Today during intercessions at mass, the prayers of the faithful included "that all human life be cherished, from birth until natural death." I don't remember the verbiage I'm used to exactly but I'm certain that it was always something very similar like "for all human life, from conception until natural death" - conception, not birth.

Is there a reason for this change, is it coming down from higher levels for a good reason I don't know, is it the priest's preference? It stood out as troubling - on its face it's still a beautiful petition, but feels sanitized to avoid unpopular political connotation, at the expense of doctrine - but I'd rather not jump to conclusions here.

I went to my first confession today. I talked about all the serious and embarrassing stuff, but I was kind of cut off because mass was about to start. The priest absolved me and I did my penance, but there were some other things I wanted to say. I didn’t willingly hold back, just kind of cut short. Advice?

I'm trying to figure out if the Devil is trying to stop me from going to confession. Last week my baby fell asleep right before I was going to leave, she hadn't had a good nap all day and I felt it was best for her to sleep.

This week my car died (some wonderful people helped me they were a true blessing) and I needed to get a new battery then pick up my husband from work right at the time I would have left for confession.

Idk it just seems like all these road blocks keep popping up.

I love my husband so much, and I know he loves me deeply. We were married in the Catholic church and are both devout, practicing Catholics. When it comes to sex, its fairly regular but I find myself prioritizing him and he doesn't really prioritize me. If he does, it's only for like maybe 1 or 2 minutes and then he just kind of lets me take over. He doesn't understand / doesn't want to understand that most women cannot climax simply with penetrative. He thinks that this is a myth that has been implemented by the porn industry and because I used to struggle with lust (years ago), that is why I cannot climax...I understand, however, that as Catholics we believe in the full giving of our bodies to the other person. I just really don't feel like he does this. He is also grossed out by and fairly adverse to providing oral stimulus to "warm me up".

My husband is a really good man, but he has his moments..I mean this in the nicest way possible, but I think he has a narcissistic personality disorder. It's a good thing he has God as his authority because he could be totally out of control if he didn't. I'm very tall, about 2 inches taller than him and heavier but still very active and healthy. I'm now 4 months pregnant as well but he still asks me daily if I've weighed myself. This has taken such a toll on my confidence and I try to take it in stride, especially as I've previously struggled with obesity and binge eating (I've lost over 100 lbs, but I've put a bit on with pregnancy and just newly wed weight).

I very rarely initiate sex and I know this bugs him. I'm also not the most physically affectionate person (he's constantly holding my hand / rubbing my leg, etc). But I'm not sure if it's me or if I just feel so deeply criticized regularly that I subconsciously don't even want to initiate this stuff.

Again, I love him so much and he's not awful to me. But I guess I'm just looking for some perspectives / advice. Also, last note, I've tried talking to him about the body image stuff a million times and it never goes my way / is never much of a mutual dialogue. His perspective seems to always dominate. I have 0 idea how to approach the sex thing..... TIA

Hello, My 21 year old friend asked if I could be her "cover" Because she was going to hang out someone "secret" (I don't know the details but I'm assuming it's a possible new boyfriend) and she didn't want her mom to know so she wanted to know if it was OK if she said we were shopping. I said "that's okay just be safe" I I thought this may be OK because first of all she's 21 and a full adult, and too, because it doesn't seem like she's in danger she just doesn't want her mom to know about a new boy yet.

basically, I want to know if this is a mortal sin/ if I can recive The Sacrament tommorow. Thank you.

If anybody has a rational explanation for this I want to hear it. So I am a student going to law school on the west coast, my girlfriend is also a student here. Over Christmas break, we both go back to our home towns, she in the Midwest and I on the east coast.

On January 1st I went to mass to celebrate the Solemnity of Mary at my home town church, let’s call it St.Rose. The message that the Priest gave as Mass spoke to me, as he spoke about hope, and that when there is life there is hope, and to find hope in our lord. I have been going through some serious health struggles lately that have made me lose hope at times.

When I get out of church, on my ride home, I FaceTime my girlfriend. I was talking to her and she looked in her recent calls and in the time I was at church, she received a call from the area code of my home town. Now, she is 1,500 miles away, nobody from the area has her number, and she doesn’t even know anybody from the area besides me.

