Questions about Holy Orders and the Priesthood. 
                                                                                                                            
                        
    
    
    
                         
                        
                       
                                                                                                
                                                                                          
 
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     
                                                                                           
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                                                                                  April   2025 
                                                                                  If the priest can bless water for  Baptism, why can't he bless the  oils used in the other sacraments?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                  August 2024 
                                                                                  Could clerics       like the Sanhedrin, be serving the Church  as in Jesus' time and was Luther a priest?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     August 2023 
                                                                                     Seeing that  Jesus also had women disciples why, in John 20:21-23, why were only men given the authority to forgive sins?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     January 2023 
                                                                                     What do you suggest for someone who wants to be a priest but has no college experience nor money for a theology degree?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     January 2023 
                                                                                     Why aren't women also invited to have their feet washed during the Holy Thursday Mass of Holy Week?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     August 2022 
                                                                                     Why aren't women invited to have their feet washed at Holy Thursday Mass during Holy Week?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     August 2022 
                                                                                     Will not having my First Communion certificate prevent me from getting into the seminary?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     April 2022 
                                                                                     What  order(s) are Catholic priests and are they any different than those of the Old Testament?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     April 2022 
                                                                                     Can a person become a priest if they have  some facial deformation or defect?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     April 2022 
                                                                                     Why are there pictures of people and statues in churches, can priests wear beards, should men's heads be uncovered and what's the purpose of the Catechism?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     August 2021 
                                                                                     Does this kind of professional ethics code apply to  priest-confessors and spiritual directors?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     August 2021 
                                                                                     Since it is a higher vocation, will  those who are priests and religious  get a higher level of sanctity?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     January 2021 
                                                                                     Can you answer some questions about your priesthood for a student at Don Bosco Technical?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     January 2020 
                                                                                     Can I cut my prayers short for a good reason, can I have two callings; and do we heal all the time?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     January 2020 
                                                                                     Can a convert from Buddhism with a homosexual  history be considered for the religious life?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     August 2019 
                                                                                     Can a Reverend marry in Christianity and   what limitations, if any, does a married clergy have?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     April 2019 
                                                                                     Do you know  a source that confirms that a married Catholic priest can never hold the title 'pastor'?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     August 2018 
                                                                                     Why don't priests marry?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     January 2018 
                                                                                     Can a person with Asperger's syndrome become a priest?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     January 2018 
                                                                                     Where are we biblically told to have priests, where are  the qualifications, and  who are overseers?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     August 2017 
                                                                                     Can you answer questions on the Catholic view of celibacy and abstaining from sex until marriage?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     April 2017 
                                                                                     What is a canon priest?  
                                                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                     January 2017 
                                                                                     Does the New Rite of Episcopal Consecration by Pope Paul VI meet the  criteria for validity?