1. How is it possible to refuse a law coming from the Church, such as the change of “for many” into “for all” in the consecration of the Precious Blood at Mass?
2. Could a U.S. attack on Iraq be considered a just war?
3. How should a traditional Catholic plan for retirement?
4. Why are there different translations of Genesis 3:15, some indicating that the woman’s seed will crush the serpent’s head, and others that His Mother herself who will do it?
5. Before Vatican II, did the Church accept Protestant baptisms?
6. Why does the Society of Saint Pius X administer conditionally the sacraments of baptism and confirmation to those who have received them in the Novus Ordo?
7. Why is it that the priests of the Society do not send faithful who have grounds of annulment to the local diocesan tribunal?
8. Is the Novus Ordo Mass invalid, or sacrilegious, and should I assist at it when I have no alternative?
9. Can a traditional Catholic go to Confession to a Novus Ordo priest?
10. Is the upcoming October canonization of Mgr. Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer to be considered infallible or not?
11. Could you please explain the discrepancies in the ceremonies for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday that I see in different traditional chapels?
12. Does a Saturday evening “vigil” Mass satisfy the Sunday obligation?
13. Is a Sedevacantist to be considered a non-Catholic?
14. Some physicians use the text of Pope John Paul II’s Address to International Congress on Transplants, dated August 29, 2000 to justify “cadaveric” organ transplantation. Can we accept this?
15. Some people have stated that Cardinal Ratzinger’s decree overturning the “excommunication” of the Hawaii 6 is not a precedent, and does not apply equally to other Catholics who attend the Society’s Masses. Is this true?
16. What was the reasoning behind the suppressing of many Vigils and Octaves under Pope Pius XII?
17. Is a Catholic in mortal sin if he allows more than one year to pass since his last confession?
18. Is it permissible for a traditional Catholic to teach in a public school?
19. What is liberalism?
20. What is collegiality?
21. Are Catholics bound in conscience to accept all Papal teachings, or just infallible teachings?
22. What is Ecumenism?
23. Does the Society of Saint Pius X promote Nocturnal Adoration in the home?
24. Should a traditional Catholic plan his or her retirement?
25. Are the Masses of Thuc-line priests valid, and can we attend them?
26. Is it possible to state that the Pope has failed to completely transmit the deposit of the Faith without being a schismatic?
27. Is it true that the Church frowns on the use of Gothic vestments, preferring the Roman cut?
28. I was told that the Church’s law permits Catholics to satisfy their Sunday obligation at a schismatic orthodox ceremony, and that this was the case both before and after Vatican II. Is this true?

Catechism

1. Why do Catholics not eat meat on Fridays?
2. When in confession, should a Catholic mention that he is a member of a third order, or that he has made the total consecration to Our Lady?
3. Should I refuse to speak to my daughter, who is living in sin with her boyfriend?
4. Is it true that a heretic, who does not believe in the Real Presence, can have the intention of doing what the Church does, and celebrate a valid Mass?
5. Can St. Teresa of Avila, St. Catherine of Sienna and St. Therese of the Child Jesus be considered Doctors of the Church?
6. How can I get my four year old to participate in our daily Rosary?
7. Is a marriage valid if a couple agrees beforehand to limit the number of children by artificial birth control or natural family planning?
8. Why is sterilization immoral, and is a reversal procedure ever necessary?
9. Is it a mortal sin to refuse one’s husband or wife the marital debt?
10. Would a person with Celiac disease be protected by transubstantiation from being harmed by gluten in the host?
11. Is a Catholic in mortal sin if he allows more than one year to pass since his last confession?
12. Does the Church approve of surgery for an ectopic pregnancy?
13. Is one allowed to study on Sunday?
14. Can a Catholic in conscience declare bankruptcy, and if so can he consider his debts as forgiven?
15. Is it wise to give children pocket money?
16. Should the mother or the father be responsible for teaching children their catechism?
17. Did Jesus have a brother named James?
18. Is it permissible for representatives to vote in favor or a law banning partial abortion, but permitting some exceptions, such as the protection of the life of the mother?
19. Is it wrong to be an organ donor?
20. Is it licit to allow one’s children to be vaccinated for rubella with vaccine manufactured with the help of fetal cells from aborted babies?
21. How should Catholics view dancing?
22. What is the authority of Canon Law?
23. How can a person go to Hell for lying too long in bed on a Sunday or deliberately eating a slice of ham on a day of abstinence?
    

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