I thought this was very bizarre. She sent me the number and I looked it up and, it came up as… St. Rose church, the church I was at when she received the call. This came up on various Catholic directory websites. This alone would be weird enough, as there is no possible way the church could have gotten her number, but what makes it more bizzare is that it is not an active number. I think it is the churches old number. When I call it, it says the number cannot be completed as dialed, and I have tried it a bunch of times.

Is there a non-metaphysical explanation for this? What could this mean? I was raised Catholic but drifted away from faith, only to come back in the last 8 months due to various, more subtle, signs I have received which were telling me to find god again…

What can you tell me Catholic marriages and divorces?! Here's the scenario (well actually a true situation-not mine): A man was married in the Catholic Church. He was married for 18 years before he found out his wife was cheating on him. Don't know how long it was happening, but it was a continuous and at an extensive infidelity. They divorced through the courts after the 26th year(separated after the 24th year). This was 7 years ago. Though the courts say they are divorced, what does the church say about this exact situation? How is it remedied? How does he clear this with the church to remarry? Thank you all in advance.

Not trying to convert y’all or anything- just a Protestant that is interested in learning about both and what the differences are. I asked the Orthodox Christians the same thing.

It seems as though there's typically something I don't like, want, or they're too fragile.

So, it started with me replacing a center medallion of, I don't even know what it was (poorly crafted pot metal something or other) with a standard Miraculous Medal. I replaced the crucifix and put on a wooden one. Then decided to just start fresh.

Now, I have one made from paracord, brass beads of the sizes I want, and the medal and crucifix I want.

I can use it more without feeling it's so delicate it will break like all the others I've had, I take it with me, it sees much more use than any others I've had.

Anyone else modify, make their own, think many are too fragile, or do you prefer "fancy" and delicate?

•𝐈𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Mary was only free from sin due to God; this is not on her own doing because she is human. Yes, although she’s made a big deal in both Catholicism and Orthodoxy; she’s still a human, but I would agree that she should be a big deal of. Though, she shouldn’t be made a bigger than the Holy Trinity. Mary had no sin in her, not even original sin. Thus, she wouldn’t inherit original sin: she wouldn’t have had labor pains and the effect of original sin. In Luke 1:28, Mary is revealed to be “full of grace”; thus, no sin cannot dwell in her due to her being full of grace. As grace is what helps us live godly, righteousness, and just lives (Titus 2:11-12). “So isn’t St. Stephen sinless as well due to him being full of grace in Acts 6:8?” No, St. Stephen got full of grace likely due to baptism and faith in Jesus Christ; Mary is revealed to be full of grace before the sacarfice of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: even with this, Mary being full of grace is a title for her. St. Gabriel did not greet Mary with “Hail Mary full of grace,”; but St. Gabriel greeted her with “Hail, full of grace,”. Though, the original Greek for Mary being full of grace in Luke 1:28 is “kecharitomene”: as this shows Mary being in a complete state of grace. Or, that Kecharitomene shows that God had already graced Mary and the grace is still effect in her; and that effect is still to come. “So why doesn’t God make us all without sin if He has the power to do so?” Short answer: because God doesn’t own us anything to be perfect. With Mary, she was going to be the Mother of the Messiah. And because all things were made by Jesus, or through Jesus (John 1:3), wouldn’t it be so that Jesus would’ve made her without sin to honor His Blessed Virgin Mother? As it’s stated in the Ten Commandments to honor your father and mother?

•𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧 “Okay, we get on how Mary is sinless. But how could she be an ever Virgin when it’s stated in the Bible Jesus had siblings?” But, when has the Bible ever stated that Jesus’ siblings are His siblings in blood? There was no word for “cousin” in ancient Hebrew: thus, there would be no words to use for Jesus’ cousins, but obviously the words for sibling’s. Jesus’ siblings would’ve came from Jospeh: as Jospeh was a widow, and his children would’ve been with his ex wife because there’s no record of his children being with the Holy Family (Luke 2:1-5, Matthew 2:13-23, Luke 2:39, and Luke 2:43-46.) Later on in the Gospels, Jesus’ siblings are to be revealed. But even then, this is when Jesus was 33 years old: Jospeh’s children would’ve grown old and would’ve not been under their mothers authority anymore; thus, Jospeh’s children would’ve found out about Jesus during His ministry and He was popular. If Jesus were to have siblings: then why would He would give St. John to Mary and Mary to St. John in John 19:26-27? •Note: Though there was a Greek word for “cousin”, this doesn’t disprove Mary being a Perpetual Virgin. Think of it like this: why would the Gospel writers use the Greek word “cousin” to describe Jesus’ “siblings” when nobody used the word “cousin” to describe His “siblings” as there was no word for cousin except Greek? (And some other languages?)

•𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 Although God is eternal and omnipresent, this doesn’t disprove Mary being the Mother of God the Son. Yes, Mary gave birth to God: with this, it makes her the Mother of God the Son. When one gives birth to their baby: they give birth not a human nature but a person. This goes for Mary as well, she gave birth to Jesus as Jesus is a person and God as well: she did not give birth to Jesus’ human nature only. Though Jesus is God in a man’s body; it still doesn’t make her the Mother of Jesus’ human nature. As we can’t forget that Jesus is still God; God never changes; if someone were to split Jesus into two that would make God change. As with this, Mary is the Mother of God; and by God, I do not mean the Holy Trinity, but the Mother of the God the Son.

•𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐲’𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 “Okay, you’ve showed us how so far Marian dogmas are true. You used Scripture, logic, and other such things. But, how can you prove Mary’s Assumption to Heaven?” Though I still need to learn more about her Assumption to Heaven, it’s still shown in the Bible. For example, if no in Heaven has a physical body yet; then why is it that a woman has the moon under her feet and has a crown on her head while being clothed with the sun in Revelation chapter 12? As Mary bodily assumed into Heaven; thus, her physical body would be in Heaven which is why she has things such as clothes, a crown on her head, and the moon under her feet. How can we believe this is the Church? The Church never gave birth to Jesus (Revelation 12:5), and how could we believe it’s Israel? Mary, being the only one that gave birth to Jesus,would be the woman in Revelation chapter 12. Shouldn’t we believe Mary is woman in Revelation 12? St. Paul even called her “woman” in his epistle to the Galatians. Though this was not out of disrespect; but to protect the Mother of Jesus so she would not be killed: as Christians were killed and persecuted. Furthermore, Mary was called “woman” in Revelation chapter 12; as St. John would use code names for other things as well. With this, St. John would use the code name for Rome, “Babylon”; so, wouldn’t it be that St. John would call Mary “woman” to protect her? With all this evidence, I could go on to say more about Mary being the woman in Revelation chapter 12, but that could kinda go off topic. Final say in defense in her Assumption; Mary is the Ark of the New Covenant. Psalm 131:8, “Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place: thou and the ark, which thou hast sanctified.” ‭‭ The hate for Mary is stupid and shouldn’t exist; just like the hate for Jesus shouldn’t exist. Stop disrespecting Our Blessed Ever Sinless Virgin who is the Queen of both Heaven and of Earth.

I went to a church that isn't my usual this sunday morning, and I was confused because right after the processional hymn, they went right into the Gloria. The rest of the mass was fine, but it was weird that they totally omitted the kyrie, the confiteor etc.

My question is: is this allowed? Is this parish doing something wrong? If so, is there some procedure to get liturgical errors like this fixed?

I was doing some research and found that it is not only fssp and icksp who exclusively says the latin mass. As seen in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_communities_using_the_Tridentine_Mass there are communities that exclusively do latin mass like the benedictines, oratorians of st. phillip neri and male religious orders like sons of the most holy redeemer. My question is, if they exclusively do latin mass, does that not mean that newly ordained priests post-traditionis custodes have to get permission from Rome? And what happens if they are denied permission? Will they not be able to join the community?

Just a catholic looking for some catholic perspective on a couple of questions I've thought of talking to protestants, more of the evangelical types.

1. I've heard a lot of their stories involve being literally spoken to by the Holy Spirit. I didn't understand at first, thinking what they meant was (similar to my own experience) their conscience being informed through prayer and meditation. But no, they describe it more like being spoken aloud to someone. "...Then I heard the Holy Spirit say XYZ." Are we talking about the same thing?

2. They ask me, who lives on earth, to pray for them. They ask God, who resides in heaven, to bless/forgive/watch over them. But if I die and go to heaven, they can't ask me to pray for them anymore? There's a communication deadzone? What's the deal with not understanding that asking a saint to pray for you is the same is asking you or me, just infinitely better?

