Jenna Marie Cooper, J.C.L.

Jenna Marie Cooper, who holds a licentiate in canon law, is a consecrated virgin and a canonist whose column appears weekly at OSV News. Send your questions to CatholicQA@osv.com. (Former "Question Corner" author Father Kenneth Doyle died Oct. 28, 2022. Father Doyle wrote the popular Catholic News Service “Question Corner” column for 11 years. May he rest in peace.)

What is the Catholic Church’s teaching on miracles?

July 10, 2025

Do I need to attend my territorial parish?

July 2, 2025

Is the parish administrator the same thing as a pastor?

June 19, 2025

When is it appropriate to say the St. Michael Prayer following the Mass?

June 12, 2025

What are my Easter duties?

May 14, 2025

Why do we need confession if Jesus’ death cleansed us from our sins?

April 23, 2025

Are there any saints who had a difficult relationship with the church?

April 9, 2025

What are the different kinds of sin?

March 19, 2025

Why can’t non-Catholics receive Communion?

March 12, 2025

Can you receive Communion twice in one day?

February 18, 2025

Is kneeling to receive Communion allowed?

January 30, 2025

Why do we baptize infants, and why was Jesus baptized?

January 22, 2025

Why is Mary’s perpetual virginity so controversial for Protestants?

January 15, 2025

What is the significance of a Jubilee Year?

January 8, 2025

Does marriage transcend death?

December 4, 2024

What’s the scriptural basis for praying for the dead and venerating relics?

November 20, 2024

What is an indulgence?

November 14, 2024

If most of us go to purgatory at death, are Catholics ‘saved?’

October 23, 2024

What are ‘non-sacramental’ marriages?

October 16, 2024

Why did God send Lucifer down to earth?

October 9, 2024

Why do Catholics emphasize the body more than the blood of Jesus in Communion reception?

October 2, 2024

Who can wear a clerical collar?

September 11, 2024

Should general absolution be a more regular practice?

September 4, 2024

What is the church’s position on cremation?

August 21, 2024

Why is confirmation a requirement to be a godparent? 

July 31, 2024