Protestants often accuse Catholics of praying to dead people. “Why do you pray to dead people?” they say. “They’re dead; they can’t hear you.” Are they right, or is their concept of death terribly mistaken? In continuation of the series on “One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church,” Justin Hibbard explains what Catholics mean when they pray to the saints and why they do it.

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SHOW NOTES:

* Video - Council of Trent: Can the Saints in Heaven Hear our Prayers?

* Video - Ask Bishop Baron: Why Pray to the Saints?

* Video - Pints with Aquinas: Do Catholics Pray to Saints?

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