Q and A Archive - Gloria Dei

Q439 – What concrete advice would you give to traditional Catholics today on how to live as a domestic church?

Bishop Schneider recalls family prayers and religious teaching in childhood and warns that Christians in the West may face marginalization from new ideologies, requiring strength to confess and remain faithful.

Q438 – A woman who has had four C-sections has been advised that another pregnancy could be life-threatening. Can she licitly use natural family planning to avoid pregnancy in this situation?

Bishop Schneider says couples should pray for God’s guidance, and natural family planning is allowed by the Church during infertile periods, though there are no absolute guarantees against conception.

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

Bishop Schneider says infant communion may benefit infants, notes practical difficulties, describes giving the Precious Blood, and says the Council of Trent did not condemn the practice but considered it unnecessary.

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?

Bishop Schneider says infant communion was practiced early and noted by Thomas Aquinas, and continues in Eastern Catholic and Orthodox Churches, making it still a Catholic practice in Oriental rites today.

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?

Bishop Schneider says bishops have the authority and competence to dispense certain Holy Days of Obligation within their jurisdiction according to their responsibilities in the Church.

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?

Bishop Schneider says baptism should not be given in this case, and relatives should pray and guide the child so he can request baptism himself when he reaches the age of reason.

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

Bishop Athanasius Schneider states no dogma exists on this issue; while Elijah ascended, some theologians believe a person may still die and later share in the general resurrection.

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

Bishop Athanasius Schneider teaches that Mary, Mother of God, was the first to believe in Christ’s resurrection, a view consistently upheld by the Church Fathers.

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?

Bishop Athanasius Schneider states heretical clerics retain jurisdiction unless deposed, so their sacraments remain valid, though the Pope should admonish and remove those who persist in error.

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

Bishop Athanasius Schneider emphasizes that proven clerical guilt requires removal and penance, while temporary reassignment may be prudent during investigation to preserve trust and protect the faithful.

Q429 – Cardinal Müller has suggested that the situation isn’t urgent enough to justify acting outside the usual jurisdiction. How would you respond to that, or to the Society’s reasoning on this point?

Bishop Athanasius Schneider warns of a Church emergency due to doctrinal confusion, liturgical chaos, and controversial magisterial acts, criticizing those who downplay the seriousness of these crises.

Q428 – Cardinal Sarah would say that the Society should obey the pope and thus not ordain in July, would you say the Society is being disobedient, like the Protestants or Orthodox?

Bishop Athanasius Schneider states the Society of Saint Pius X preserves dogma and tradition, unlike Protestants or Orthodox, and its critique of modern magisterial acts reflects continuity, not private judgment.

Q427 – Is the papal approval of bishop’s ordination of apostolic origin and therefore an essential part of the deposit of Faith to where it is unchangeable and that it incurs auto-excommunication when not followed or is it a matter of discipline?

Bishop Athanasius Schneider states episcopal ordinations without papal approval are ecclesiastical, not divine, and disobedience is not automatically schismatic, reflecting the balanced tradition of the early Church.

Q426 – Can a Catholic attend a Society of Saint Pius X Mass, even after their bishop ordinations, without incurring excommunication?

Bishop Athanasius Schneider states the Society of Saint Pius X is not schismatic if it honors the Pope, preserves the tradition in the Mass, and seeks clarification on ambiguous council teachings.

Q425 – If the SSPX consecrate bishops in July as they have decided necessary, will they truly be in schism as they do not promote heretical teachings nor intend a schismatic act?

Bishop Athanasius Schneider states the Society of Saint Pius X is loyal to Rome, ordains bishops solely for sacraments, and excommunication concerns only the bishops involved.

All Questions & Answers

Q439 – What concrete advice would you give to traditional Catholics today on how to live as a domestic church?

Q438 – A woman who has had four C-sections has been advised that another pregnancy could be life-threatening. Can she licitly use natural family planning to avoid pregnancy in this situation?

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?

Q429 – Cardinal Müller has suggested that the situation isn’t urgent enough to justify acting outside the usual jurisdiction. How would you respond to that, or to the Society’s reasoning on this point?

Q428 – Cardinal Sarah would say that the Society should obey the pope and thus not ordain in July, would you say the Society is being disobedient, like the Protestants or Orthodox?

Q427 – Is the papal approval of bishop’s ordination of apostolic origin and therefore an essential part of the deposit of Faith to where it is unchangeable and that it incurs auto-excommunication when not followed or is it a matter of discipline?

Q426 – Can a Catholic attend a Society of Saint Pius X Mass, even after their bishop ordinations, without incurring excommunication?

Q425 – If the SSPX consecrate bishops in July as they have decided necessary, will they truly be in schism as they do not promote heretical teachings nor intend a schismatic act?

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Q439 – What concrete advice would you give to traditional Catholics today on how to live as a domestic church?

Q438 – A woman who has had four C-sections has been advised that another pregnancy could be life-threatening. Can she licitly use natural family planning to avoid pregnancy in this situation?

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?

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