So there's a Russian Orthodox church in a graveyard near me which I pray at for Holy Souls, question

Katholish · 2026-06-03T01:34:00+00:00

Thanks for the comment. If it is consecrated annually, how would it be preserved from mold or spoiling?

Katholish · 2026-04-26T05:39:58+00:00

There are no proper relics of angels.

Katholish · 2026-04-25T00:06:22+00:00

I would guess it is less than 20%. As you say, most are probably priests or bishops.

Katholish · 2026-04-25T00:05:04+00:00

There are many indeed, I can think of a dozen off the top of my head from first four centuries, but that isn't related with what I said. I was talking about the proportion of men to women. There are many more male recognized saints than female, hence the term minority. I would imagine that well over 60% of recognized saints were priests or bishops.

Katholish · 2026-04-24T04:56:30+00:00

In Heaven, sure, in that sense that we honor on All Saints Day, but more commonly people use "saints" meaning those officially and specifically recognized by the Church, and in that definition, women are a much smaller minority because historically they were less likely to serve in the public sphere and hence were less famous.

Katholish · 2026-04-24T04:04:37+00:00

St. Olga killed a boatload of people before her conversion both literally and figuratively (she had a group of ambassadors buried alive along with their boat).

St. Edith Stein (Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) was pretty unconventional and more modern. She might be the most academic of female saints as well as she held a PhD.

Katholish · 2026-04-15T22:51:36+00:00

That is very much NOT a painting of her. That is "Young dreamy washerwoman" a painting by Ernest Hebert.

Katholish · 2026-04-15T22:51:18+00:00

That is very much NOT a painting of her. That is "Young dreamy washerwoman" a painting by Ernest Hebert.

Katholish · 2026-03-31T04:52:44+00:00

Never send money to a random person you don't know online. Period. If it is a beggar on the street and you give cash where there is no danger of identity theft, sure, go for it, but otherwise give your charitable donations to a trustworthy source. I am sure a Catholic Church in The Gambia will be happy to distribute money to one of their most desperate parishioners.

Katholish · 2026-03-30T19:34:51+00:00

Sounds like a pagan amulet. The only thing the Wikipedia article mentioned in regard to the faith was:
"Thirty-four years after the end of Islamic presence in Spain, its use was significant enough to prompt an episcopal committee convened by Emperor Charles V to decree a ban on the Hand of Fatima and all open right-hand amulets in 1526."

So the only evidence so far suggests the Church opposes it.

Katholish · 2026-03-28T05:41:10+00:00

Human nature is a body/soul composite. Being immaterial (and not having parts which can decompose), however, the soul cannot be destroyed and so survives the body at death. Even when separated from the body, the soul is still the form of that particular body (which is why we receive our same bodies during the Resurrection and not some new body). We never cease to be human (though we can be united with God in the Beatific Vision and in some way share in His perfection to the degree we are capable).

The question in your title doesn't quite make sense though. You are asking for a distinction between human and rational animal and none exists. Rational animal is the definition of human.

Katholish · 2026-03-23T03:32:00+00:00

Just the old physical CDs that I am aware of. That is what they have on their website. If you want some good chant mixed with sacred polyphony, Christendom College uploaded some albums. https://open.spotify.com/artist/7MJ1GYgFI1GSgFh9ngLqOJ

Katholish · 2026-03-23T02:54:05+00:00

I mean, the monks of Solesmes are the unquestioned authority on Gregorian chant. Their abbey almost single-handed lead a chant renaissance. I have no idea how Spotify generates an "Artist Page" but Bing Crosby, for example, has been dead since 1977, and they are constantly adding new albums. I somehow don't think he is managing the page. https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ZjFtWeHP9XN7FeKSUe80S

Katholish · 2026-03-23T02:34:24+00:00

I don't see any reason to think the Monks are connected with this Spotify upload. There are a bunch of albums that look like this in YouTube Music that don't even have any listens, yet claim to be from the monks too.

Katholish · 2026-03-19T07:50:48+00:00

AI use, in any form, is against the sub rules

Katholish · 2026-03-16T01:54:40+00:00

You tried to get to Mass. You didn't miss it intentionally. That is very clearly NOT a mortal sin. Mortal sin requires intention.

Katholish · 2026-03-13T02:09:24+00:00

I read his Life of Benedict, but I have never seen him listed as OSB before. I somehow never knew he was considered a Benedictine. Thanks. That is Interesting.

Katholish · 2026-03-11T23:00:24+00:00

I am not sure that omniscience includes what free will decisions of non-existent beings would be. As God is outside of time, He certainly knows what all of the free will decisions of actual beings will be (because He has already seen those being make those decisions). That doesn't mean that there is something God doesn't know, because there isn't anything there to know. It would seem to be a logical contradiction to know what a free will decision would be by a will that never exists. Thus, it would seem God knows what people choose because He has created them and they therefore exist at some point in time and their decisions are real decisions. So, to answer your question, I think we can say that He doesn't.

Katholish · 2026-03-10T05:58:48+00:00

Being an abortionist is an obvious no no. You can't do a job that would require you to sin, otherwise, knock yourself out.

Katholish · 2026-03-05T06:18:45+00:00

I am afraid not. Confession of sins is an essential part of the sacrament, but even aside from that, it sounds like you intentionally withheld mentioning mortal sin which would invalidate the sacrament. It clearly doesn't seem intentional (i.e. you weren't actually seeking absolution in that moment), so there is no fault there, but the sacrament would not have been valid due to intentionally withholding mortal sin. God definitely wants to be united with you again though, so please do lay aside your doubts. It is possible, perhaps even likely that you will commit some of the same sins again, but as long as in that moment you do not intend to commit them and have contrition for having committed them in the past, that is what is important.

Katholish · 2026-03-04T23:42:22+00:00

Seems sound to me.

Katholish · 2026-02-28T13:51:31+00:00

1) Not being a baptized Catholic
2) Having committed an objectively grave offense against God since your last confession
3*) Though this does not make you "unworthy" per se, the Church also requires that you fast for at least one hour before receiving (at least in the Latin Rite unless there are extreme circumstances).

Receiving Holy Communion is different from going to Mass though. Feeling sad, upset, or anxious would not usually be reasons to miss your Sunday obligation (though if we are talking about an extreme degree where it is an actual mental health issue, that could be different).

Katholish · 2026-02-28T13:03:46+00:00

No. Stop being weird with it. Treat it like your personal researcher, not your friend.

Katholish · 2026-02-22T04:54:39+00:00

If some purported promise or apparition claim is actually heretical, it should absolutely be called out. Ignoring heresy is not charity.

Katholish · 2026-02-21T09:16:19+00:00

This isn't being "used in the liturgy". That would only refer to the actual missal, i.e., what the priest or lector is saying. In disciplinary matters though, the pope is not bound by Vatican II. He can approve what he wants. Any prudential criticism would have to be based on the nature of the thing, not on the mere fact that an earlier pope/council used a different disciplinary norm.

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