Catholic Answers Live

Questions Covered:

13:31 – Regarding Rev 12. How do I respond to a JW that the woman in Rev 12 is not Mary but the Kingdom God? How do we properly interpret it?

19:56 – Can we view the papal authority the same as we would see a person who wrote a book of the bible? A sinner but with authority?

30:35 – If a protestant asks us how we know that we are interpreting the teaching of our infallible Church, how do we respond?

37:41 – How do we explain that Jesus gave authority to his apostles to forgive sins in John 20:22-23?

44:10 – Is the teaching on Mary’s perpetual virginity based on the bible or is it just a tradition?

50:35 – Is there any strategy we could use to implement the scripture when talking to atheists?

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Questions Covered:

05:30 – I’m protestant. What did the Church Fathers believe about Mary’s assumption?

11:31 – Why is the Church not receptive to canton marriages?

15:53 – How would you respond with my reason for not returning to the Church? I won’t return because of how the priest sex scandal was handled.

21:18 – Why do we have to go right up to the borderline of worshiping the saints?

33:08 – What’s the logic on assigning day to indulgences?

38:35 – Is there salvation outside the visible Church?

47:57 – Is the Protestant bible missing any book from the canon?

52:54 – I heard your story on the Journey Home. Could you repeat the story of your mother.

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Questions Covered:

06:41 – Why did only Mary need to be conceived without sin?

12:34 – Why are people hating on Mary and the Medjugorje apparitions, especially with so many conversions?

17:05 – Why does the woman in Revelation 12 have a dual interpretation as being Mary and Israel?

20:46 – What is your opinion of Our Lady of Lourdes and what is the Church’s official teaching?

24:09 – Did Mary live out her natural life before her Assumption?

32:42 – How is it that some protestants deny Mary’s assumption but accept a pre-tribulation rapture?

35:47 – How does one reject the Immaculate Conception if God dispense grace according to his will and purpose before time eternal as said in 2 Tim 1:9?

38:12 – My wife is considering Catholicism. She wants to know where in the bible it says to pray to Mary?

43:31 How do you respond to the claim that the bodily assumption and that Mary is mother of the Church were inventions by the Catholic Church?

47:12 – Regarding the Song Mary Did You Know. How much did Mary know and how did she know?

51:05 – My Protestant husband can’t understand how Mary can be the mother of God?

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Questions Covered:

01:16 – It sounds like they are worshiping Judith in Judith 15:9-10. How do I understand this verse?

05:04 – Regarding Daily Defense Day 70. I disagree that abortion is not a religious issue. Abortion violates the commandments.

11:28 – Is there a teaching on what our age would be in the next life?

16:18 – Are you familiar with the criticism that the bible doesn’t have a basis for the immortality of the soul? If the soul is not immortal would this erase the need for hell?

29:04 – How do we explain animal death before the fall?

35:20 – Does the Church have an official stance on Medjugorje?

42:07 – Since the Church expanded the understanding of salvation outside of the boundaries of the physical Church, would a person in those times who believed our current interpretation, be in good standing?

49:36 – When the pope does an action, is he saying ‘this is good, do this.’ For example, Pope John Paul II kissing the Quran.

52:53 – Why are masons not allowed to be Catholic but other organization members like Alcoholics Anonymous can?

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Questions Covered:

03:49 – Can a person act out of anger, and it still be considered a mortal sin?

07:07 – Did Mary have birth pains?

18:07 – Is it necessary for us to do the sign of the cross before and after every prayer?

20:18 – Is there a version of the divine liturgy in the eastern rites that has been scrutinized like the Latin mass? Has the Easter rite had an experience like the current division between the Novus Ordo and Latin mass?

24:50 – Why doesn’t God just delete hell?

34:07 – Do we know Luther’s motivation for declaring the Deuterocanon non-canon? Why are there additional books that are not in Catholic bibles?

44:09 – Why choose to believe in an invisible reality instead of everything I’ve known in my life?

