Catholic Answers Live

Questions Covered: 

01:10 – Are Martyrs automatically Saints?   

02:47 – Is the role of the Diaconate expandable? 

06:56 – What is the difference between Eucharistic Adoration with Exposition and in the tabernacle?   

12:09 – Was the date of Friday, April 3 of the Crucifixion calculated on the Julian calendar or Gregorian?  

14:59 – What is the legitimacy to the story of the Nephilim? 

22:23 – Where can I find information on how to get an exorcism in my area, is this reserved for only Catholics? 

24:22 – What was the mood of the apologist when Pope Benedict retired?  

32:56 – Can you explain Paul’s teachings on women wearing coverings for angels not other interpretations? 

42:48 – How can we have peace with God when we are able to fall into mortal sin on any day? 

46:26 – Why is this divorce seen as a big deal?  

52:46 – Is lying against the Holy Spirit different from blasphemy of the Holy Spirit? 

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Questions Covered: 

10:37 – Did Peter know he was the first Pope?  

14:02 – What is the morality of using VPNs to bypass geo-restrictions on content?   

20:40 – Would my mother-in-law who passed prior have met my recently born daughter in heaven? 

29:40 – Anything that cannot be backed up book, chapter, and verse in the New Testament did not come from God, it came from the men trying to instruct God” 

31:51 – Wouldn’t it have been better for God the Father to lay down his own life rather than his son’s? 

35:50 – What is the Catholic church’s teaching on being a Soldier?  

42:04 – How can I explain the Cherubim and Seraphim hierarchy to a Jehovah witness?  

47:39 – Luke 9:49-50 there is someone other than Apostles exorcizing demons, does this mean that people other than priests can drive out demons? 

51:31 – Did the altars in the Old Testament become unsanitary with the amount of blood from sacrifice?  

 

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Questions Covered:

13:20 – One of my family members revealed they have alcohol addiction. We usually have gatherings with alcohol. How should we handle this? 

20:18 – Do you have services for the family of someone who is struggling through alcohol addiction? 

29:28 – My family member went to a CIR Retreat. How are other addictions addressed at those retreats? 

35:35 – I’ve been sober for 6 years. In your experience, does the feeling of dependency ever go away? 

42:03 – Have you ever used the John Bradshaw theory and Erick Ericksons family therapy series? 

46:02 – Does CIR have a form of it for someone who is not Catholic? 

47:45 – What is your take on alternative recovery options? 

49:53 – I’m 30 years clean. My first step was admitting my fault and praying the rosary. 

51:33 – How is recovery different from a Catholic perspective compared to Baptist or Protestant perspective? 

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Monica Migliorino Miller Joins Cy Kellett to discuss her new book In The Beginning.

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Questions Covered: 

02:10 – Would it be illicit to call Protestants heretics?  

10:42 – What is the difference in significance to Jesus calling Mary “woman” and the woman at the well “woman”? 

17:25 – How can I respond to someone who brings up the Serpent church in the Vatican?  

23:08 – Can you claim to be Catholic and only attend Protestant services?  

30:28 – Is there a difference between God in the Old Testament compared to the New Testament?  

40:05 – What is the Catholic position on the moral righteousness of God ordering the Israelites to kill women and animals? 

47:34 – How can I compromise with my ex-wife on the Baptism of my daughter?  

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Questions Covered: 

09:35 – Can I work on Sundays? 

18:18 – Why has the Church changed its teaching on having the ashes of a loved one in your home?  

22:13 – Is it Tradition that the successor of Peter is the Bishop of Rome or can this change? 

28:28 – How does the theory of evolution impact Genesis and our understanding of original sin?  

45:04 – Where does Bishop Athanasius reference Mary as the Ark of the Covenant or other church fathers? 

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Questions Covered:

06:00 – How do we reconcile Jn 17:9 and God wills all to be saved?

13:04 – How should I make the distinction between transubstantiation and consubstantiation?

20:00 – What are good resources for the Spanish Inquisition and the Crusades?

25:14 – Why does Jesus teach us to pray “lead us not into temptation?

31:52 – What is the Church’s stance on war? Are we allowed to use violence?

44:45 – With the pope’s recent comments on gay men in seminary, what are the rules of who is allowed in seminaries? Does the same apply for women religious?

49:08 – What’s the clear answer to if there is salvation outside the Church?

52:31 – How do I evangelize my family who doesn’t care about the historical component?

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Questions Covered:

06:13 – When did baptism become effective and when did the Trinitarian formula begin?

14:36 – How do I navigate anti-Catholics online? It’s extremely disheartening.

23:37 – The Youtuber Cliffe, said that Jesus allowing others preaching in his name who were not known to the disciples is an example of multi-denominations? What’s the response?

40:48 – What’s the best way for a Catholic to navigate Pride month?

48:21 – Do you think that young men need to be accepted as they are, or to be challenged in order to bring about more vocations?

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Questions Covered:

03:22 – Why was limbo taught in the past but not now?

16:14 – I’ve heard that Catholics put the authority of the Church over the bible?

30:18 – How did the switch to celebrating on Sunday happen?

35:25 – Why is it that Catholics say a person was ‘molded after God or Mary’s own heart?”

38:38 – If you need to believe to have salvation, then how does this apply to infant baptism?

49:24 – What are the logistics of the spiritual world? How can an angel be with a person and be in the presence of God?

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Questions Covered:

05:11 – Is Mary being the new Eve and Jesus the New Adam a strictly Catholic belief?

13:48 – Is it ok to read Protestant theologians?

22:22 – What is the Catholic answer to how do I get to heaven?

39:08 – Christians should love abortion since it guarantees heaven

45:44 – My non-Catholic friend asked: If Christ finished the sacrifice but the mass is ongoing, how is it actually finished?

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