Catholic Answers Live

Questions Covered:

05:15 – Are there impediments to betrothal?

06:32 – What is the Church’s stance on technology like Neuro-Link?

15:52 – What do you recommend I read for lent along with a St. Louis de Montfort book?

19:10 – What is the history of the celebration of the birth of Christ?

28:55 – My roommate is a Baptist and told me that he, his mother and aunt have the gift of tongues. What is the Catholic understanding of this?

34:43 – My wife and I are not married in the Church. She’s protestant. If she doesn’t want to get our marriage convalidated, would this mean that we would have to continue to live as brother and sister?

42:30 – Jacob has his name changed to Israel but the bible continues to refer to him as Jacob. Why is that?

44:33 – Is it okay to wear a rosary?

48:04 – If you can lose Grace, can you get it back?

50:38 – What are your thoughts on transformation and sharing our gifts?

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Questions Covered:

03:25 – How do you respond to someone who claims that Mt 6:30-34 offers a false promise?

12:15 – I will be invested into the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. There is a possibility that I might be ordered to take action that might cause the deaths of Christians in the Middle East. How do I reconcile these actions?

18:12 – To what extent does submission of intellect must we abide to non-infallible teachings such as the death penalty?

29:38 – What do you measure oral traditions against to know whether it’s from God or man-made?

33:14 – Domestic Church Media… When and how did Jesus become aware of his divinity?

40:54 – Are we relieved of our human emotions when we pass to heaven?

44:39 – I’m protestant. Do Catholics use the Septuagint or a Hebrew translation with the Deutro-canon?

49:26 – How do I approach a loved one who is divorced and remarried without an annulment without pushing her away from the Church?

 

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Questions Covered:

03:38 – What do you think of miraculous testimonies of protestants? Do you think they are saved?

11:52 – Is it possible to offer a mass for a deceased Catholic who lived a lukewarm life?

14:22 – There have been many private revelations that promise salvation. What’s a prudent way to approach this?

18:00 – How do you respond to someone who claims Sola Fide?

23:54 – What is the protestant understanding of salvation and how does it compare to Catholicism?

34:58 – How does Confirmation fit in with salvation? Do I need to be confirmed?

41:09 – Where did baptism come from?

45:52 – I’m a Protestant. How does the fact that Catholic leaders are straying away from the Word affect how the Church sees salvation?

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Questions Covered:

03:40 – Since Jesus is both God and human, is his human nature also eternal?

07:00 – In our baptism we participate in the priesthood of Christ. How is that?

15:05 – What’s the Church’s teaching authority on what it takes to be saved?

21:16 – If you’re baptized as a baby, then fall away and then want to return, do you have to be rebaptized?

31:02 – Where in the New Testament does Paul talk about baptism?

35:08 – Is the Mosaic covenant eternal?

46:02 – Regarding John’s purpose statement in John 20:31, How does the Church include baptism and repentance into salvation when John doesn’t?

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Questions Covered:

03:29 – Did Mary show signs of aging? How is Mary our life, our sweetness and our hope?

07:53 – My friend who just converted to Catholicism has become very curious about the SSPX. How do I explain to him what this is?

15:50 – What criteria was needed for the canon of scripture. Why Catholic Bibles Are Mas Grande.

22:40 – Regarding Romans 9:11, what are the implications for predestination and election?

34:10 – Is Mary the reason why we have the Apostles’ Creed? Did She ask the apostles to contribute two lines each or is this just legend?

36:49 – What are the ethics of recommending Orthodoxy to my protestant friends who still struggle with Catholicism?

42:15 – How do I respond to a protestant who asks if you know you’re saved?

48:13 – Could you explain what blessed items are?

50:21 – My ex-husband and I don’t have an annulment and he remarried. Can I receive communion?

52:50 – How often do you have to go to confession before going up to communion?

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Questions Covered:

07:10 – Is it okay as a Catholic to read an Orthodox bible?

13:33 – How do we know the relic of the true cross and crown of thrones are authentic?

21:13 – How does one start an apologetics conversation?

28:38 – Does a priest have to be in a state of grace to administer the sacraments?

37:01 – How do I respond to Protestants who claim that it’s more Christian to live like a Jew?

48:15 – What does Matthew 10:34 mean when it says that Jesus will be the cause of division. And can you clarify what John means in Mt 11:11 when he says there are others greater than him in the kingdom of heaven?

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Questions Covered:

01:31 – Mt 17 when Peter catches the fish with the coin in its mouth, Is there significance to Jesus only paying the temple tax?

08:06 – I received a prayer from a priest that seems like it’s saying that we’re justified by works. Can you clarify?

15:36 Does hell have infinite suffering?

22:12 – My daughter was baptized along with another girl. During the baptism the priest switched the names. Should I be worried?

28:29 – Why did Vatican 1 prematurely end? Did any pope ever officially close it?

32:22 – How can 1 Cor 11:29 be used to show that the Eucharist is efficacious?

40:15 – Are we supposed to understand the resurrection of the dead?

43:30 – How do I respond to the people who make a big deal about female lectors and servers?

48:26 – In what sense is John the prophet Elijah?

50:30 – When Pope John Paul 2 gave the Luminous mystery the structure of the rosary novena changed. What’s the official change on the rosary novena?

52:24 – What is the significance of the Assumption of Mary?

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Questions Covered:

03:59 – What role does infallibility play in understanding the biblical canon?

14:38 – Have there been any kind of clothing that people can wear as married people apart from the wedding ring? Something equivalent to a monk wearing a habit?

16:54 – Is it good to learn Latin for God?

19:53 – Does cleansing of a passion in purgatory need a body for purification to happen?

24:43 – If both Mary and Jesus are present physically in heaven, does that mean that heaven is material?

32:34 – What is the Church’s view of 3-4 Maccabees?

35:57 – Did the Corinthians believe Paul about the 500 witnesses?

46:23 – What book do you recommend about the Eucharist? When was the first Mass celebrated?

49:44 – Why is praying to angels not idolatry?

52:54 – What prompted the idea that animals don’t have immortal souls?

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Questions Covered:

06:46 – When the Divine Worship Missal was revised, why wasn’t the Rite to Mass Options included?

14:06 – Could a confession not be forgiven even if a priest absolves you, if you are not repentant?

28:48 – How does the Ordinariate handle annulments, evangelization, etc.?

32:15 – How are eastern Catholics in communion with Rome if they still honor certain saints who opposed Catholicism?

41:55 – Why don’t Catholics need an altar call?

46:03 – Would you agree with the statement that the reason many protestant ministers who convert don’t become priests is because bishops are still suspicious of them?

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Questions Covered:

40:57 – Do you think the American press does not report about the persecution because they’re happy about it?

45:47 – What if our US bishops said we should pray and fast for the African Church?

50:14 – I want to thank Matt, he was what got me started on thinking about the Church.

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