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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: Can Father explain this part of Ezikiel 28:9 - "Wilt thou yet say before them that slay thee: I am God; whereas thou art a man, and not God, in the hand of them that slay thee?" My three sons were all ra...

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 I am looking for work and they are asking me to work on Sabbath day. I know Sabbath Day is Sunday, but can I move it to another day? Or...

Fr. John-Mary Bowlin serves as Parish Priest at St. Jude Catholic Church in Gun Barrel City, Texas. He served in the U.S. Army and was ordained a priest in June of 2012.     In Today's Show: Father, if you miss a day during a 9 month novena, does that break the novena or can you just keep going? Why don't the extraordinary ministers have to wipe their hands with water after distributing Holy Commu...

Thank you for joining us for our 2 Hour, 1 Year Anniversary special! We're with Fr. John Brancich from the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter and Fr. Anthony Amato from the Diocese of Rochester. To get your question in for either of our priests, email us at priests@thestationofthecross.com In Today's Show Reminiscing on the past year. To do the First Fridays, do I have to go to a Mass specifically...

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 Why don't the congregation usually drink the Precious Blood? How to convince a young child to go to confession? Why do bad things happen, if we believe there is such a powerful God? As Catholics, if we have protestant or Orthodox friends, should we...

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 Update on how the Station of the Cross 25 Year Anniversary Conference went. For an upcoming election what should we do if both candidates are bad? Should we not vote? Is it venial sin to speed in traffic? Can you expl...

Fr. Charles Murr holds two Licentiates from the Gregorian University (philosophical anthropology and sacred theology), and a Master's Degree in psychology from NYU. He is notable as a recipient of the "Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World" award and the "Ten Outstanding Young Americans" award. Both honors were awarded in 1985. Father Murr was also a lifelong friend and personal assistant to...

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 Should the 10 Commandments be displayed in schools? How do I cooperate with God's graces? Why can't women be priests? How does celibacy practically work for a priest? Is crossdressing a sin? As an agnostic how can I find my faith again?...

Canon Stephen Sharpe, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at St. Joseph Oratory in Detroit, Michigan. He was ordained in 2020. In Today's Show Who would win a basketball contest between the FSSP, ICKSP, and the SSPX? Am I obligated to not attend a SSPX mass if there are other traditional options available? Did Jesus have ginger or red hair? What is a Wife/Mother's role in the family? Should Catholics...

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 Is same-sex attraction an attachment to sin? Can a person with same-sex attraction gain a plenary indulgence? What is the difference between the process of confession vs counseling? At what point does gossip become gravely sinful? Is it...

Canon Francis Altiere, ICKSP serves as Rector of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Oratory in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was ordained in 2014. In Today's Show Is it inappropriate to call a funeral mass a "celebration of life"? If my loved one lived a holy life is it still charitable to pray for his soul? Can we help a soul if he is already in heaven, is it still good to keep praying for him? I've heard th...

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 and the TAN Direction Blog. In Today's Show: Was divorce in the Mosaic Law a prelude to the "binding and loosing" the powers that Jesus gave the apostles? Did the Mosaic Law come fr...

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 Can the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and St. Gertrude be said on Rosary beads? Can a Missionary of Mercy priest dispense private vows? What exactly is a first-class relic? Is it wrong to ask God...

We're live now with Melkite Catholic Priest Fr. Michael Copenhagen and we're taking your questions on Catholic Bioethics! To get your question in for Father Copenhagen, call 1-877-511-5483 or email us at priests@thestationofthecross.com In Today's Show Should I attend AA meetings if they start to venture into some Semi-Anti-Catholic things? Does the Eastern Rite venerate the Roman Catholic Saints?...

Fr. Paul Born currently serves as the Parochial Vicar at Mary, Queen of Martyrs Parish in Plymouth, Massachusetts! In Today's Show: Are Jesus, Mary and maybe St. Joseph the only bodies that ascended into Heaven? If people go straight to heaven or purgatory when they die, then what is the purpose of the Last Judgement, if a decision has already been made? Can priests and other clergy go to public/c...

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 possible for someone who has same sex attraction to become a monk or friar but not a priest? Is it wrong to work on Holy days of obligation? During mass why would we say Benedicite as a response to...

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 Does the FSSP run a girl's camp like they do for boys? What is the process of laicizing a priest? Can regular priests have a full tonsure? (monk haircut) Could you explain what exactly is happening during the Transfiguration? How does a wedding work...

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: Does the ICKSP require you to be Catholic for a period of time before joining the seminary? Any advice to someone whose family is against them joining the priesthood? My priest in the confessional forgot the absolution. Que...

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 and the TAN Direction Blog. In Today's Show: What do they do with the canonization portrait that they use of the saint? Can Cum Sanctissima allow the feast day masses of new saints,...

Fr. Jonathan Romanoski, FSSP is Pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Providence, Rhode Island. He was ordained in 2008. In Today's Show Does the Devil attack priests and seminarians more than others? If the priest does not make it to mass, is the Eucharist still valid? I divorced and remarried the same woman outside of the Church, what should I do to rectify it? My friend who is at a different...

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 Say a quick prayer for a young mother who passed. If a robot kills you for being Catholic, does that count as martyrdom? Is being a furry against the Catholic Church? Guidance on the rift in my family do to my nephew being engaged to ano...

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 How should Catholics react to the "Last Supper" display at the Olympics? Is a new Roman Catholic Lectionary coming in 2025? My friend wants to know why she should confess her sins to a sinne...

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 Update on the health of Sister Agnes Sasagawa of Akita. I feel like I committed too many sins, how can I best return to the faith? What is Fr. Elias' opinion on the Synod of Synodality? What can a Godpare...

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 Can I call in sick, (even if I'm not) to take off during a Holy Day of Obligation? Is there a reason why my Spiritual Director is silent during our meeting? I've heard that China allows the Russian Eastern Catholic Ch...

Canon Francis Altiere, ICKSP serves as Rector of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Oratory in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was ordained in 2014. In Today's Show Is it possible to give someone who fully paralyzed communion thru a feeding tube? What exactly makes a heretic, are protestants heretics? Does civil or secular authority have the right to punish heretics? Is reading murder mysteries and psychologica...