4/4/25 - Fr. Anthony Amato - Kansas City Black Mass: How Should Catholics React?

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. In Today's Show Who were the Nicolaitans in the book of Revelation and did Jesus hate them? Is it ok for lay faithful use blessed salt and oil for consumption? How are we to handle non-Catholic idolatrous places of worship? Is it wrong to pray with a helmet on if it is for safety? Why do bad things happen to good people, and good things happen to bad people? My daughter has been dating a Jewish man for a few years; can they be married validly? Is it a sin of sacrilege if the Host came out of my mouth because of a cough? Can a bishop prohibit public ad orientem worship for the novus ordo? Can you get in trouble for genuflecting and kissing the ring of a bishop who's in schism? What should a person do if they are scrupulous and lose their spiritual director? Is it wrong to use of birth control pills to treat acne? Why does God create people that he knows may be damned to hell? Why does God not send condemned souls to another Planet and give them another Chance? Are slip-ups regarding addiction to immoral images be considered mortal sin? While asleep I uttered something which did not make sense to me. What might this have been? How should a Catholic react and respond to the recent black mass held in Kansas? Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!