Catholic Answers Live

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 would we prove apostolic succession?

21:22 – What is a good approach to Catholic dating? Could there ever be a Catholic version of shows like the Bachelor?

28:51 – Was Jesus’s death really a sacrifice if he knew he was going to come back from the dead?

31:01 – Mt 27: around 51-52 says that people came out of their tombs and were walking around. How do we make sense of this?

33:35 – If we minimize the risk, would it be morally good to bring back dinosaurs?

39:50 – Do you ever smoke your pipe during prayer. If so, would this make your pipe a sacramental?

44:35 – Jn 19:25-27 refers to Mary and her sisters. Who were these sisters of Mary?

49:16 – What’s the status of the adoption of lay ministry of acolytes and lectors in the US?

52:15 – If Jesus and the Holy Spirit gave authority to the apostles to heal. Who else had this gift?

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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?

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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.

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Topics Covered:

4:45 – Bill Maher’s accepting that abortion is murder

34:40 – National Public Radio (NPR) is biased

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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 Eve. Did those animals experience pain and fear? If so, how is that possible before the fall?

28:30 – As a Catholic I’m curious why we are allowed to have statues and painting when it says not to make any idol or icon.

35:05 – Is confession valid if you don’t receive a penance?

40:05 – If you can’t fast to the point of harming your body, what do we make of Catherine of Siena? How do we balance these extreme examples?

46:23 – Is using cannabis medicinally a sin?

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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 one knows the day and the hour?

23:49 – How can redemptive suffering be necessary for God’s plan?

43:45 – What is the role of Catholics individually interpreting Church history?

50:32 – How do I explain what the mass is to my non-Catholic friends?

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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?

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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 – My fiancé went through RCIA but didn’t convert because he can’t get past the belief in the real presence of the eucharist. What advice Can you give?

17:18 – I was told that I received communion incorrectly by smiling. Is this true?

21:25 – When Jesus was tempted in the desert, was he actually tempted to fall into sin?

31:14 – When you take the Eucharist to the homebound, does it have to go directly to them, or can you wait overnight?

37:36 – I’m trying to figure out where I belong in religion, but I don’t know the difference between being Christian and Catholic.

45:29 – How does a priest deal with loneliness?

50:23 – Is it ethical for me to work at a non-Catholic dental office?

52:55 – Is there an indulgence gained using holy water? Is it ok to do work around the house on Sundays?

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