Tag Archives: validity

What’s Required for a Valid Ordination?

Q1.  Can a deacon be ordained to the priesthood, less than six months after his ordination to the diaconate?  For example, a congregation or diocese is urgently in need of priests, can their ordinary actually anticipate it and release an … Continue reading

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Addiction and Marriage Validity

Q: Can alcoholism, or some other addiction, invalidate a Catholic marriage? I’m asking this question because my divorced daughter is starting the annulment process.  She spoke with someone at the marriage tribunal, who I gather is expected to help her … Continue reading

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Confession, and General Absolution (Repost)

This piece has been reposted repeatedly over the years during the Christmas season–because incredibly, the illegal abuse of General Absolution by some parish clergy is still happening!  Thus it makes sense to repost it yet again.  A very happy and … Continue reading

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Overdoing the Anointing of the Sick

Q: I attended Sunday Mass while on vacation … the priest preached about the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.  Here are some of the statements he made. “We all need to receive this sacrament.” “Anointing is not just for … Continue reading

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Does an Excommunicated Priest Administer Valid Sacraments? (Part II)

(Part I of this article was posted on April 28, 2022, and can be read here.) We have been discussing a scenario described to us by John, who wanted to know if his confirmation was administered invalidly.  John was concerned … Continue reading

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