You can ask a question at the bottom of this page but please read the following first.

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.

None of us our doctors or medical people, so no part of any answer we provide should be construed as an attempt to offer or render any medical opinion or engage in the practice of medicine or other health care disciplines. The same is true with civil or legal issues. The only legal issues that would be addressed in our answers would be related to those found in the Canon Law of the Church.

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 an 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 three times or more, so if you don't get a reply in a while, search our knowledge base again.

Based on the type of questions we have received over the past 23 years, we now have a "WILL NOT ANSWER" policy. (It opens in a new window.) 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:

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?
  
  
• Does this person say, he or she is Catholic, but speaks and acts contrary to Catholic Teachings? (Meaning they are a Protestant.)
  

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 best place to bring a person's pastoral question or concern is to a local parish priest who is faithful to the Holy Father and Teachings of the Church. He will have the ability to apply the appropriate Church Teachings and Canon Law to your specific situation, facts, realities, nuances, etc.

DATELINE: August, 2024

When we first founded this group, I made it clear to everyone:

• Don't answer any question you don't feel comfortable answering..

So if your question wasn't answered:

• no one on the team was comfortable answering it OR
• we have already answered it, or a similar question a thousand times over, OR
• it may be in our FAQ posting page.