Q313 – Am I obligated to visit my daughter and her boyfriend if they are living together without marriage?

Interview Organization: The Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima

Interviewer Name: Christopher Wendt

Date: November 13, 2024

Parents should lovingly but clearly express disapproval of a sinful lifestyle, balancing truth and charity. Correction must be given gently to avoid hardening hearts. They should welcome their children with kindness, express concern once with clarity, and then continue showing love while praying for their children’s spiritual well-being.

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Transcript:

Well, it depends on the family situation. In any case, I believe that the parents must make it clear to their children that they do not approve of a sinful lifestyle. But of course, this must be done with charity. Parents must admonish their children with clarity, but always with love, because when correction is given with harshness, it often has no effect. On the contrary, it may harden their hearts even more.

Parents should show all their charity and benevolence toward their children as persons, but at the same time, they must let them know that such a lifestyle is sinful and places their souls in danger. It is a difficult situation to balance truth and charity.

They can receive them in their home. I can receive any person in my home. In this case, they are their children or relatives. One must always be kind. However, when admonition is no longer possible, there is no need to repeat it constantly. It is sufficient to express it once, with charity and clarity. After that, simply pray for them and continue to show them your love.

Question/ Title

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Q437 – Is it advisable for the Roman rite in time to have infinite communion?

Q436 – Jesus tells us that unless we eat His Flesh and drink His Blood, we have no life in us. Why doesn’t the Catholic Church emphasize infant First Communion as it does infant baptism?

Q435 – In the U.S., bishops have dispensed some Holy Days of Obligation. Do they have the authority to do this, and how does that fit with the Church’s universal requirements?

Q434 – One of our daughters married another woman. They now have a baby boy born from the “wife” by artificial insemination. He is a beautiful healthy baby boy. Can he be baptized into the Faith? What should be done concerning his future?

Q433 – Are Enoch and Elijah in heaven with their bodies like Jesus and Mary?

Q432 – In Mary’s Seven Sorrows, did she know Jesus would rise from the dead when He was laid in the tomb?

Q431 – How can Catholic clergy who publicly promote heretical views still be considered part of the Church? Do they retain authority and jurisdiction, and are the sacraments they administer still valid?

Q430 – Should a pastor be removed from a parish when he has been accused of sexual misconduct with an adult female parishioner?