How Should We Combat Hate?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
March 13, 2026
How do we overcome the small, everyday negativities that can build up and weigh us down?
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Pat McCloskey, OFM
Pat McCloskey, OFM, is the Franciscan advisor for St. Anthony Messenger and the writer of its "Ask a Franciscan" column.
Jews and the Death Penalty
Pat McCloskey, OFM
March 12, 2026
The Jewish leaders brought Jesus before Pilate because they said their law would not allow them to put anyone to death. However, earlier in the same Gospel, they were planning to stone a woman caught in adultery. Wasn’t this a death sentence?
God’s Kingdom: What Is It?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
March 11, 2026
Does kingdom of God refer to a place, a church, a new culture based on the beatitudes, or any situation in which the presence of Jesus is experienced?
No Funeral Mass for a Cremated Person?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
March 10, 2026
What is the Church’s official stance on cremation?
Inner and Outer Beauty
Pat McCloskey, OFM
March 9, 2026
Should a laywoman use artificial beauty aids such as hair coloring, nails, eyelashes, or makeup?
Worship God Alone
Pat McCloskey, OFM
March 8, 2026
Francis knew that idolatry was the key sin in the Old Testament.
Is the Church the ‘Pillar of Truth’?
Pat McCloskey, OFM
March 6, 2026
One Catholic evangelist on TV is very fond of describing the Catholic Church as the “pillar of truth.” Doesn’t that make the Catholic Church greater than the Bible? Where in the Bible is the Church described that way?