Anyone else have any experience with this? I'm just want to understand.

Hey all, hopefully this post is allowed here. I was recently diagnosed with testicular monolithiasis and it's causing me a lot of pain, and I'm also worried about my fertility. Do you think dipping my balls in Holy Water would help? I'm willing to try anything at this point. Serious answers only please. Thanks

I was born into a catholic family. I had my baptism, communion and have been confirmed in the church. Over the years I shied away from God. I am ready to re-open to my heart to God. I just really don’t know where I should begin? Do I need to get re-baptized??

My wife and I are both practicing Catholics, however, for a couple years I fell out of faith. Although I was attending mass during that time out of respect for her (but not receiving communion), there were times I would even give “push back” to our religion in a sort of passive aggressive disdain. My wife never faltered in her beliefs while I lost my way.

Well, a while back, I believe God guided me back to our faith. Since then, I’ve fallen back in love with Catholicism as I’ve taken a completely new approach to it all. I have meetings with our Priest to help guide me through things, outside of mass I try to be as active in our parish as possible, be it volunteering or social events etc., and continue to reshape the way I live my life.

While I’m so grateful that God guided me, I can’t explain the gratitude I have for my wife and her patience. She never pushed me or showed displeasure, but she prayed, and I can tell now how much it means to her to see me like this. Thinking about her support honestly brings a tear to my eye.

I know in times how strict we can be with our faith, but please give empathy and open arms to those finding their way, and pray for them.

(22y.o pregnant female in 3rd trimester) Hello, for a few months now I have been dealing with extreme drowsiness while I pray. To be more specific, I doze on and off from consciousness regardless of how much as I try to remain awake. This happens to me during morning prayer and evening prayer. I start a prayer and frequently wake up like an hour later feeling drained. Forming thoughts and verbalizing anything is extremely difficult. I am aware that the tiredness very likely due to the fact that at this point I am heavily pregnant and slightly anemic, however it is still very upsetting to be stuck in this cycle. Any advice or tips that can help strengthen prayer life in a situation like this? Thank you.

I’ve been seeing this girl for the past few weeks. I really like her, and she seems to like me too. The issue: she is not Catholic and I have not been as upfront about my faith in the relationship as I should be. This unfortunately led to us making out this past week, which I confessed (and said there I would talk to her). Unfortunately, today I saw her again and the same thing occurred with no conversation.

I recognize that I’ve dug myself the deepest hole, and I need to both control my own lust (will confess tomorrow morning) as well as be more upfront with her as we get more serious, but I really need advice. I’m not sure why this is causing me so much anxiety but I need to break this cycle with her without being afraid of the consequences. I can’t keep just keep making the same mistake in between confessions. I also really don’t know how to talk with her about it more seriously. Thank you all

Hello everyone. New to this community, so I apologize if this violates any guidelines.

I'm part of a Middle Eastern Catholic community, so I've grown up mainly on Arabic hymns or chants. However, I've recently discovered David Haas, Marty Haugen, etc. I'm well aware of the controversy surrounding Haas, but I can't deny the beauty of the music he's made. I'm looking for liturgical music similar to his, but I lack the resources and intelligence even to know where to start exploring. I'm not the biggest praise & worship guy, so nothing of that nature... I really want something that feels reverent and in the English language.

Please comment with some recommendations. Thanks and God bless!

Heyy friends , I couldn't go for three weeks for Sunday Holy mass , because my grandfather is iIl land today I was supposed to go but because I woke up little late because I studied late night and went to see grandfather frequently near his room . And tomorrow he is going to be admit again to the hospital 😥

I am autistic to the point that I cannot work a job and provide for myself, though I CAN do my own tasks. Is this a barrier? I also have severe RSD, which is very common for autistic people.

I'm sorry if this post is a bit awkward and long winded. I'll put the TLDR at the top.

TLDR: I don'thave the slightest idea of how to be part of a family or a church, and I'm dead set on marrying a man who has both a big family and they are all Catholic. How do I convert, intermesh, and have "family values"? (I literally am not even sure I know what that means.)

