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Seeing that one of the main goals of this apostolate is to clarify teachings and correct misperceptions about the One Church, Our Blessed Lord Jesus established on St. Peter, for the good of ALL faith-seekers, Christian and non-Christian alike:

Unless you state otherwise in your question, our dialogue will probably be put into the knowledge base. There can be a big plus. If you are in a tough situation, the more readers that know your name, the greater the probability more readers will pray for your situation.

If your question is of a personal nature and you wish to not be identified, we can substitute your name with Anonymous or a pseudo-name. Just tell me in the form below when asking the question.
You can also make up an alias name or similar name in line with your inquiry, like:

• WantToGetMarriedBut wrote:
• ButMyFamilyWontUnderstand wrote:
• SeekingButConfused wrote:
• WantToJoinBut wrote:
  
  or just use an anonymous name. If your name is Mike Humphrey use Thomas Allen or any random name. If using an Anonymous name, please specify your gender like either Amy Anonymous or Alex Anonymous.

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In addition, I will strive to change all e-mail dialogues of a deeply personal nature to Anonymous or a Fictitious Name wrote: before posting. I also exclude questions or portions of the question that are either irrelevant to the purpose and mission of the site, or that have already been answered.

If you are concerned about privacy issues, I would encourage you to use Anonymous or a fictional, made-up name to protect your identity. This way you protect your privacy while still educating other readers of our knowledge base postings.

Important Note: If you still do not want your question to be posted in our database, even with a fictional or changed name, after you enter your last name (below), type:

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Note: We have answered some questions at least 3 times or more, so if you don't get a reply in a while, search our knowledge base again. You will probably find the answer to your question.

The left navigation bar categorizes the issues by topic. We also have a NEW Frequently Asked Questions page. Please limit your questions to 4 to 5 per e-mail.

Based on the type of questions we have received over the past 11 years, we now have a (opens in a new window) "WILL NOT ANSWER" policy. These questioners make up less then 1 percent of the people that ask us questions about the Faith, so unless you fall into this category,
ask away and remember:

Remember, the only dumb question, is the one not asked.

DATELINE: February, 2012 Commenting On Specific People.

We will no longer be commenting on specific people unless they have passed on to their particular judgment. If you have concerns about how Catholic any person or group is, we would encourage you to ask these basic questions:

• Is this person or group, faithful to the Magisterium or Teaching Authority of the Church which includes the Pope?
• Does this person believe in the validity of both the Novus Ordo Mass and the Latin Mass?
• Does this person or group, believe all the teachings in the Catechism of the Catholic Church?
• Does this person believe in all the Catholic Councils from Nicaea to Vatican II?
  

PRIVACY AND COUNSELING ISSUES.

Our main goal at AskACatholic.com is to clarify misconceptions and answer questions about the Teachings and doctrines of the Catholic Church. Our focus: Internet Evangelization and Apologetics. Over the past thirteen years we have been evangelizing, we have received some questions that desire some type of "on-line counseling". We wish to make clear, those who answer your questions are not:

• licensed counselors
• doctors, or
• medical professionals, etc.

We can give advice, general guidelines and opinions, but the very best direction a person can take is to bring their concern to a local parish priest that is faithful to the Holy Father and the Teachings of the Church. He will have the ability to apply the total situation, the facts, realities, nuances, to Church Teaching and Canon Law.