5/19/25 - Fr. Anthony Amato - Is There A Dress Code For Attending Mass?

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:

• Are all Catholic marriages valid?
• At what moment exactly does 'sanatio in radice' happen?
• What is the difference between Thomas Aquinas's view of transubstantiation, and Blessed John Dunn Scotus'?
• When one is in mortal sin, and is absolved, do good works and prayers done become efficacious?
• Does the Bible mention the Americas?
• Do you have to wear the brown scapular that you were enrolled with, or can you use a new one?
• Following the election of a new pope, do the cardinals regain their previous curia posts?
• Is there a dress code for attending Mass?
• If a priest says "this is my body" over the chalice, and "my blood" over the bread, is the mass invalid?
• ​​If you have a regular confessor, can they reference your past confessions?
• Which inheritance is referred to in Mark 12:1-8?
• Is there ever a good reason to abstain from Holy Communion?

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