I'll start by saying that I think I'm in a position to seriously consider converting to Catholicism. However....I haven't even been in a church since elementary school, and I don't know what I'm doing as far as being appropriate/respectful, and fitting in. I'm about to get engaged (we are planning engagement together) to someone who is part of a big Italian Catholic family. They have an obvious way of life centered around their religion, and it seems like a very warm, welcoming, and wholesome way to live. I, however, am clueless about it and feel like I stand out in a bad way because of it.

My boyfriend has inisted to his family that I am the one, and that I be treated like part of the family, but I'm willing to convert to Catholicism to be more in step with how the family operates. I have no real family connections of my own. Almost all my living family is no-contact with me, and are Mormons, and live far away. I can't be excommunicated from Mormanism, because I was never Mormon to begin with, buy I can be shunned, and due to differences in lifestyle much of that side of my family will not speak with me at all. I fear that something like this could happen with this new family I'm trying to join, and that would be so humiliating. I want to be part of this group. However, I don't really know how to have a family, or a religion. I'm not even sure what is meant by "family values". I love all the children in this family. They love to play, and I love to spend time with them. Is that what is meant by "family values"? The family prays together at meals, attends church on Sundays and holidays, and gets together for every birthday and occasion.

I am overwhelmed! I'm used to seeing family/community maybe once a year. I think it's important for me to join this community, and integrate into these values, but I am lost. My whole pattern in life is a-religious, and I have spent most of my free time alone.

I want to marry this man, be part of his family, and be part of their community. I confess I don't know the first thing about it just yet. I feel like I need a sort of beginners guide. I was raised without almost any religious instruction at all, except to occasionally go to after school child care programs at a local Lutheran church. My mom had left her Mormon family and fled to the other side of the country from them, and rarely spoke about God. My Dad didn't really have religion at all. I found a free bible at a doctors office as a kid, and that is how I first read the bible. I feel like a foreigner in a crowd of Catholics. I want to feel more like I belong, and understand what everyone is talking about, and how everyone is acting.

Will I need to convert to have a wedding in the church? Is conversion expected of spouses marrying into Catholic families? Will I need to take a test or something to become Catholic? Please help me understand the basics of what conversion would look like, and what's expected of me. What do I have to do to earn a baptism, or to be allowed to take communion? I have been to one Catholic wedding in this family, and it was beautiful, but very complicated. Everyone else seemed to know what to do, but I was lost as far as songs, how to navigate the books we got, how and when to make the sign of the cross, when to speak or stand, etc. Do I just walk in to a Catholic church and say, "Hey, I wanna join?"

I'm so sorry if any of this sounds ignorant. Please correct me if I've made any mistaken assumptions. Please help! I want to do this soon. I appreciate any advice. Thanks!

Hello all!
Just a touch of background... I am 45, almost 46 and have been an atheist and even some form of Protestant for most of the last 30 years.
However when I was very little, I was raised in the Catholic Church. I was baptized and had my first communion. Don't remember about any "confirmation" but it's been so long, I don't even know what that consists of if it did happen.

Well, something happened a few days ago when I was listening to a video with an atheist who was taking calls from believers challenging them to "prove" their faith. In the process of that, something just made me realize that I was not on the right path, and I was flailing. I even almost fell for the heresy of some reconstructed forms of the Marcionite Church. But after just a very short time, I knew I needed to come back to the Catholic faith.
Just under a couple hours ago, I went to the Catholic church near my house and I went in for Confession. Funny thing is I had no idea what I was doing. I didn't know the things to do when entering the church, etc. When I went into the confessional, I just told the Father that I honestly had no idea what I was doing and how long approximately it had been since I was in a church.
It was a great talk and I recited a prayer of attrition (I think that is what it is called).

Now I told him I want to come back to the Church and plan on going to Mass tomorrow, but again... I have no idea what I am doing. I don't have a rosary, I don't know the vast majority of the terminology, prayers, things to do when in the church... etc.

I was hoping someone could help me with where to start/what to get/what to know, or books to study to get back into this... please?

Hi guys can you help me on how to get forgiveness from god? Maybe you can hear that i am somewhat "new" (idk??) and i feel really disappointed about my sins and kind of hate myself or at least dislike myself for my sins and can't imagine how god can be that forgiving for somebody that sinfull. I think or at least hope that i became better in terms of sinning over the last few months but i more and more discover on how sinfull i am. How can somebody be THAT forgiving? Pls help me on how to ask for forgiveness, hopefully get forgiven and how to become better.

