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Fr. William Rock, FSSP serves as Parochial Vicar at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was ordained in October of 2019 and serves as a regular contributor to the FSSP North America Missive Blog. In Today's Show: Are elves in the Santa myth giving it a pagan slant? How can one repair the damages caused by getting a vasectomy? In my missal it mentions what a priest should sa...

Fr. Paul Born currently serves as the Parochial Vicar at Mary, Queen of Martyrs Parish in Plymouth, Massachusetts. In Today's Show: How should we read about the resurrection of the body? As an OCIA student how do I confront my parish priest if he wrong about baptism? Since doing drugs is a mortal sin, does that mean that addicts are damned? If you could only listen to three songs for the rest of y...

Canon Benjamin Norman, ICKSP currently serves as Chaplain of the ICKSP Oakland Apostolate at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Oakland, California. He was ordained in 2018. In Today's Show: What are the different reasons for using incense throughout the mass? If there was an emergency where the priest had to leave as soon as mass ended, is he allowed to keep his vestments on? My mother isn't a...

Fr. Daniel Alloy, FSSP has served as Parochial Vicar at Regina Caeli Parish in Houston, Texas since July of 2022. He was ordained in June of 2020. In Today's Show I married outside the Church and my husband was only baptized, what must I do to reunite with the Church? Can it ever be advisable to limit contact with your family? What do you do if someone refuses to interact with your when you disagr...

Fr. Elias Mary Mills, F.I. served as Rector of the Shrine Church at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Lacrosse, Wisconsin from 2016 to 2021. He was ordained in May of 2000. In Today's Show Happy St. Patrick's Day I heard a story with the CCP in China's governmental Church made a Bible where they said Jesus killed the woman who sinned. The Norbertines took over the Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine...

We're live now with Fr. Jason Charron, Ukrainian Catholic Priest who currently serves two parishes in the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma In Today's Show What are the rules for Roman Catholics attending a service at an Eastern Rite church? What is a proto-deacon in the Eastern Rite? Are there different vestments to distinguish a deacon from a proto-deacon? How often are Easte...

Canon Stephen Sharpe, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at St. Joseph Shrine in Detroit, Michigan. He was ordained in 2020.   In Today's Show With the Feast of St. Joseph approaching, could you share some of your favorite devotions to him? Can you shed some light on the difference of taking care of our health and how some saints died of exhaustion? How do we balance the two? Images of St. Joseph's S...

Canon Michael Stein, ICKSP serves as Rector at Old St. Patrick Oratory in Kansas City, Missouri. He was ordained in 2010. In Today's Show Update on the Kansas City branch of the ICSKP Is getting zealously angry at those who blaspheme and misrepresent our Faith a sin in itself? Why can't I take home the baptismal water? What is the best way to handle receiving communion while you have a cough? How...

Fr. Joseph Dalimata, FSSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Immaculate Conception Church in El Paso, Texas. He was ordained in May of 2021. In Today's Show How is Father's Lent going?* Can you explain the Catholic teaching on marital debt? If there were three books you could have every Catholic read, what would they be?* If a Catholic isn't ready for confession yet. Can they receive a blessing during c...

Fr. Anthony Amato is the Pastor of St. Peter's Parish in Clifton Springs, New York. He was ordained as a priest in June of 2017 by Bishop Salvatore Matano of the Diocese of Rochester, New York. In Today's Show What is a Melkite priest? My sister says she finds it hard to forgive, should I leave it in God's hands? My sister is getting a PhD in LGBT studies, how should I handle this? Why did Mary ap...

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019. In Today's Show: How do we know that we committed gluttony? How do we explain the beginning and current state of the Holy Trinity? Can I use beef protein powder on Friday? Why did God make the path to Heaven so narrow? What do other "Christ...

Fr. John Brancich, FSSP is the pastor of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was ordained into the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter in 2004. In Today's Show When we fast or abstain on Friday. Can we have meat or stop fasting at sundown or does it have to be midnight? What are some of the important books of the Bible to read during Lent? Should the Bible be a daily read? S...

