Catholic Answers Live

Questions Covered:

05:32 – Would giving money to the poor fulfill the need for “the works necessary for salvation?”

10:17 – Were Adam and Eve kept from eating of the tree of life in Genesis?

14:49 – Are there any examples of Early Church Fathers who were not premillennialists?

19:38 – I’m doing a bible study with protestants. How do I explain infant baptism to them?

28:44 – I’m making a statue of Mary Magdalene, so do I have to have her head covered?

32:25 – I’m protestant and work with a Jehovah’s Witness. What’s the historical evidence for Jesus being crucified on a cross and not on a pole?

36:48 – Acts 15:28 Paul forbids the Gentiles from consuming blood. Does this mean we have to reinterpret John 6?

45:04 – Why is Tertullian not a saint?

49:53 – My family and I are recent converts. My 13 year old daughter said she doesn’t want to go through confirmation and feels like she was forced to become Catholic. How do I handle this?

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Questions Covered:

04:28 – Are the merits gained through acts of charity lost if a person commits mortal sin?

06:16 – Where did disease and death come from?

14:49 – What’s the proper response when I’m invited to a protestant church service?

17:50 – Why were the Church Fathers not able to agree on the number of sacraments?

22:22 – Why are we as Catholics allowed to embalm our deceased loved ones?

41:43 – In what tense do you read the book of Revelation, past present and future? Regarding Rev 12, how is it possible that Mary experienced birth pains if she was sinless?

51:46 – Which prayers can I accept from other people? For example, prayers from St. JP2 to someone satanic?

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Questions Covered:

05:29 – Is there ever a circumstance where a person can perform a baptism without water?

10:50 – How is it just to create eternal souls without their consent and then punish them when they don’t do right?

18:40 – How do we square the seeming contradiction in Luke 23:43 where the thief will be with Jesus in paradise on that day but Jesus didn’t ascend to heaven for another 40 days?

29:17 – What’s the difference between Anglican and Catholic?

31:39 – With the transgender issue becoming more common, what things are being done in seminaries to ensure the candidates joining are truly men?

34:26 – Who started the teaching that priests had to be celibate?

42:24 – What is the distinction between blessing a marriage and blessing a same sex couple?

46:18 – How long has the Church approved annulments? Are the children of these marriages illegitimate?

48:23 – What does the Church say about asexuality?

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Questions Covered:

15:41 – Are there people at St. Paul Street Evangelization who could give talks at parishes and maybe start a chapter in my local area? [email protected]

22:39 – What would be a good way of starting a conversation about faith with an agnostic?

38:43 – I’m a revert and I’m struggling to figure out how to share it with friends who are not believers. How do I engage with my friends who are part of the LGBT community?

47:49 – I’m a Protestant. I do exactly what you do and the way I would word it is that the Holy Spirit is in charge of the outcome, we are just required to share the message.

52:09 – I ran into a St. Paul Street Evangelization in the street and it changed my life.

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Questions Covered:

02:43 – Is there a point of no return in this life when it comes to salvation?

14:34 – If God wasn’t letting out his wrath on Jesus on the cross, then why was there an earthquake and why did it go dark?

18:08 – How can I prove the Immaculate Conception using only the bible?

29:44 – Is it a sin to take communion if you are divorced and remarried?

43:01 – If same sex marriage is sin, why does the Catholic Church bless same sex marriages?

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Questions Covered:

04:20 – Did the Church ever teach that purgatory entailed retributive punishment?

13:17 – If the Apocrypha is scripture, why is it called the Deuterocanon?

19:45 – How concerned should I be for the salvation of our protestant brothers and sisters who don’t baptize their kids?

25:02 – My granddaughter says she’s engaged to a woman. How should I approach this?

39:45 – Did Mary get additional confirmation that Jesus was God when she visited Elizabeth?

46:33 – If the Last Supper was the Passover meal, where does Jesus’ saying to consume his blood come in?

50:13 – How close is the idea of Prima Scriptura to Church teaching?

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Questions Covered:

04:10 – I get a lot of slack for being a Freemason. What’s the problem with it and being Catholic?

12:56 – What are the classifications of relics and what happens when you touch a prayer card up to a relic?

18:16 – What’s the difference in the way Catholics and Orthodox view baptism and original sin?

24:28 – I’m Catholic but I have a lot of questions about the faith. Can I still receive communion if I have doubts?

33:27 – Catholics often appeal to Mary being “full of grace” and being “blessed among women” as reasons to believe in the Immaculate Conception. With that in mind, is it also logical to conclude that John the Baptist is also conceived without sin?

44:33 – Mt.1:25. Joseph did not know his wife until she had Jesus. Does this mean that Joseph and Mary had relations after the birth of Jesus?

