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#11644 Ask Me Anything - Tim Staples

Questions Covered: 12:44 – I’ve been feeling a pull to the TLM. Why do they have animosity toward the Divine Mercy? 23:09 – How can you figure out what you need to believe as a Catholic? 29:22 – Regarding Tims article on unconditional...

#11643 Ask Me Anything - Joe Heschmeyer

Questions Covered: 18:14 – The Jewish nation ruled under Maccabees were friends with the Romans. What happened that led the Romans to conquer the Jews? 22:31 – How do I approach my teenage kids about the Eucharist? 32:48 – Regarding Plenary Indulgences, what...

#11642 Sharing the Good News - Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers

Questions Covered: 14:29 – Why do Catholics have a conversion to believing in the teachings while people who convert to Protestant faiths convert it through no longer drinking, doing drugs, etc.?  29:41 – Should I be sharing my testimony?  37:47 – I want...

#11641 Good Discipline Makes Great Teens - Dr. Ray Guarendi

Questions Covered: 17:25 – I feel like I don’t have enough time with 6 kids. 46:57 – I bought your book and helped me. …

#11640 Ask Me Anything - Jimmy Akin

#11639 Ask Me Anything - Jimmy Akin

#11638 Ask Me Anything: Catholicism - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered: 03:06 – How do you rebut James Sterba’s new logical argument from evil? 07:49 – Do you have any resources I could use when returning to the Catholic faith? I feel like I have a heart of stone? 14:19 – How...

#11637 Remedies Against Sadness of the Soul - Joe Wurtz

Questions Covered: 24:44 – I’m a doctor and want to give some insight as well. 32:12 – Could you explain more what you mean by sadness if the soul? 47:30 – Could you offer more resources? …

#11636 Flannel Panel - Christopher Check

Topics Covered: 3:00 – Mar Mari Emmanuel attacked 19:30 – Dignitas Infinita document released by the Vatican written by Cardinal Fernandez. Plus, CNN’s comments. …

#11635 Flannel Panel - Joe Heschmeyer

Topics Covered: 4:45 – Bill Maher’s accepting that abortion is murder 34:40 – National Public Radio (NPR) is biased …

#11634 Ask Me Anything: Catholicism - Karlo Broussard

Questions Covered: 03:42 – How would I respond to my children if they grow up and ask why I never gave them the choice to be Catholic when I baptized them as babies? 16:12 – I believe life existed before Adam and...

#11633 Ask Me Anything: Catholicism - Tim Staples

Questions Covered: 03:56 – I’m considering Catholicism from a protestant background. How do I defend against sola scriptura when their objection is that the declarations of the Church mean nothing? 16:08 – What did Jesus really mean when we said that no...

#11632 Why Theology Matters - Mark Brumley

Questions Covered: 22:13 – Because theology develops over time and is impacted by culture, how does this affect morality since morality can’t change? 47:55 – Doesn’t Isaiah claim that the earth was a globe? When was this discovered? …

#11631 Ask a Priest - Msgr. Eugene Morris

Questions Covered: 03:45 – Given the Church doesn’t have a set view on Zionism, how far can go in saying that the entire region belongs to Israel? 06:50 – Would it be morally wrong to avoid paying tax when you can? 14:45 –...

#11630 Weird Questions - Jimmy Akin

#11629 Weird Questions - Jimmy Akin

#11628 Open Forum - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered: 07:21 – Does your guardian angel leave you when you die 12:21 – What are some good research tools and/or websites for researching paranormal experiences? 17:01 – If the priest has an accident (e.g. spills the host and/ or wine such...

#11627 Open Forum - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered: 03:32 – Do we know anything about the families of Apostles other than Peter, who had a mother-in-law? Which ones were married, who had children, etc.?  07:19 – I’m curious about John 10:18 where Jesus talks about having the power...

#11626 Open Forum - Mark Brumley

Questions Covered: 07:40 – Were the books written in the Catholic bible with women’s names, were they written by women? 11:56 – Can the unforgivable sin be committed in thought and can a person lose the Holy Spirit? 14:36 – When praying the...

