I know that there is a point where the Church allows a doctor/nurse/family to stop giving someone treatment when there is no hope. Can you explain how this is different to euthansia?

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Dear Fr. John,

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Over the past few years I have drifted away from the Catholic Church. I desperately want my faith back, but I don’t know where to start. Do you have any advice?

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Father, I've often wondered what was God's ultimate purpose for us and creation. I'm not sure anyone in the clergy can really give a right answer. You and I (clergy or not) are finite. I believe that God created all that is. But, has anyone ever gotten an answer that humans can understand as to why? What is God's ultimate purpose for us and the rest of creation?

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I have heard many people say that liturgical dance is forbidden everywhere, and I have also heard that liturgical dance is allowed in some countries in Africa, because in their culture dance is a form of prayer. Could you clarify the Church's official teaching on this?

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Father, is consuming the Eucharist a form of cannibalism, as the Eucharist is the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ?

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When we ask our friends or fellow Christians to pray for a person or a situation is prayer exempt from the category of gossip? Or are some prayers too much like gossip?

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What was Jesus' body like after the Resurrection - was he more like an angel, or a man? And will our bodies be like His in Heaven?

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I know the twelve apostles and those they ordained had the power to absolve sins. But I was wondering when did confession as we know it officially come around?

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I am new to the Catholic Church. I cannot find anywhere in the New Testament that Peter, or any other Apostle, "outranked" any of the other Apostles. If Peter had become Pope, why does the Bible not say so?

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