Canon Benjamin Norman, ICKSP currently serves as Chaplain of the ICKSP Oakland Apostolate at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church in Oakland, California. He was ordained in 2018. In Today's Show: Is it a sin to read a fortune cookie? Is reliance to medication a barrier to join the ICKSP? What would bar some people from becoming a priest in the ICKSP? Would ADHD be a barrier? Are images of men without...

Fr. Daniel Alloy, FSSP has served as Parochial Vicar at Regina Caeli Parish in Houston, Texas since July of 2022. He was ordained in June of 2020. In Today's Show As a Catholic can I attend a funeral at the American Legion Club? What is the significance of the pom pom on a FSSP priest's biretta? Does the FSSP do private funeral masses? Is it okay to use the aspergillum or other mass objects for hi...

Canon Stephen Sharpe, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at St. Joseph Shrine in Detroit, Michigan. He was ordained in 2020. In Today's Show What is your favorite type of Pączki? What does Canon give up for Lent? Now that the index of forbidden books doesn't exist anymore how do we know what media to avoid? Any advice for Lenten practices for pregnant and nursing mothers? Are fertilized chicken eggs...

Fr. William Rock, FSSP serves as Parochial Vicar at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was ordained in October of 2019 and serves as a regular contributor to the FSSP North America Missive Blog. In Today's Show: Is it okay to have food with 0 calories during the Eucharistic Fast? Can you say the Mass for the Holy Face on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday? If a Catholic coup...

Fr. John Brancich, FSSP is the pastor of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was ordained into the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter in 2004. In Today's Show What are the proper actions needed if a relationship between a parishioner and a priest has gotten too close? Where did the notion that the Church was born at Pentecost come from? Can you try to attain power by dubiou...

Canon Luke Zignego, ICKSP serves as Chaplain of Saint Joseph Oratory in the Diocese of Gary, Indiana. He was ordained in 2018. In Today's Show Why did the altar rails go away? Is it wrong to not believe in any private revelation? How to deal with the argument that Jesus was sexist to exclude women from the priesthood? How to deal with the morality of voting when many of the candidates aren't great...

Fr. Joseph Dalimata, FSSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Immaculate Conception Church in El Paso, Texas. He was ordained in May of 2021. In Today's Show By telling my relatives about the Catholic Church do they lose their invincible ignorance? Where is it in the Bible that Jesus said that we can declare people saints? How can we bring back LGBT people back to God? In the Apostles Creed, why do we sa...

Fr. Anthony Amato is the Pastor of St. Peter's Parish in Clifton Springs, New York. He was ordained as a priest in June of 2017 by Bishop Salvatore Matano of the Diocese of Rochester, New York. In Today's Show Since the 10 Commandments are part of Natural Law, why do we need Catechism? Was God cruel to Abraham by "tricking" him into thinking that he had to sacrifice Issac? If Jesus overturned the...

Fr. Michael Copenhagen is a Catholic husband, father, and a priest at St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Melkite Catholic Church in Gates, New York. He holds a Bachelors of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. In Today's Show Welcome back and Father's recovery. Can Catholics buy icons from Orthodox shops? How does repentance and confession differ in the Eastern...

Fr. Paul Born currently serves as the Parochial Vicar at Mary, Queen of Martyrs Parish in Plymouth, Massachusetts. In Today's Show: How should we think of puritans, as Catholics? What preparation should a Catholic take for Ash Wednesday in terms of disposition? Is the Church's Birthday on Pentecost or the Annunciation? Someone I know wants to fast for all 40 days of lent, is this a good idea? Can...

Fr. John Brancich, FSSP is the pastor of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was ordained into the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter in 2004. In Today's Show What are some tips to offer things up and suffer well? Were the baptisms from St. John the Baptist invalid? What is the difference between active self-defense in a war situation versus revenge? Does Manifest Destiny h...

Brother Matthew is a religious brother in the order of The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, based in MA. He also works on the weekly radio series and quarterly magazine From the Housetops. In Today's Show About From the Housetops. Tell us about your order, The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Where did the name The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary come from? What led you to joi...

Canon Stephen Sharpe, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at St. Joseph Shrine in Detroit, Michigan. He was ordained in 2020. In Today's Show Current Canadian/American hockey rivalry. How can I get my adult children to start praying and come to church? If God knows the future, how do we reconcile the notion of us having free will? Is receiving communion on the hand not blessed like communion on the to...