Returning Catholics FAQs: Less Than Welcoming Priests

O n Mondays, I answer questions frequently asked by those considering a return to the Catholic Church. How do I know this stuff? I was away for more than 30 years myself, and am the co-author of When They Come Home: Ways to Welcome Returning Catholics , a book for pastors and parish leaders interested in this ministry.

I made an appointment with a priest. I got a big lecture about being divorced and remarried and about how I should live with my spouse as brother and sister until the whole thing...