#11625 Women in the Church - Bronwen McShea

Questions Covered: 46:09 – Were any of these women in the 19th/20th century worried about the word man used in scripture and their role as religious? …

#11624 Open Forum - Karlo Broussard

Questions Covered: 06:21 – I’m a United Methodist minister. What more resources do you recommend in my exploration of Catholicism? 20:01 – Surely God hears the prayers and offers signs to people outside of Christianity. How do we make sense of these...

#11623 Open Forum - Tim Staples

Questions Covered: 16:57 – Is Pope Damasus decree on the canon a forgery? 19:14 – What is the Catholic opinion on protestant ministers being called to ministry? 34:34 – CCC 2372 says the government has a right to intervene in marriage. What does...

#11622 Open Forum - Joe Heschmeyer

Questions Covered: 02:25 – What’s the order of the hierarchy, pope, cardinal, bishop etc.? 08:35 – How would oral or mechanical stimulation be morally ethical in leading up to the conjugal act? 17:55 – In what circumstance does suicide become a venial sin...

#11621 Open Forum - Joe Heschmeyer

Questions Covered: 14:15 – Beside the ones mentioned in the bible, how much evidence do we find of the apostles preaching the resurrection? 21:43 – What’s the meaning of John 20:4; John outran Peter? 28:30 – All of Catholic traditions contradict the Bible 34:03...

#11620 CA Game Show - Karlo Broussard

In this episode of the game show, Chet, from Houston Texas and Chuck from Illinois go head-to-head and test their apologetical knowledge!  …

#11619 Dropped Calls Open Forum - Karlo Broussard

Questions Covered: 03:24 – Did God ordain that women cannot be priests? 07:22 – Is there other meaning of “baptism” other than immersion? 15:04 – When God created the first humans, were they already fallen? 19:10 – Is it essential to affirm people by...

#11618 Open Forum - Tim Staples

Questions Covered: 02:59 – In the Old Testament God comes across as angry and jealous but in the New Testament he seems kinder and more merciful. Does he grow or what’s the explanation? 10:20 – Regarding the promises of the rosary and...

#11617 Open Forum - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered: 03:39 – If confirmation is supposed to be like Pentecost then how come we don’t go out like the apostles? 08:10 – Rom 5:12 said death entered because of sin but if evolution is how God created everything which included...

#11616 Why Don’t You Think Catholicism Makes Sense? - Karlo Broussard

Questions Covered: 2:40 – I can appreciate the God works through Catholicism, but I don’t understand when people elevate this one denomination? Organizational and leadership definition instead of spiritually defined. 22:57 – I don’t understand the Catholic concept of a “good God.” 36:28...

#11615 Why Don’t You Think Catholicism Makes Sense? - Karlo Broussard

Questions Covered: 06:16 – I don’t understand the Doctrine of eternal hell? 15:26 – I don’t understand how items like holy water and other blessed items work and their effect? 20:52 – All scriptural evidence seems to show that our only priest is...

#11614 Open Forum - Jim Blackburn

Questions Covered: 4:32- How can I explain Marian doctrine to my non- denominational family who believe this is communion with the dead?    12:02 – Why do people get attacked by demons?   18:12 – How can I interpret someone who has passed away...

#11613 Open Forum - Tim Staples

Questions Covered:  04:28 – Did St. Matthew write the Gospel or was it someone who knew him?   11:35 – How should I treat my bulletin that contains the Sunday reading?   14:16 – Can a Baptism be valid if a priest says the...

#11612 Questions from Society 315 - Joe Heschmeyer

Questions Covered: 18:37 – I’ve been a Christian all my life and was just brought into full communion with the Catholic Church last year. I’ve always loved the story of the Prodigal Son but I’ve always been curious of what his...

#11611 Questions from Society 315 - Joe Heschmeyer

Questions Covered: 14:25 – How did the Vatican end up in Rome, Italy along with the body of 19:19 – How many popes sat on the chair of Peter during the life of St. John the apostle? Are any of their...

#11609 The Precious Blood (Encore) - Fr. Hugh Barbour, O. Praem.