51:53 – Is life on earth the only life in the physical universe?

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Questions Covered:

03:50 – Why do we believe that we have free will if God already knows what we’re destined for?

09:23 – If listening to music that’s offensive to God is sitting on your heart, you should listen to that and stop.

13:45 – Revelation says the Lord will rule with an iron rod. What does this mean? Will this be a ‘dictatorial peace?’

17:12 – Regarding divorce and Jesus’ comments in Mt. 5:31-32. What would justify divorce?

29:40 – Is it licit for Catholics to receive donated body parts and materials from deceased people?

33:29 – Are we supposed to bury an urn with ashes after a certain period of time? Can we keep the remains on a shelf?

37:51 – Why do Catholics believe in guardian angels? What do you think they do?

41:56 – How do you respond when a Protestant uses the Church Fathers to defend their position?

47:27 – Is there distinction between venial and mortal sins in the bible?

52:09 – Why does the Church teach that there are no more prophets after the apostolic age?

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Questions Covered:

05:50 – Are indulgences real?

17:35 – Why wasn’t Moses allowed to go into the promised land?

22:07 – Could you explain plenary indulgences and the history of people paying for them?

29:12 – If someone goes to confession and does their penance, they still have to go through a purgation. Is this true?

33:43 – Can one listen to music where the singer uses the Lord’s name in vain?

41:05 – How does the Church reconcile the preferential option for the poor when poverty arises due to one of the 7 deadly sins?

49:04 – In the Creed it mentions the resurrection of the body. Why is this important and why can’t we just leave the body behind?

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Questions Covered:

01:22 – My neighbor keeps pushing onto my property. How do I approach the situation in light of Mt. 5:39?

08:11 – My father says that Acts 2. Is evidence that the apostles were saved devoid of water baptism. How do I respond?

17:00 – How do I explain the papacy to my protestant friend?

23:40 – Follow up on baptism. In the OT Noah was saved through water. Do you believe that from the beginning water was used for salvation?

29:01 – Is it permissible to think that purgatory will begin when we see Jesus on the judgment throne?

34:59 – How do we know whether a Pentecostal’s beliefs are biblical?

43:25 – Why don’t we allude to Luke 12:42 in regard to Peter being the leader of the Church?

51:19 – Regarding No Salvation Outside the Catholic Church. Does this mean that all protestants are going to hell?

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Questions Covered:

04:08 – Is Mary the virgin daughter of Zion since Jeremiah speaks negatively about the virgin daughter of Zion?

12:00 – In Exodus it says that God hardened the pharaoh’s heart. What does that mean?

17:13 – Did Jesus have a sense of humor?

21:34 – If Jesus and Mary are the new Adam and Eve, why are the mother and son and not husband and wife?

29:40 – How were disagreements in the Early Church settled?

36:38 – How does it all fit together that the bread and wine are now Jesus but the last supper was with lamb? How do we logically all make this fit together? Where’s the lamb?

42:50 – Where does the Church get the knowledge of who the parents of Mary are?

46:08 – How do I respond to a protestant that says we shouldn’t consider the wine as blood because the Old Testament says we shouldn’t drink blood?

49:07 – Why is it that the gift of peace is located in the middle of mass?

53:18 – My protestant girlfriend says 1 Cor. 4:6 proved Sola Scriptura. How do I respond?

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Questions Covered:

05:07 – What proof do we have that the Catholic Church was founded by Christ?

11:01 – What is the historical evidence for the assumption of Mary?

15:08 – If God is the Trinity and has no gender, can we pray to God in a genderless way?

19:14 – If you can steal food to survive, then why can you lie to survive?

29:04 – How are Mary and Elizabeth related?

33:00 – Are the strict words of absolution necessary for a confession to be valid?

36:12 – What intentions from the priest would make the Eucharist validly consecrated?

41:35 – Where do you draw the line between discipline and mercy?

46:15 – I’m in high school looking into Catholic colleges. How do I find a faithful Catholic school?

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