Catholic Answers Live

Questions Covered:

02:56 – Hebrew 10 says the blood of bulls and goats can’t take away sin. Why then does Leviticus say that it does?

06:00 – I heard that a red heifer was going to be sacrificed in Israel this year for Passover. Is this significant and what is the Church’s opinion of this?

14:44 – I’m in RCIA. I’m getting conflicting information. Who wrote the gospels?

23:17 – I had a seizure and was placed on meds. I started to hear a voice in my head saying I was going straight to hell. Once I started to pray the rosary, the voice immediately went away. What do you make of this?

29:10 – The bible has a lot of reference to demons. Were there a lot more demons during Christ time than ours?

32:34 – How do I understand images and apparitions of pain and suffering? I thought there was no more pain and suffering in heaven?

35:38 – Is there sometimes when more than one rosary is needed in our possession?

40:11 – Why is it that you can EM in one diocese but not another? In the Fatima apparitions it was said that one girl would be in purgatory until the end of time. If we pray for her, can we change that?

44:45 – Regarding Daniel 9:24; is Jesus the new temple?

49:58 – Why doesn’t CA produce books in mass like Matthew Kelly does? I feel like we are missing out.

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Questions Covered:

04:04 – What backs up the claim that revelation ended with the last apostles?

9:47 – How do you respond to the problem of angelic hiddenness?

12:57 – When God says in Genesis, let us make man in our image, is it a reference to the Trinity?

18:40 – Is the Council of Chalcedon an illegitimate council as the Oriental Orthodox claims? If not, what’s the defense?

22:49 – Is it okay for Catholics to practice martial arts?

28:47 – St. Thomas Aquinas says the fires of purgatory are the same as the fires. How would the soul know whether they are in purgatory or hell?

35:34 – What is the oldest manuscript of the bible we have? Is our current translation the most accurate one?

40:59 – What are your thoughts on Israel only preterism?

47:09 – My college age child is attending a charismatic retreat this weekend. Should we be concerned especially with the tendency to encourage the gifts?

52:28 – Was the marriage between Mary and Joseph only a legal marriage and not a sacramental one?

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Questions Covered:

04:10 – Is it ok to study religions outside of the Catholic Church?

09:49 – Are babies capable of faith even without understanding?

14:35 – What happens to people who have never heard of Jesus?

19:01 – Is it permissible to take communion at a Protestant church?

24:16 – When the Eucharist is broken, a lot of priests elevate the host spreading crumbs everywhere. Is this valid to do?

30:00 – I was invited to a neighbor’s second wedding. Could I attend? She’s a divorced baptized Catholic and this ceremony is at a winery.

40:41 – What advice would you give to a person who said that they prayed to God, and they didn’t answer so they concluded that he didn’t exist?

45:23 – Is there going to be a formal response from the Church now that the former president is calling for a 16-week abortion ban?

53:05 – Is receiving communion at another church a mortal sin and should it be confessed?

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Questions Covered:

13:05 – What’s the most effective way to fight back against the abortion pills being delivered via mail?

17:55 – I’m a college student. It feels like I’m the only pro-lifer in my classes. What do you think I can do without endangering my grade in class?

23:35 – I was tricked into taking an abortion pill. Are you familiar with them tricking women into taking a pill for ‘menstrual extraction’?

28:30 – What about abortion in the case of ectopic pregnancy? Is that okay?

35:05 – How do we know that conception is when the soul gets created? I don’t think it’s from scripture, right? Is it Aquinas? I hear there’s often miscarriages in early pregnancy that don’t even get noticed. So, are all those lost souls?

40:14 – Lots of abolition laws have been introduced that include punishing women who had abortions. Where does the Church stand on this?

43:40 – Do you think the prolife movement needs to rebrand after the overturning of Roe V Wade?

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Questions Covered:

02:43 – When my wife comes to Mass, she goes up to receive a blessing from the priest, but when I go to protestant service with her and do not go up for a blessing, she gets mad– how do I reconcile this? 

10:59 – If you go to confession and confess 2/3 mortal sins in the confessional but then die, can those 2 confessed sins be used against you in your judgment? 

19:44 – If a married priest becomes a widower, can he then become a Bishop? 

21:44 – Which Protestant denominations are Calvinist?   

29:28 – Why might a church not have a relic in the Altar?   

40:58 – Why do Orthodox believe that we believe the Pope is infallible?  

45:41 – If Adam and Eve hadn’t sinned, but a descendant sinned, everyone still have original sin?  

48:08 – What is the Catholic evidence for Apostolic succession?  

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Questions Covered:

03:14 – How many levels of hell are there? 

04:57 – Can you help me reconcile these two verses? Sirach 12: 4-7 “give to the devout but do not give to the sinner” and Proverbs 25: 21 

11:55 – How does the baptism of infants work when the infant is not capable of understanding? 

16:35 – If someone with a mental illness (such as schizophrenia) is struggling with sins of impurity, are they still morally culpable? 

20:00 – I converted to Catholicism, if I go to protestant service with my family can I receive the “communion” at their service? 

23:27 – Hypothetical question– If a priest were to die during the consecration and only consecrated the body, not the blood, is the transformation still complete? 

29:12 – If you are new to the Catholic faith should you wait to start studying apologetics or dive right in? 

38:58 – is it okay to support the scouts? 

44:32 – How explicit should you get with your sins in confession? 

47:40 – How do I explain Christ’s humanity to people who don’t understand Christ was both man and God. 

51:33 – if you don’t know you’re committing a sin are you still accountable for that sin? 

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Questions Covered:

02:18 – How can I stay Catholic with all the changes from Rome?

10:21 – Does the appointment of only men imply that women are not called to spread the gospel in the same way men do?

14:53 – I heard that whatever you offer up for fasting on Fridays can also be given up.

16:16 – I’m concerned about the fewness of the saved. Is it an infallible teaching?

21:16 – Would God being perfect be necessary for him to be God?

28:57 – Can a Catholic convert to Judaism to be more like Jesus?

32:57 – Is there a list of infallible teachings?

40:16 – My daughter thinks that creation surprised God and that means that he isn’t all knowing. What is the Church response?

44:38 – Why does the Latin Church not use the host and chalice for mass anymore?

48:30 – When we talk to someone who isn’t Catholic and they question us, what should we do?

52:34 – How do we know what’s divine tradition vs man-made tradition?

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Questions Covered:

05:09 – Papal Infallibility bothers me.

14:30 – Can you explain Transubstantiation?

20:34 – I’m a convert and a former pastor. Can the Church change teaching via ex cathedra?

34:12 – If you believe in a God that would send unbaptized babies to hell then I guess we don’t worship the same God.

38:28 – I’m a protestant and I want to convert. Why are we asked to give up meat for lent? Why does fish not count as meat?

48:40 – Are mortal sins infallibly defined?

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