The Gospels place emphasis on the Samaritans (for example, in the parable of the Good Samaritan). Who were they and why were they important?
• What is the difference between a rabbi and a Jewish priest? In the Gospels were these two ways of referring to a single office? • My wife is studying with Jehovah’s Witnesses, and they have convinced her that celebrating birthdays is a pagan custom and not something Christians should do. She refuses to allow our children to celebrate their birthdays. What should I do? • Why won’t Jehovah’s Witnesses accept blood transfusions, even when their lives are in jeopardy? • Secularists have the American Civil Liberties Union, and Protestants have the Rutherford Foundation, but are there any Catholic legal defense organizations to protect the legal and civil rights of Catholics? Are there any organizations to make sure they get their ecclesial rights within the Church? • I’ve heard that when a man leaves the priesthood, he undergoes a process called “laicization,” which takes away his priestly powers, making him a regular layman. Is this correct? • What can you tell me about the book Poem of
