Patrick answers listener questions about confession, mortal sin, faith and works, if using profanity is a sin and what the Church teaches about Halloween

• Art – I went back to confession after 3 years but I remembered later that I forgot some. Do I need to confess them and how often should I go to confession?
• Jay – Is a priest required to receive at Mass if he knows he’s in mortal sin?
• Barbara – Where in the Bible does it talk about both faith and works?
• Blessed Sacrament found intact in tabernacle of church burned by armed men in Cameroon
• Veronica – Can I celebrate the day of the dead?
• Jorge – How can I become more knowledgeable in the bible for Bible studies? Patrick recommends “The Great Adventure Bible Study” by Jeff Cavins
• Tom – Is bringing up of Gifts by Lay People in the liturgy optional?
• Patrick answers an email about using profanity and how using explicatives is the same as verbal violence
• David – Should the church teach against Halloween?

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