A reader askes: “In a recent column, you said that God knows what we will do with our free will. I know the decision to do good or evil is ours to make. My question ...
A reader asks: “What is your view on the time needed to reverently pray the Rosary? Can one say a couple of decades in the morning and finish that evening if time is a factor? ...
A reader writes: “Many who might otherwise accept God’s punishment of sinners are still dismayed that hell is eternal. Why should one be punished eternally for sins committed over a brief time span, perhaps in ...
Monsignor Charles Pope answers the question of whether or not Jesus actually descended into hell. He writes: “The descent into ‘hell’ does not mean that Christ went down among the damned, or among the demons ...
In the Bible, God tells the Israelites that they must observe certains feasts “throughout your generations as a statute forever.” A reader writes, “I know that Jesus ushered in the New Covenant that superseded the ...
This month, assistant editor Ava Lalor reread a popular classic by C.S. Lewis, “The Great Divorce.” For those who are unfamiliar with the story, Lewis provides a visual representation of what heaven, hell and purgatory ...
This year, the observance of Holy Week came with more focus on hell than usual, because of the assertion on Holy Thursday by an Italian journalist that Pope Francis told him that hell does not ...
Father Jose Maniyangat is a priest in good standing in the Diocese of St. Augustine, Florida. He is an associate pastor at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Orange Park, a suburb of Jacksonville. He ...
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