48:45 – What’s your advice on how to talk to my Pentecostal family members who are just starting to warm up to Catholicism but can’t let go of that style of worship?

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Questions Covered:

05:58 – I visited Vatican City last summer and was shocked at the amount of treasure, art, and also general booty from extinct civilizations that was there.  How did the Papacy obtain all of this and why do they still possess it?

13:30 – What semester-long classes/programs would you recommend for Catholic high schoolers that are similar to RCIA that recap their faith, strengthen it, reinforce it, and so on?  In other words, anything that recaps their faith that is online that will also help them grow in their love for God.

16:19 – I was asked by my atheist son, “If God, beyond a shadow of a doubt, asked you to kill me, would you?” I confirmed that it was “beyond a shadow of a doubt” and then responded “Yes.” I place God’s  will above all else. My atheist husband then turned on me and insisted that that was unacceptable. I feel as though I was just duped by a straw man argument. I’m so upset I don’t want to even be around them and just feel like grieving that they both so badly misunderstand. Help?

 29:21 – I’m currently a Baptist Christian but I’m having a hard time choosing between Baptist (Protestant) Christian and Catholic Christian. The reason I’m Baptist is because I believe that we are all guilty sinners who deserve hell and only Jesus Christ paying for our sins is what saves us and I don’t think you can ever lose your salvation. …. after learning some church history and getting a good amount of my questions answered I’m starting to lean more towards Catholicism. But I will always believe that Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven and his sacrifice is enough and we can’t work for our salvation. I believe we will be rewarded in heaven for our good works but I don’t think the good works are what save us. Does the Catholic Church believe we Christians are saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ paying for our sins?

37:25 – Our 30-year-old son has left the faith and is living with his girlfriend. Is it a sin to allow them to stay in the same room in our home? My spiritual director has told me that it would be a serious sin for me, as the spiritual leader of my family, to allow this to happen. I have lovingly discussed this with my son and told him that he and his girlfriend are always welcome in our home but must sleep in separate rooms. This did not go well and our son has refused to come to our home in the future. I made it clear how much I love and care about him. We still communicate, but he claims that he and his girlfriend are upset and hurt over this. Even though my wife agreed to my following my conscious regarding this issue, she doesn’t see things in the same way as me and this has created tension between me and my wife. She feels that this decision has negatively impacted our relationship with him. Most of our other 5 adult children also disagree with my actions. I pray and sacrifice daily for my son’s conversion as well as that of his girlfriend, who is unbaptized and was raised without any faith. I also pray for my wife, marriage, and family. I don’t know what else I can do. It is just a terrible place to be in. I think that it might be helpful for my wife if you could provide me with some specific references to the Catholic faith referring to this type of situation. Thanks for your assistance. God Bless you and your ministry.

46:14 – If you get the Last Rites from a Catholic priest, do you automatically go to Heaven? Also, is it true you can get the Last Rites from anyone?

50:48 – I am concerned about my parents. They were raised Catholic but chose to go with non-denominational Christianity. I do not know their reasons for leaving the Catholic faith. My inquiry is if my parents, both of them or one of them, desired to return to the Catholic faith then what would they have to do?

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Questions Covered: 

06:25 – Can the Sacrament of matrimony be valid from other Christian denominations? 

12:23 – Does the Church have a moral obligation to talk against Communism? 

17:07 – Is Baptism after death possible?  

20:28 – If two Catholics are married in Church and get a divorce, are they still spiritually married?  

30:06 – Can you explain more about the current plenary indulgence from the Franciscan and Pope Francis? Is there a reason that communion wine has not come back in some churches?  

36:33 – When was the church established?  

43:18 – In Hebrew 5:8 it says Jesus had to learn obedience, why would He need to learn anything?   

48:14 – Where can you go to get a Christian fiction book published? 

51:38 – What is the appropriate way to evangelize an elderly atheist?  

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Questions Covered: 

06:10 – Can any member of the Trinity assume a nature that isn’t rational? 

09:15 – Can I go to a protestant church for apologetic research?  

17:08 – I struggle silence. Do you have any recommendations to help my prayer life? 

22:44 – Are there exceptions to RCIA?  

28:52 – Is there a way for Catholics to discern if something is divine or demonic? 

35:31 – What is our understanding of animal suffering prior to the fall?  

42:47 – What can we do to discern if the news we hear is accurate or not?

47:32 – How would I respond to Eastern Orthodox friends who share the Papacy wasn’t established till 8th Ecumenical council.  

51:32 – Why is St. Dismas not considered the first Martyr?  

52:53 – What is the reason for the Paul VI Audience Hall looking like a serpent’s head? 

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