9/12/25 – Fr. Michael Copenhagen - Can Catholics Perform Secular Weddings?

Fr. Michael Copenhagen is a Melkite (Eastern Catholic) priest, husband, and father at St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Melkite Catholic Church in Gates, New York. He holds a Bachelor's of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome.

In Today's Show:

• What is the foundation for Marian consecration?
• Why wasn't Mary present at Jesus' tomb for the resurrection?
• Can Catholics perform secular weddings?
• Why is the church not calling out wokeness?
• Should we receive the Eucharist if we haven't been to confession?
• "Religions don't do the things they preach about."

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