Hello everyone!

I'm writing a small post here to ask for information regarding Catholicism. I'm considering converting to Catholicism, and I'm planning to do some independent research but I wanted to ask if there's anything important I should know? And what differs Catholicism from other denominations? Thank you.

I’ve seen people talk about how Our Lady of Guadalupe and how it’s fake and was from the Spaniards. I do believe in Our Lady of Guadalupe; but can someone help believe in it more? And Our Lady of Guadalupe is actually? Thank God and you guys!

To preface, my wife and I have struggled with infertility for several years since we were married (over 2 years, we had 2 early miscarriages that were too early for doctors to even detect). The main issue is that my wife rarely ovulated when she was supposed to, and consequently conceiving was impossible even if we did everything right. We prayed over it and eventually decided to explore treatments for infertility that didn't involve violating Catholic teachings.

My wife was accepted to do a trial run with a fertility specialist last year, and we laid down the law right away and said no IVF, no IUI, no surrogacy, etc. They prescribed us to try letrozole, a fertility drug commonly used in conjunction with IVF treatments. For those who don't know, letrozole is basically an "anti-contraceptive" - instead of suppressing a woman's fertility cycle, it stimulates it. They use it for IVF to get a big supply of eggs to "scoop out" and use for the IVF. We obviously said that's not an option. My conscience told me that using the drug to assist a natural conception was fine, though, because it isn't subverting the marital union as IVF does, or done with the intent of freezing or dumping our child's brothers and sisters - it's just fixing a defect in her cycle like glasses fix a defect of vision.

The drug did exactly what is was supposed to do. My wife, who had maybe ovulated 3-4 times over a period of 2 years, ovulated 6 months in a row without fail on the medication, but sadly, none of those times gave us the baby we had prayed for. We eventually stopped using the medicine because we couldn't afford it anymore due to a change of health insurance. We were disheartened at missing 6 straight chances, and decided to leave it up to God if we get children naturally or are called to adoption.

But then, something amazing happened. My wife started ovulating again on a normal cycle, without the medicine. I don't know if it was God rewarding our patience, or the medicine kicking her hormones "into gear" (or both), but she was finally doing what losing weight, eating right, and exercising couldn't get her to do.

In the second month of her ovulating off the medicine, she got pregnant for real, and we are expecting a daughter this year. She will obviously be baptized and raised in the Catholic faith. The only thing I'm wondering is if we did something wrong, and maybe there are other reasons why the Church is opposed to these drugs. I'm sure the companies that make and profit from the drugs also profit from IVF and other immoral medical procedures, but that would seem to be the case for just about any medicine you used. Did we do something wrong?

Let me provide some context. I loooove to debate and argue. Not in a nasty, rude way, I just love have disagreements and talk about it.

I often find myself browsing the internet looking for anti-Christian or anti-catholic rhetoric to attempt to debunk and dismantle it. Not in like a leave a mean comment type thing, mostly internally considering how I would respond and what I would say.

Sometimes I get angry though. Angry as in “Man it’s really awful the world has normalized this level of blasphemy, I want to change it” never “I hope this person dies and if they don’t I hope they have the worst life imaginable”

Is this a vice or sinful? If so, is it mortally so? I would like to add I haven’t said anything overtly or intentionally hateful in any of my interactions online or in person. Mostly I just feel annoyed by them, and a little pity

So I practice sex before marriage and I really don't think about sleeping with someone before marriage, but there is one question that is asked and I don't know how to answer it, it is "How will you know if the person you are in a relationship with will be sexually compatible with you in marriage, that is, will you be compatible in bed? How will you know if you don't have sex before marriage?". I believe that as important as the attraction of the personality of a man and a woman is, that sexual attraction is equally important. Help me with this question because I can't find a good answer, I think it is very important. It would help me a lot if any of you have already practiced premarital chastity

I genuinely don't understand why is death penalty wrong. It's dangerously naive to believe that every criminal is capable of any kind of reform into a functioning member of society. There are people who are genuinely born for Hell, whether we like it or not. Nothing will change them. It's not a crime if you don't shed tears for them.

Why is, then, death penalty considered inhuman, as the Pope likes to proclaim it as such? Isn't rape, murder and torture inhuman too? And yet people do those all the time. Without remorse or sympathy for their victims.