Catholic Answers Live

Questions Covered:

01:27 – What does the Church say on the morality and development of AI?

6:21 – How can a cemetery be respectfully moved in a situation where they need to move it?

16:28 – What’s the difference between an apologist and a theologian?

22:07 – Was Jesus going to become man even without the fall?

32:36 – Is it permissible to cremate remains after the body has been buried?

34:54 – Why do people refer to the Catholic Church as she?

41:35 – In the Apostles Creed it says that Jesus descended into hell but it is omitted in the Nicene Creed. Why is that?

46:27 – I’m about to start Lutheran confirmation. Why should I stop that and instead enter RCIA?

50:10 – I’ve had demonic activity for the last 3 months. I’ve had it blessed. What more can I do since it hasn’t stopped?

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Questions Covered:

07:37 – Are annulments valid in the bible?

12:42 – Do you know of any saints who teach that prayer and sacraments are the only treatment for depression?

16:15 – Why is Caiaphas offended in Mt 25:31?

20:29 – How can we present the gospel in a compelling way especially to young men who increasingly lack direction and meaning in the world today?

32:12 – How many intentions can you attach to one rosary?

39:28 – What do you think is the most important stage of schooling for a Catholic and when should it take place?

46:12 – What is required for a Catholic to believe publicly vs privately. Ex. Can a person be pro-life publicly but pro-abortion privately?

51:54 – How do you argue against people who say daily communion is bad?

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Questions Covered:

11:24 – If you leave the Church due to lack of knowledge, is that sinful?

18:45 – After returning to the Church after 5 decades, was it ok for a priest to forgive me from past sins even those that I might not have been aware of?

25:06 – Is it licit for the congregation to sing an amen after the gospel?

31:30 – How did we get from receiving communion reverently at the altar rail to receive communion in the hand and in line?

37:25 – Were Mary and Joseph validly married since they were betrothed? Did Mary die?

41:33 – Is it allowed for there to be no music during the preparation of gifts at mass so the congregations can hear the prayers the priest is saying?

45:48 – What’s the Catholic perspective on Jn 14:2 regarding eternal security?

49:19 – How much historical evidence for the crucifixion is there?

53:45 – Is there an obligation to go to your closest parish?

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Questions Covered:

17:15 – My daughter has been heavily drinking after her twin brother committed suicide.

31:34 – I’ve been in AA for 12 years. How did you move forward with recovery and mix Catholicism with the 12 steps?

28:45 – I’m a Catholic and 43 years in recovery. Where can I find your group and help?

37:13 – How do I deal with spiritual desolation through addiction?

44:42 – I’m in CIR and celebrating 1 year of sobriety today!

47:50 – Do you have codependent meetings?

49:46 – Do you have meetings for people with food addictions?

51:50 – I’ve been in AA for 16 years and have a lust addiction and have not been successful in the latter. How is desperation to quit a grace?

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Questions Covered:

05:22 – Why do Christian Zionists evangelicals believe in Israel the way that they do?

14:07 – Why didn’t Jesus write the New Testament himself?

16:30 – I comes from a materialist background. I struggle with the concept of the soul. What’s the best way to understand it with my background?

22:05 – I pray the rosary daily. How do we justify including Mar in the last two glorious mysteries without it feeling like we’re worshiping her?

31:19 – When we pray to saints in heaven, they know of the pain and sorrows of earth, how can that be heaven?

34:54 – Can the identity of the pope be infallibly known?

47:40 – Are angels male and female or just male?

49:55 – What is the Church teaching on Mary as Co-Redemptrix?

52:10 – What are sins of the heart and of the spirit as said in the 12 year prayer to St. Bridget?

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Questions Covered:

06:47 – Are there any independent sources of the murder of the Holy Innocence?

12:23 – Should the Saturday vigil mass only be for those who can’t go to mass on Sundays in a strict sense such as paramedics etc.?

18:17 – What does it mean to retain sins?

31:10 – Regarding the Church’s stance on abortion. What does the Church stand when it comes to rape, incest and the life of the mother?

45:35 – How do I respond to my protestant friend who claims the early Church quickly fell into error? His evidence is that in the New Testament Paul was already correcting errors, and that the Old Testament says God’s people are continually falling away.

52:30 – Mt.16:24, What did Jesus mean when he said that everyone needed to pick up their cross and follow him if he had not yet been crucified when he said it?

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Questions Covered:

03:55 – My cousin is considering leaving Catholicism. What is going on regarding the 7 churches in Revelations? Why do Protestants use this to justify different Churches?

14:58 – I’ve lived 52 years as a Lutheran. Why did Luther “water down” the Eucharist and make it less of a pure miracle than it is?

29:10 – In the book of John during the trial of Barabas, the Jewish mob says, “His blood be upon us and all our generations.” Is that a legally binding statement?

49:32 – How is it that the Church of the Jews suddenly became the Roman Catholic Church of Esau? If the Jews come from Jacob, then how did Catholics come to be of Esau?

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Questions Covered:

10:10 – I’m Protestant, considering Catholicism. Why does St. Paul not greet Peter in the letter to the Romans? It seems to me that if Peter were there, then he should have greeted him.

16:05 – What is the Catholic position on the utilization of James 2:24 as an example of works being a part of justification?

43:13 – What is the true meaning of the word “Almah”? I’ve gotten into discussions with someone that is Hebrew-Israelite who says it doesn’t mean “virgin” but just “young woman”.

49:26 – Is Pope Francis getting rid of the TLM? Does this mean he hates traditionalism?

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Questions Covered:

03:10 – Was the Ethiopian Eunuch responsible for starting a Church in Africa. How would this be possible if he wasn’t a bishop?

05:29 – Why don’t angels preach the gospel to humans?

08:14 – How would you approach someone who says that Christianity sounds great but sounds unbelievable?

17:23 – Could you explain why the Old Testament is reasonable to believe in?

40:35 – What’s the best way to explain purgatory to protestants without invoking anger?

47:03 – What do you say to the question, if one holds to the old earth creationist view, how could there be death and disease prior to the fall?

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Questions Covered:

18:26 – If you get married civilly then divorced, are you married in the eyes of the Church?

20:45 – I have a family member who married in the Church and her husband was abusive. She divorced him and now she feels pushed out of the Church. What are her options?

24:14 – Is addiction a valid reason for divorce and annulment?

31:12 – Is divorce illegal in the Church? Is it punishable by sin?

35:12 – My husband divorced me when I became Catholic. I know I can’t remarry but I know some others have. This feels like the Church is inconsistent.

42:21 – Under the circumstances where divorce is allowed, would one still need to confess their divorce?

45:33 – How do I explain to my stepdaughter that an annulment would not affect the legitimacy of her children?

48:55 – I’m on my second marriage. My priest just told me that it’s not valid. What are your thoughts?

52:09 – My sibling received an annulment. She hasn’t gone to confession. Do you think it’s important for her to go?

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