Catholic Answers Live

Questions Covered:

01:31 – Is there anything in the Didache that protestants or Catholics would have a problem with?

04:51 – I’m Southern Baptist. What was the reason for Martin Luther removing the seven books from the Old Testament?

16:01 – My parish doesn’t do the washing of the feet on Holy Thursday. Are we missing out on an important part of the liturgy?

19:14 – What book would you recommend for a new convert to help explain to a protestant family?

21:52 – Can you explain the history behind the teaching on usury?

28:51 – If Jesus, the Father and Holy Spirit are equal then why does Jesus have to sit at the right hand and have to intercede for us?

31:46 – If someone becomes Catholic then becomes Orthodox, can they still be saved, or did they just commit heresy?

36:19 – Is it wrong to work for a company that is making something morally compromised? Would I be morally obliged to resign?

44:08 – Regarding Simeon’s predictions to Mary, why do we take some of those as metaphorical and others not?

50:40 – Are Catholics allowed to attend civil weddings that involve two Catholics?

53:04 – Did any of the apostles have any wives or children before following Jesus?

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Questions Covered:

03:43 – Does the Church allow the faithful to believe polygenesis?

11:51 – How do you respond to the boring hell objection?

14:56 – My new pastor uses a lot of incense and I have a severe sensitivity, to the point of getting physically sick. It’s been going on for months and I’m growing in resentment since he is not willing to change. What can I do?

22:23 – If time is different in heaven, and I go to heaven, can I intercede for myself?

28:30 – If the early Christians came up with a fixed date for Christmas, why does Easter’s date change? Shouldn’t it be fixed too?

33:15 – Humane Generis Paragraph 5-6. What does it mean by continual evolution?

44:37 – According to Church teaching, when is a revolution necessary or just?

51:40 – My grandmother was a Jew woman who became a Messianic Jew. Given our Jewish background am I supposed to continue following the Jewish feasts?

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Questions Covered:

06:15 – Where are the Assumption and the Coronation of Mary in the Bible?

16:18 – What is an inspired work in the Catholic Church?

22:10 – What are the first steps to converting?

32:24 – Where do indulgences come from? Am I required to believe in them?

45:21 – Why do we pray to Mary?

49:46 – I’m a ‘prodigal son’ Catholic. What research do you have on the 18 years that are missing about Jesus in the bible?

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Questions Covered:

09:55 – Why is it ok to cut up the bodies of saints and distribute them throughout the world?

19:35 – My husband is an example of different ways of coming into the Church.

28:42 – The Easter vigil masses look different depending on where you go, diocesan, Dominican etc. Do their Mass services reflect their theology?

34:10 – Comment: I wanted to express just how beautiful it is for people to come into the Church during this time.

36:03 – Why should someone become Catholic and not Orthodox with so much confusion coming from the Vatican?

43:30 – My friend’s daughter is going to RCIA and wants me to be her daughter’s godmother. How best can I explain Catholicism to the Baha’i family?

48:05 – I’m being baptized on Easter with a Mormon background. So, are my wife and I no longer going to be married in heaven?

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Questions Covered:

02:19 – Do we understand the 2 natures of Jesus the same as the Oriental Orthodox?

15:38 – Considering that suicide is a mortal sin, how come we can’t say that they automatically go to hell?

23:50 – Were dinosaurs alive when Adam and Eve were created?

28:25 – How are things outside of ecumenical councils infallible such as canon law?

42:47 – How do you keep your mind from wanting to leave the Church, especially for those who are on the spectrum?

49:45 – How do I defend the Immaculate conception if a protestant says that Luke 1:28 doesn’t translate to “hail full of grace?”

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Questions Covered:

04:11 – If you apply CS Lewis’ Lord, Lunatic, or Liar options to Mohammed, what would you choose? Prophet, Lunatic or Liar?

07:02 – Do near death experiences detract from the reality of purgatory?

15:06 – What is the earliest record of the Eucharist celebrated after the last supper?

19:41 – Where in the bible do we see purgatory? Do Jesus’ words to the good thief disprove purgatory?

28:23 – I’ve heard it said that the road to Emmaus account is the first Eucharist. What are your thoughts on this?

32:06 – Why is liberation theology a problem?

35:19 – Did Judas go to heaven or hell?

40:14 – Why does John never name the mother of Jesus?

44:53 – Why do we call Mary the blessed Mother if that’s what we call people in the process of being saints?

47:32 – Why doesn’t God speak to all of us clearly like he did to David? How do we discern what God is telling us?

51:52 – How can we help people in purgatory?

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Questions Covered:

02:21 – How do you know when you’re being forgiven if you don’t feel peace after confession?

10:10 – Why do we not use the name Jehovah?

12:34 – My friend said that during the early Church there were other Christians apart from Catholics? Is this true?

15:44 – If a tabernacle is God’s dwelling place and Jesus is no longer in Mary’s tabernacle, can we still call her God Tabernacle? How can Mary hear everyone’s prayers and not be equal to God?

22:53 – I’m Protestant. If you miss Mass to go to a Cowboy game and die on the way to the game, is your soul damned just because you were going to the game?

36:36 – Can you give a good answer to the accusation that we worship Mary and statues?

42:55 – I visited a Pentecostal church and was told that I need to be rebaptized in the name of Jesus. How do I respond?

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Questions Covered:

05:59 – How do we refute double predestination?

14:42 – What’s the response to the objections that consecrate virgins would make Christ a polygamist since they are his brides?

23:06 – My protestant friend claimed that the Catholic Church was founded in the 5th century by Pope Gregory the Great. What’s the response?

31:00 – Is the antichrist going to claim that he is the rightful Messiah?

35:55 – My brother says that the Eucharist is not the real presence. Can you clarify this teaching?

44:41 – I’m protestant. Can purgatory be lessened with words being spoken during last rites?

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Questions Covered:

02:02 – How do I defend the deuterocanonical books?

05:42 – I’m a convert and my husband is atheist. His main question: If God is good then how did he create suffering?

16:19 – If a man has a vasectomy and later repents and goes to confession. Are he and his wife required to abstain from relations indefinitely?

20:26 – If a priest blesses a cloud, will it rain holy water?

22:04 – Regarding the prophecy of Illumination of conscience at Garabandal. If it comes to pass, will the sins we confessed be washed away from our knowledge?

29:22 – What’s the difference between the deuterocanonical and the apocrypha, and how do we defend it?

32:20 – Was the Creed the only document that came out of the Nicene council?

36:12 – Is it immoral to eat more intelligent animals like dolphins and octopus?

37:57 – Is there a reason other than a mortal sin to go to confession?

41:36 – I’m a fertility care practitioner. I always advise couples who had vasectomies to not have relations during the woman’s fertile days. Is this morally acceptable to do?

47:59 – How does one receive communion in the Church if one is divorced but was never married in the Church?

51:48 – Could you help clarify CCC 1650?

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Questions Covered:

04:23 – Is it fair to use Hannibal crossing the Alps as a comparison to not being skeptical of the gospels?

15:58 – How do we respond to someone who says they are better without God?

30:35 – A god that floods an entire planet to kill his creation is not about love. Abrahamic religions are nonsensical.

33:55 – Can the canon of scripture be added to?

43:52 – How do I tow the line in staying true to the faith without jeopardizing my job in a secular society?

50:26 – What are your thoughts on grandparents promoting abortion?

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