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El Nostro

Nostrodamus says that Wars often follow pestilences and diseases and plagues - is this always the case among the Christian mystics and soothsayers?

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Rosarium

My 75 year old elderly mother would like to learn the rosary more, and to say it oft, but finds the vain repetition to be off-putting, is the devotion though a sign of the babbling that Jesus warned about of the pharisees?

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Ashes to Ashes

I attended the funeral of a faith healer through Zoom not long ago and was surprised that the family and next of kin chose cremation with which to resolve the issues surrounding his death, is there a reason for all of this short-circuiting on the rites? I was also shocked at the choice of contemporary pop music for the sacred music of the funeral service at the crematorium - is this all okay in the codexes?

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Minutiae

What is the status of flowers at a funeral, can flowers be put on the coffin during the service at such times as is the GB custom, and why do priests object to flowers so much anyway at such times?

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Maria

The Feast of the Madonnina of Fatima is coming up on the 13th of May, is there anything special or additional we might like to know about it all?

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Temptation

As a psychologist I am often surprised at the words of the Pater Noster in which we ask God, “and lead us not into temptation”,….

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Spirituality

Am I the only person in the room who is sick and tired of the sacramental machines going around with their hands stuffed in their pockets ….

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Responsum

Herewith the Response from the new pope to the Quinque Nova Dubia of the 5 neocon cardinals

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Potestas

Can you enlighten us as to the powers behind Eucharistic Ministers? How do they arise in the General Church?

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Defective Intent

Is there a problem caused by defective intent in any canonical ceremony or even in the Eucharistic celebration for instance….

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JC

Famous things that Jesus did actually say

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Prayers

Is it really allowable to confess a sin and then to fall into the same sin the following week, with the result that one is repeating one’s previous confession?

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Robotica?

I was watching my local Zoom Mass…….and a new priest emerged from the sacristy and conducted the holy Mass in what can only be described as “robotic” fashion….

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Pie

Is it all pie in the sky, this preoccupation people have when they die and go before the Pearly Gates, since surely most of us have a jolly good chance to be saved,?

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HC

What is your parish’s position on the denial of Holy Communion to some people some of the time, especially say to politicians?

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Birgitta

Is there a way forward to looking at the issue of individual judgement of the soul?

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Bello und Bella

What does the Catholic Church teach on the subject of the Wars that periodically afflict our world, is there anything positive that can be said about them?

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ER-II

Sad news given the passing away of the old Queen, unexpected as it was, so what is the status of a monarch in this situation as far as the churches are concerned?

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