12/16/24 - Fr. Anthony Amato - Must Catholics Believe that Mary’s Labor was Painless?

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

• I had a friend who was a witch that gave me a gift, should I keep it?
• Is being an empath an acceptable gift to have in the eyes of the Church?
• Is the painless birth of Jesus a teaching that is a required belief for Catholics?
• Are there particular prayers we should say after receiving communion?
• How do you decide what penance you should give as a confessor?
• What was St. Malachy's prophecy, and should we take it seriously?
• Does the Church allow the sanctuary/altar candles to be electric?
• What happens when you remember sins that you didn't remember to confess?
• Is it okay to attend the Saturday vigil for Sunday obligation, even if it wasn't a practice earlier in the Church?
• Is it okay to pray the rosary during mass?

USCCB 2018 newsletter, Committee on Divine Worship (Candles and Beeswax)

Marialis Cultus by Pope Paul VI: For the Right Ordering and Development of Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary

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