Fr. Anthony Amato is the Pastor of St. Peter's Parish in Clifton Springs, New York. He was ordained as a priest in June of 2017 by Bishop Salvatore Matano of the Diocese of Rochester, New York.

 

 

• Why were the Apocrypha taken out of protestant Bibles? If you have the time, could you explain why each of the seven specific chapters were taken out?
• Where can I find specific instructions for the laity on when to stand, sit, kneel, genuflect, and make the sign of the cross?
• Can a Priest celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in a state of mortal sin?
• I belong to the Old-style Church of the True Orthodox Christians of Greece (the Synod of Chrysostom), but as far as I understand, even among the new-style Orthodox Churches it is considered schismatic. Can I convert to Catholicism in the same way as Orthodox New Churches that are recognized by the Roman Catholic Church do, and will I have any different status from believers who have converted to Catholicism?
• Is serving as an administrator strictly reserved to the priest, or can those duties be split between the priest and a layperson?
• I've heard that there's "nothing new under the sun." I'm of the firm belief that all the issues society is facing are reincarnations of early heresies already condemned by the Church. What are your thoughts?
• I was at Mass and a host dropped on the floor. What to do in that situation? And, how can I respectfully speak with the priest about this?
• I'm in the middle of a cross-country move and I wanted to know if it's permissible for me to be working on something like that on a Sunday?
• When it comes to Jesus' resurrection, we have a lot of testimony from His disciples about what happened, but do we have anything more in the way of scientific evidence? The only thing I can think of is the Shroud of Turin, which we can't be certain is the actual shroud of Jesus. What are your thoughts on the shroud?

 

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