public denying Jesus?
• On what Jesus looks like, the Shroud of Turin and the St. Faustina painting.
• Are there age restrictions for joining the ICKSP?
• How do I walk with Jesus?
• If I haven't been to confession in a while is it better to just go and say what I remember. Or wait till I made a full examination of conscience?

 

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Fr. Daniel Alloy, FSSP has served as Parochial Vicar at Regina Caeli Parish in Houston, Texas since July of 2022. He was ordained in June of 2020.     In Today's Show

• Is same-sex attraction an attachment to sin? Can a person with same-sex attraction gain a plenary indulgence?
• What is the difference between the process of confession vs counseling?
• At what point does gossip become gravely sinful?
• Is it mandatory to see a priest for confession, or can we directly confess to God?
• Is it wrong to add to a prayer approved by the Church with our own words?
• Why was the hour of Prime suppressed during Vatican 2?
• How do I keep a good prayer routine?
• Can we use the orans gesture outside of mass?
• I did a general confession, but now I want to go deeper on what I was absolved of in my next confession. Can I do that?
• I didn't receive a penance. Is my confession still valid?
• Who would win a basketball contest between the FSSP, ICKSP, and the SSPX?
• Are you obligated to pursue an annulment if you have questions on the validity of your marriage, even if you want to keep it?
• Why is sex a taboo subject for Christians?
• In confession can I generalize the date of my last confession?
• Why did the Old Testament forbid priests from drinking wine, and is that in place for Catholic Priests?

 

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Canon Francis Altiere, ICKSP serves as Rector of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Oratory in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was ordained in 2014.     In Today's Show

• Is it inappropriate to call a funeral mass a "celebration of life"? 
• If my loved one lived a holy life is it still charitable to pray for his soul?
• Can we help a soul if he is already in heaven, is it still good to keep praying for him?
• I've heard that the laity shouldn't bow to the priest as he passes during the procession, what does Canon think of the matter?
• Can annulments be fallible? 
• Do cassocks have pockets? And what does a priest wear under a cassock?
• How to respond to the accusation that Catholicism is antisemitic?
• How should I discern possibly joining the ICKSP?
• Best and favorite argument for Catholicism against Protestantism?
• What does it mean to give God glory?
• My mother-in-law and her female "partner" want to stay on our property in their camper. Would this be scandalous? 

 

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Fr. William Rock, FSSP serves as Parochial Vicar at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was ordained in October of 2019 and serves as a regular contributor to the FSSP North America Missive Blog and the TAN Direction Blog.     In Today's Show:

• Was divorce in the Mosaic Law a prelude to the "binding and loosing" the powers that Jesus gave the apostles?
• Did the Mosaic Law come from God or Moses?
• Can I attend a wedding of a Catholic and non-baptized person?
• Jesus in the Bible says that the Father and I are one. But also says that My Father is greater than I am. Which is it?
• How sinful is the deliberate non-focusing on the words of the mass?
• What is the official stance from the FSSP on the Novus Ordo?
• Can I laminate a holy card that touched relics?
• What is the best missal for use at a FSSP parish?
• What is the best or personal favorite case for the existence of God?
• How did Mary Magdalene and the other women expect to roll away the stone at Jesus' tomb?
• What is the Church's position on the meaning of life?
• Is annulment a "Catholic divorce"?
• When an atheist converts and gets baptized are all his past sins forgiven?
• Do you need confession before being baptized?
• A follow up to the annulment question.
• Should I use a Traditional missal at a Novus Ordo mass?

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Fr. Anthony Amato is the Pastor of St. Peter’s Parish in Clifton Springs, New York. He was ordained as a priest in June of 2017 by Bishop Salvatore Matano of the Diocese of Rochester, New York.   In Today's Show

• Can the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and St. Gertrude be said on Rosary beads?
• Can a Missionary of Mercy priest dispense private vows?
• What exactly is a first-class relic?
• Is it wrong to ask God for a sign that I’m in a state of grace?
• Why do you focus on the matter of the Eucharist and Abortion so much as Catholics?
• Why do Catholic Bibles have more books than Protestant ones?
• Should I evangelize someone by talking about the realities of hell?
• At the Last Supper was the Eucharist offered as a sacrifice, even though it was before His Passion?
• Any advice for preparing my children for Confirmation through the Baltimore Catechism?
• What is the difference between the Baltimore Catechism and the John Paul 2 Catechism?
• Was sibling marriage necessary for Adam and Eve's sons?
• I noticed my church is starting to have more traditional parishioners now. And the Mass is slowly changing back to Latin. I'm a little confused, are we returning to the old mass?

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In Today's Show 

• Should I attend AA meetings if they start to venture into some Semi-Anti-Catholic things?
• Does the Eastern Rite venerate the Roman Catholic Saints?
• What is the Eastern Rites opinion on the Just War Theory?
• Can you explain what is Transubstantiation?
• What is the Eastern Rites opinion on the Filioque in the Nicene Creed?
• Should we venerate/worship blood that came from Jesus during the passion, as being part of God? Or does it lose it's union with Jesus' body?
• I'm praying for a while about someone and asked God for a sign, Should I stop this method?
• How should we discern a Saint name for our child?
• When exactly is the moment of Transubstantiation in the Eastern Rite?

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