11/21/25 - Canon Sharpe, ICKSP - How Do We Explain Death to a Child?

Canon Stephen Sharpe, ICKSP, serves as Parochial Vicar at St. Joseph Shrine in Detroit, Michigan. He was ordained in 2020.

In Today's Show:

• Why doesn't the Church obligate non-cohabitation?
• Why can a person who is not married in a Catholic ceremony receive communion?
• Where was St. Joseph buried?
• What is the Church's teaching on DNR orders?
• How do we explain death to our young children?
• How did Canon Sharpe explore his vocation?
• Why is the ICKSP not in Texas?
• When a candle is blessed, is the glass it's encased in blessed too?
• Why do parishes limit the number of intentions and votive masses?
• Do the 15 promises of the rosary need all three mysteries said?

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