Catholic Answers Live

Cy, Tim and Stacy take questions during their recent trip to Perth, Australia.

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Cy, Tim and Stacy take questions during their recent trip to Perth, Australia.

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Questions Covered: 

02:24 – How can the Saints handle the quantity of prayers based on Daniel 10:10-14? 

10:35 – Is it proper to go to confession for not being able to kneel at the appropriate times at Mass? 

13:00 – Is scattering of ashes after cremation allowable?  

15:32 – Has Vatican II been interpreted in a strict neo-scholastic way?  

19:49 – If there is no wine at Mass can there be a Consecration?  

22:25 – Did Paul ordain Linus instead of Peter?  

28:59 – Why do Catholic people confess their sins to priests? 

32:54 – How can a person who has never heard of Jesus get to heaven? 

40:20 – How is it okay for Saint relics to be scattered all over the world?  

45:05 – Can you clarify why we have one chalice that we share instead of individual cups? 

50:58 – How do we call out our brothers and sisters at Mass for inappropriate behavior?

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Questions Covered:

06:47 – Who is the man of lawlessness in the book of 2 Thessalonian? 

11:46 – How does purgatory relate to Abraham’s bosom? 

20:10 – Is gossiping a mortal sin? 

28:58 – Can we receive the Sacrament of Confession over the phone or online? 

33:10 – Why is the character Julius in the Bible not a canonized Saint?  

36:55 – Is there typology for the Eucharist?  

46:34 – How can I know this church holds the truth when others also claim the truth? 

Resources Mentioned:

https://canonlawmadeeasy.com/2020/04/30/confession-over-phone/

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Questions Covered:

01:36 – Is there any inherent logic for St. Paul putting so much emphasis on the cross?

05:48 – Why is Paul in the bible if he never met Jesus?

09:52 – If a person is abused (physically or mentally) in the church and decides to leave, have they committed heresy?

15:05 – If I eat and then go to mass, can I still receive communion even If I didn’t plan on going to mass originally?

20:55 – Was the story of Jesus just co-opted from the story of Romulus?

24:11 – Why would my college professor claim that purgatory was invented in the 11th century? How do I respond to that argument?

28:29 – Why don’t Messianic Jews align with the Catholic faith?

35:45 – What is the Holy Spirit?

41:41 – How did you come to the conclusion that the Catholic Church compiled the bible?

45:12 – Are we required to believe in indulgences?

47:49 – My fundamentalist friend says that infant baptism is invalid because it does not have apparent fruits. What’s the rebuttal?

49:49 – How do we talk to protestants about deification of Mary?

51:41 – What is the infinite nature of God?

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Questions Covered:

07:38 – What is the Catholic Church’s stance on the current conflict in the Holy Land?

15:44 – Have you heard of the Egg Theory story? What are your thoughts on it?

28:56 – I’m in RCIA. I’m struggling with the Immaculate Conception. Where did this idea come from and does it have roots in scripture?

37:53 – How would you respond to a protestant who asks why they can’t receive communion?

42:48 – Do the Jews have writings or records about Jesus?

49:17 – How do I confront the ideas like purgatory from a reformed background?

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Cy and Karlo are joined by two guests to test their knowledge on the Catholic Answers Game Show.

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Questions Covered:

03:19 – How do Catholics reconcile no salvation outside the Church and Jesus saying if you’re not against us, you’re for us?

10:32 – What’s the Church’s view on the Assumption of Elijah as compared to the Assumption of Mary?

18:12 – What is the difference between our Church and an ecclesiastical community?

20:44 – Protestant friends want to know why we pray to saints, especially the rosary? And how can I understand the rosary better?

34:46 – My friend fell away from the Catholic faith. Now I feel uncomfortable sharing my faith with her because she always has something to say about it. How can I continue this friendship?

40:50 – What exactly are indulgences and how does the Catholic Church choose what they are?

46:28 – Can a Catholic in the Roman rite of the Church understand the teaching of the Eucharist in a way different than how the institution teaches?

50:42 – If you have to desire confirmation to get confirmed, shouldn’t you have to desire baptism to get baptized?

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Questions Covered:

07:04 – I’ve been reading a lot of Orthodox material. What’s the Catholic explanation as to why they changed the creed to include the filioque?

34:29 – What did Jesus mean when he said “do not pray in vain repetition?”

43:52 – What’s your advice to me, who has a child with my protestant wife? I want to raise my child Catholic.

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Questions Covered:

09:38 – What time does the prohibition to work on Sunday begin?

17:06 – What’s the difference between a prophet, a fortune teller and a mystic?

34:11 – What are generational demons?

40:55 – Are there any books that are hidden gems that you would recommend for someone returning to the faith?

49:02 – If we are unable to change our mind after death, then what’s the point of purgatory?

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