Where Did the Feast of the Seven Fishes Come From?
The custom of eating fish for Christmas is more a practice in certain ethnic communities rather than a mandate by the Catholic Church. The roots…
How do cultural innovations within the church start?
Question: I was in Africa and saw a bunch of priests and parishioners dancing and the offertory procession went on for a much longer time.…
Why do women no longer have to have their head covered while at mass?
Why do women no longer have to have their head covered while at mass? And why do some still do it? There has long been…
I teach religion in a secular college and have been asked to teach a course on Catholicism. What should I cover over the course of the semester?
I teach religion in a secular college and have been asked to teach a course on Catholicism. I’m obviously somewhat limited here so what should…