I was recently presented with a topic about which I had never given much thought: someone taking a long time for confession, resulting in other people unable to receive the sacrament because the ...

Is it ever permissible to take an oath? In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus says, “Do not swear at all. . . . Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil” (Matt.

Many non-Catholics do not recognize the Eucharist as a sacrifice. It is just a remembrance to them, like how shooting off fireworks on the Fourth of July is a remembrance of the American Revolution.