Catholic Answers Live Classics: Good Friday reflection with Fr. Hugh Barbour. …

#11607 The Mental Sufferings of Our Lord (Encore) - Fr. Paul Check

Fr. Paul Check joins Cy Kellett to discuss the mental sufferings of our Lord on this encore episode of Catholic Answers Live. …

#11606 Open Forum - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered: 03:05 – Given Jesus is timeless, did Jesus have a body before his birth? 10:21 – What is the Catholic view on how to remain saved after initial justification? 15:08 – What can I expect from my first Latin mass? How...

#11605 Open Forum - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered: 04:38 – How do you rebut the soteriological argument from evil? 10:00 – Why did God choose the category of God to reveal himself to the nation of Israel given that all the other gods are different in nature than...

#11604 Online Open Forum - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered: 03:11 – Why is there a personal judgment and a general judgment? Doesn’t that seem redundant?  13:29 – Have any credible remote viewers ever tried to remote view heaven?  23:15 – How does our doctrine of inspiration interact with 1 Cor...

#11603 Online Open Forum - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered: 05:15 – I have a photo of an object with an inscription and was wondering what it means ( a client had it on the shelf and I’d never seen it, I take it it is Protestant: Along the...

#11602 Open Forum for Non-Catholics - Tim Staples

Questions Covered:  06:17 – calling on behalf on a friend who is discerning Catholicism– his friend has a question about people in the past paying for indulgences and for people to get out of purgatory? 29:14 – discerning Catholicism, he feels open...

#11601 Open Forum for Non-Catholics - Steve Ray

Questions Covered: 04:08 – What do Roman Catholic believe going to heaven is dependent upon? 16:14 – What archeological Study Bible should I use if I am trying to become Catholic? 19:07 – how does one become a Catholic but avoid a triumphant...

#11600 Remarriage - Rose Sweet

Questions Covered: 15:07 – If you’re divorced and remarried but your first marriage wasn’t in the Church, can you receive communion? 18:46 – While you wait for an annulment, what does it mean to live like brother and sister 23:19 – I was...

#11599 Tips for Defending the Faith - Trent Horn

Questions Covered: 08:44 – When dialoguing with a protestant and using the common ground of the bible, where should I go in terms of moving the conversation after a “this is just how i interpret it’ point 5. causes it to...

#11598 Open Forum - Jimmy Akin

Questions Covered: 02:42 – Some Protestant minister who converts to Catholic church can become priests and stay married. Why isn’t this extended to Deacons?  09:09 – How can I reconcile Holy Days of Obligation and fasting during lent with Mark Chapter 7?  17:05...

#11597 Open Forum - Colin Donovan

Questions: 04:55 – Why shouldn’t we use the pronouns of transpeople, if the Pope consistently does?   14:47 – Why do Protestants use Ephesians 4:11 to say that we don’t need priest?  22:22 – Is going to Confession for the same thing repeatedly...

#11596 Open Forum - Karlo Broussard

Questions Covered: 01:43 – What exactly are Catholics bound to follow? letters, encyclicals, ex-cathedra declarations, etc. 06:02 – What exactly is the authority carried by the nihil obstat? 11:57 – If I believe in everything the Church teaches but I also believe in...

#11595 Open Forum - Karlo Broussard

Questions Covered: 02:42 – Why do we have to attend mass on Sunday and who mandated it? 10:54 – What is the Church’s teaching regarding Mary as co-redemptrix? 15:23 – What is the importance of the woman’s submissive role as laid out in...

#11594 Open Forum - Karlo Broussard

Questions Covered: 05:01 – How is time experienced in heaven? 09:20 – Where do we get the documentation of the fall of the angels since it’s not in the bible? 15:00 – How can we say Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus but still say...

#11593 Open Forum - Tim Staples

Questions Covered: 02:28 – Yesterday’s Reading regarding Susana. Did Daniel end up marrying her? How were the two elderly men trying to harm Susana proved to be lying based on a tree? 06:00 – Is birth control acceptable to prevent a pregnancy...