Catholic Answers Live

Open Forum – Questions Covered:

02:45 – Are Catholics Obsessed with tradition? Is there a difference between Tradition and tradition?

16:30 – Could you explain why we dont we worship on Saturdays instead of Sundays?

21:21 – Is there salvation outside the Catholic Church?

30:22 – Is the True Cross of St. Helena legitimate?

33:42 – What would be a good gift to give a cloistered nun who is going to profess her final vows?

37:06 – Is it okay to have a bit of sympathy for Lucifer?

45:24 – What’s the relationship between the breaking of the bread of Jesus and of Melchizedek?

51:00 – Why do we not call any of the people of the Old Testament saints?

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Questions Covered:

03:57 – Whose opinion takes precedence when choosing music for liturgies?

14:03 – What does one do with cremated remains?

18:53 – Where did the mysteries of the rosary come from?

23:40 – How can grandparents respond to grandchildren who have divorced parents, one of which is not Catholic and telling them that the Eucharist is just a symbol? Our daughter takes them to Mass when she has them but half the time they are with their father who is Baptist. We want them to respect both parents and do not want to say or do anything to impact their relationship negatively with either of them. Still, we want them to know and understand Church teaching. What should we do?

28:55 – How do I explain the word flesh mentioned in John 6?

34:04 – Where should one start when wanting to read scripture?

 42:37 – What are the Biblical and Church teachings about having sexual relations before marriage?

45:52 – If you ask for the intercession of two people and receive a miracle, which person gets the credit?

48:58 – Was there a concept of a Passover before Moses?

51:18 – Why do the Orthodox who do not follow the Pope still continue to have apostolic succession with valid sacraments? I was always told that Catholic splinter groups like the SSPX would lose their apostolic succession after the last validly ordained priest in their group died. Is this not true?

53:01 – I hope this point’s not obscure.  it’s a point about clarifying the actual name of the Father, Trinity’s First Person.  some insist that the spelling should be either YHVH, or YHWH, or Yahweh.  i know almost no Hebrew & i nevertheless want to call God the Father Jehovah.  Even during internal prayer, i sometimes salute The Father as Father Jehovah.  Am i blaspheming when i say “Jehovah”?  Do I need to play it safe; & just say: “Our Father”?

 

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Questions Covered:

11:59 – Why did God create lice? 

15:54 – Is it a sin to participate in Protestant communities? 

19:45 – Why does Jesus tell people to not say anything after he performs a miracle? What is limbo? 

30:04 – During the Mass, why do we “dare” to say the Our Father?  I’m curious about the use of the word “dare” since the Our Father is one of our most common prayers. 

34:30 – How do you counter the argument that we are small and insignificant in the wide scope of the universe, so why would God care about us? 

44:43 – My question is, what is some biblical support for offering up our suffering for others? 

50:40 – How old was Mary when she conceived and what would be the significance of her being so young? 

 

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Questions Covered:

06:29 – What’s the teaching on the Kabbalah tradition in Judaism?

11:33 – I’m protestant. What’s the rebuttal to the 7th day Adventist claim of the Sabbath still being on Saturday?

18:41 – What important teachings are in the 7 books that Catholic bibles have that protestants don’t have?

22:35 – What’s the best argument for Jesus being the Messiah and that the Church was founded by Jesus?

35:39 – I’m protestant and my husband is Catholic. This is a second marriage for both of us. We believe that we both divorced due to biblical reasons. Why wouldn’t the Church recognize our marriage?

41:24 – What’s the history of the Roman part of the Roman Catholic Church?

46:13 – What’s your advice to a lifelong anti-Catholic Baptist who is now feeling drawn to the Church?

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Questions Covered:

12:10 – What is your take on Hollywood and the theory that they are Satan worshippers?

14:09 – Why do Catholics pray to saints?

19:36 – How is it possible for God to create light but not make the sun till the fourth day?

31:57 – I’m having a hard time understanding Jesus as a sacrifice on an emotional level.

34:10 – Could you explain the selling of indulgences?

40:36 – Could you explain what the Church means when they say that drunkenness is a sin?

46:38 – Who has authority to define doctrine?

49:53 – Could you explain Mary’s sinlessness and perpetual virginity?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

5:40 – Why do you want us to support the Vatican church that supported Fascist Italy in World War 2? Where was the Vatican’s stance on the ethnic cleansing of Jews?

12:30 – Are there others apart from Catholics, Orthodox and Muslims that honor Mary? What does that honor look like in Islam?

18:10 – When does death occur? Is it morally permissible to be an organ donor?

23:57 – Why did God have no beginning?

28:40 – Are haunted dolls real? If so, how are they possessed?

34:12 – Before I became Catholic, was I culpable for knowing that salvation came from the Church?

42:10 – Where did John the Baptist get the rite of baptism?

50:15 – Acts 22 says Paul was a Roman citizen. How would authentication work?

52:41 – How do you respond to the atheist claim that you don’t have to be Christian to be moral?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

06:15 – My daughter is a lapsed Catholic and her issue is the problem of evil. What’s the best way to explain this?

16:00 – My husband and I were lukewarm Catholics when we got married. I’ve gotten closer to faith while he’s gotten further away. What does obedience to him look like in our situation?

24:39 – Does canon 1404 mean that no one can judge the pope except for God?

32:21 – Do we know what Jesus and the temple teachers were discussing in Luke 2?

34:12 – Why doesn’t the Church just admit that Joseph and Mary had other children?

43:38 – How is a rite of passage like a Quinceanera intermingled with the mass? Are there official guidelines for it?

47:39 – If Jesus and Mary are in their physical bodies in heaven, would this also mean that the saints are too?

51:12 – How do I explain the title of Mary, Mother of God to my protestant friends? Shouldn’t it be, Mother of Jesus?

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Questions Covered:

04:15 – I don’t understand the Synod. I’m not Catholic but what are your thoughts on it?

11:40 – How is praying the rosary and praying to statues not idolatry?

20:29 – Why are protestant baptisms accepted in the Catholic Church?

29:00 – Can you explain patron saints?

35:04 – Why do some people get exposed to the full teachings and others don’t?

41:25 – In John 6, could it be possible that the disciples left due to his claim that he came from heaven and not due to cannibalism?

48:22 – Do all Catholics who die go to purgatory?

49:24 – Where does the Church come up with all the different choirs of angels?

52:18 – Why is it assumed that Catholics don’t read or know the bible?

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Questions Covered:

08:57 – If someone has obstacles entering the church formally, can they just start going to Mass and start receiving Communion on their own?

17:18 – I don’t think praying to the saints makes sense. Wouldn’t this undermine God?

29:10 – What are the qualifications to fit under papal infallibility?

35:15 – Purgatory doesn’t make sense to me. Also, why isn’t it good enough to just pray to God?

45:12 – Why did the church stop giving us the precious blood?

50:04 – I think the Church interprets Mt. 16:18-19 correctly?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

05:55 – Why do we need to make payment for temporal consequences of sin?

17:40 – Is the Church required to have a daily mass? Can a parish remove a Saturday mass?

22:40 – How can the trinity be eternal if we use words like generate, or beget to describe Him?

32:27 – What is the foundation of Catholicism’s claim of marriage being elevated to a sacrament?

36:09 – I’m Evangelical and am looking into Catholicism. Could you explain the communion of saints? How do you justify bad behavior in the hierarchy in the past?

44:54 – What happens to the souls of children who were miscarried?

50:00 – My niece is getting married outside of a church building with a Catholic priest. I thought this wasn’t allowed. Can you clarify?

52:46 – Did John the Baptist baptize with the Trinitarian formula?

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