Catholic Answers Live

Questions Covered:

03:36 – I confessed to a priest that I don’t believe Catholicism to be literal. Can I still consider myself Catholic?

07:15 – I’m entering the Church during Easter. My wife is divorced and said that the best case scenario is if she converts and will become a Poll case. What is that?

13:56 – Revelation says the living and the dead will be judged. How will the dead be judged?

28:18 – If the language of the Jews was Hebrew, then why did Jew start speaking Aramaic? Where did it come from?

31:32 – Who was Jan Hus and why was he put to death?

45:15 – How old was Rebecca when Isaac married her?

50:35 – How does the Church view the authenticity of the relics of the true cross?

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Questions Covered:

02:34 – If silent prayer is heard by saints, does this mean that the devil can also hear them?

15:30 – What are your thoughts on near death experiences?

29:15 – I saw a video saying that the Israelite God was just a copy of a Canaanite god. What are your thoughts on this?

35:28 – I have an eating disorder. Do I need to continually confess the sin of gluttony?

41:42 – What’s the best way to explain Jesus as fully human and fully divine to 5th graders?

47:05 – Is God against people acquiring wealth?

50:44 – Is competition a sin?

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Questions Covered:

06:40 – Does the concept of time travel prayer create a paradox for why we don’t see future saint don’t come into the past?

12:27 – I’m Christian. How do we reconcile reincarnation and people remembering past lives with Christianity?0

29:21 – Is the body of Christ in the Eucharist, glorified or suffering?

32:18 – Why did Elisha call two bears to eat kids in 2 Kings?

36:00 – What does Paul mean when he says that women must be subordinate to their husbands?

46:35 – If the Apocrypha was in the bible up until the reformation, then why wasn’t it officially in the canon until Trent? What is the difference between the Apocrypha and Deuterocanonical?

52:51 – Could you explain what a feast day is, and what you are supposed to do on a feast day?

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Questions Covered:

37:31 – Could we say that the story of the Christmas Carol could be considered a parable?

46:00 – I wanted to share what we do for advent.

50:33 – We opened our gifts on Dec. 6, feast of St. Nick, and emphasized Christ during Christmas. It worked out well for our 7 kids.

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Questions Covered:

16:26 – Does psychology clash with Catholicism or is there a continuity like Catholicism and the other sciences?

21:17 – What single scientific fact is most persuasive to you that God exists?

31:33 – I read your book. Could you review the foundational points on the elegant creation of earth?

36:21 – I’m protestant and have always been taught young earth. Why does young earth seem to be dismissed in the Catholic world?

44:04 – What is the Catholic view of evolution by natural selection?

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Cy and Karlo and joined by two contestants for another game show.

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Questions Covered:

06:51 – What’s a simple response to “Christmas is pagan?”

16:43 – St. Faustina said that if angels could envy, they would envy the Eucharist and suffering. Are angels capable of envy?

32:50 – What does Matthew 16:19 mean when it says whatever you loose, its loosed in heaven?

43:58 – How do I delicately explain to in-laws why you need a priest for the Eucharist?

49:15 – Why is Jesus returning to judge the living and the dead when we’re already going to be in heaven?

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Questions Covered:

07:18 – I used to be Catholic and now I’m considering returning. Why should I come back and not go to an Episcopal church since they have more progressive values?

15:23 – Are you afraid of death? If Christ gives us hope for the afterlife, should we be nervous about death?

24:40 – When did the Church begin allowing secular kings using violence in the name of the Church?

35:24 – Does God hate people as he mentions in Romans 9:13?

42:51 – Could you explain how we know the Eucharist is really the body and blood of Jesus and not just a symbol?

47:44 – Where did God come from? Who created him?

52:03 – How many prayers in the mass come from Judaism?

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Questions Covered: 

01:54 – Are there two different types of salvation referenced in the Bible? 

12:19 – Is anxiety a sin?  

16:22 – When did marriage become a religious ceremony? 

19:26 – At what point do the sins of converted Protestants impact their Purgatory?  

21:30 – Did Jesus eat himself at the Last Supper? 

29:53 – Is there scripture that states Jesus asked us to pray to his mother? 

33:37 – What is the Catholic Church’s understanding of Hell and the devil? 

40:47 – Do Jesus and Mary experience pain now even though they are in Heaven? 

43:55 – What is the difference between Married life and religious life?  

48:40 – When we talk about Jesus’s age of 33, did we use the Gregorian calendar? 

49:44 – Is it a mortal sin to not to believe in Jesus? How would this impact people in remote parts of the world? 

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