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 [email protected]. (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.)

Who raised Jesus?

February 4, 2021

Baptism and marriage of parents; Suicide and the Catholic Church

January 28, 2021

Splitting revenue: Parish and diocese; How are non-Catholics forgiven?

January 21, 2021

How to ‘bless the Lord’?; Sacrifice as substitute for Friday abstinence

January 14, 2021

Kneel, sit or stand?

January 7, 2021

Eucharist in mortal sin

December 23, 2020

Pope Francis and civil unions

December 17, 2020

Distracted in prayer; Pray for president-elect?

December 10, 2020

Go back to parish or not?

December 3, 2020

‘For all’ or ‘for many’; Meaning of ‘few are chosen’

November 24, 2020

General absolution during COVID-19?

November 19, 2020

New marriage without death certificate

November 12, 2020

Marrying an ‘anti-Catholic’

November 5, 2020

Catholics and voting

October 29, 2020

Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit

October 22, 2020

What is true forgiveness?

October 15, 2020

Jews and baptismal sponsors

October 8, 2020

Sacraments for divorced and remarried?

October 1, 2020

Disposing of religious articles

September 24, 2020

Responsibility re: lesbian friend – Was dispensation necessary?

September 17, 2020

Status of women deacons – Stand or kneel for Communion?

September 10, 2020

Shouldn’t churches be ‘essential’?

September 3, 2020

Death as consequence of sin – Distractions in prayer

August 27, 2020

Meaning of original sin – Obligation for televised Mass?

August 20, 2020

Natural phenomena at death of Christ – King James Bible

August 13, 2020