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Healing is best sought through balanced, prayerful care of body and soul, including confession and medical help. The Church should promote Holy Hours and prayers for the sick, trusting God’s will and timing.

Emotionally charged healing events risk suggestion, emotionalism, and deception. They resemble magic and oppose trust in God’s will. True healing comes in God’s time, faith rests on reverent trust, not spectacle.

Clapping during Mass is inappropriate, creating a theatrical atmosphere unworthy of sacred worship. The Mass demands reverence, not applause, as public worship should remain solemn and respectful.

Christians must respect God’s holy name and avoid misusing it, even unintentionally. Though not always grave sin, careless use is inappropriate and should be stopped to honor God properly.

A Catholic must marry according to Church form. Joining in non-Catholic or pagan rites, like Hindu ceremonies, violates the First Commandment. Church law forbids any second wedding celebration after a valid Catholic marriage.

Only a priest may say the words of consecration. Allowing others is a grave abuse, contradicting Catholic doctrine on priesthood, resembling Protestant practice, and must be corrected by Church authority.

Liturgical abuse happens when a priest ignores the Missal’s rubrics. He must follow the liturgy faithfully, as he is not its owner. Any deviation is a serious, unauthorized violation.

Without certainty, the case can't be judged. Even if an error occurred, the Sunday obligation was fulfilled. No sin happened, as attending Mass is a Church command, not a divine one.

Public sacrilege offends God directly. Reparation through prayer and peaceful protest is vital. Political action helps prevent offenses, but responses must be nonviolent; heroic acts depend on personal calling, not obligation.

Be cautious with private revelations, many may mislead despite appearing good. True revelations are humble, Church-discerned, and avoid publicity. Scripture urges testing spirits true prophets don't seek fame or global platforms.

Our Lady linked communism to Russia, not to blame it, but to heal it through consecration and foster Catholic-Orthodox unity by drawing Russia closer to the Holy See.

The 14th-century Council of Vienne clarified that the soul is the body’s form its vital, metaphysical principle. At death, soul and body separate, at resurrection, God reunites them.

Plenary indulgences are allowed during the Holy See’s vacancy by praying for the Church and Pope’s intention, though future Popes may shift this to the Roman Church’s spiritual intention.

The goal is daily Rosary prayer for this intention. A prayer from the booklet is now recited after broadcasts, helping people focus on asking God for a new era of holy popes alongside the Rosary.

The Centro Dom Bosco in Brazil asked me for Rosary meditations. I proposed adding a concrete intention: praying for a new era of holy popes, seeking God’s grace to restore saintly pontiffs like the early Church.

A U.S. pope after Pope Francis highlights Catholicism’s importance in Europe and the U.S., encouraging American faithful. Yet, the pope’s key quality remains unwavering catholicity and fidelity to apostolic tradition.

The Pope could require bishops to sign a profession of faith condemning errors like homosexuality and divorce, affirming Christ’s uniqueness, and banning LGBT displays in churches, to purify leadership starting with faithful cardinals.

Though the Church has a sound process for selecting bishops, post-Vatican II carelessness led to weak appointments. The new pope must guide nuncios to choose candidates rooted in apostolic tradition, as bishops deeply shape dioceses and the faithful.

The pope’s first duty is to confirm the faithful in true faith. Amid doctrinal confusion, a magisterial act like an encyclical or apostolic constitution is urgently needed to correct recent doctrinal and moral errors.

From his first balcony appearance, he radiated hope and reverence. Through traditional vestments, a liturgical greeting, and invoking Our Lady of the Rosary, he reminded us Christ must remain the Church’s center.

As a bishop, you prefer the traditional Latin Mass but accept the Novus Ordo in conscience when celebrated reverently with the Roman Canon, traditional offertory, no Communion in the hand, and no female servers, hoping for its reform or replacement.

Confessions during Mass were long practiced, especially in Europe, as historic confessionals show. There’s no canonical ban, and given today’s needs, this remains a valid, spiritually beneficial pastoral practice.

Quietly speaking Latin responses is acceptable if it helps you spiritually and doesn’t disturb others. It’s a personal choice, depending on your situation and spiritual needs.

The sin against the Holy Spirit is refusing God’s forgiveness, as taught by John Paul II. It grows through repeated impenitence, hardening the heart until one cannot repent or accept mercy.

The Church requires assurance a baptized child will be raised in the faith. While children of cohabiting or single parents may be baptized with a faithful guardian, same-sex couples' children should not be, to avoid endorsing unions against Church teaching.

God alone knows the heart and may reward sincere charity, but faith is essential for salvation. As Saint Augustine taught, lacking faith is a sin. Both faith and works please God.

The scapular and Miraculous Medal are distinct sacramentals from Mary. The scapular symbolizes Carmelite protection, the medal brings graces through faith. Both may be worn together for spiritual benefit.

Catholics may respectfully dissent from the Pope in non-infallible matters, especially ambiguous or non-doctrinal ones. Rejecting infallible teachings is heresy. Saints like Paul and Athanasius modeled faithful, necessary dissent.

The Anointing of the Sick is for the seriously ill, not the merely elderly or mildly unwell. The Roman Church upholds its original purpose, differing from broader Orthodox practices.

Baptism is valid even by heretics if water and the Trinitarian formula are used. Rebaptism is forbidden, though conditional baptism is allowed in doubtful cases, under bishops or Church-approved guidance.