Open Forum – Questions Covered:

13:57 – My family and I have started attending an Eastern Catholic parish. Can we be parishioners there even as Latin rite Catholics? What would that look like when seeking sacraments for my children? 

20:18 – You mentioned that the deuterocanonical books are not in the modern Jewish bible, but were they in the ancient Jewish canon? 

35:58 – How far along can a heretic offer valid sacraments? 

46:29 – How do I defend the Second Vatican Council? 

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

02:06 – Can practicing Catholics watch shows that contain some sexual content and explicit language?

12:57 – What is the difference between humility and poverty of spirit?

18:48 – Was papal infallibility ever used before it was defined in Vatican 1?

28:03 – Should I go to a medical provider and pharmacy who provide the abortion pill?

31:30 – My high school priests told us that we didn’t have to be specific about the sins we confessed. I feel like I’m not being honest when I go to confession. What’s your advice?

38:50 – Should we bother with a general confession if Divine Mercy Sunday offers the same effect?

44:30 – I was asked if non-Catholics can go to heaven and didn’t give the best answer. How would I answer this?

48:45 – What are the roots of Latin being used in the Church?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

07:37 – What does no salvation outside the Church mean and has it developed over time?

19:43 – Is it ok for Catholics to play video games that were created based on ideas of false religions?

23:48 – Why is it that priests can’t get married?

35:28 – You’ve called sodomy an act of violence. I agree but what’s the reasoning?

41:37 – Is Jesus in Mt 5:29-30 speaking in hyperbole?

45:24 – If the cardinals were all to die at the same time along with the pope, how would we elect a new pope?

51:34 – What is the Catholic understanding of 1 Jn 3:9?

 

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Questions Covered:

12:13 – The bible has passages where God is bargaining with Satan. How do I understand these passages?

16:44 – The teaching of purgatory bothers me. Where is it explicitly in the bible?

20:52 – I want to push back on who was left behind. Maybe the protestant conclusion is right. Were those who were left behind actually left behind to experience destruction?

24:01 – Mk. 10 says some will not taste death. Is that Jesus predicting his death in the 1st century and was he wrong?

38:04 – How do I respond to the claim that Mary had more children?

44:20 – How could one be baptized with fire and spirit? Could you elaborate?

46:50 – Have you asked protestants to protect their positions from the historical perspective?

52:03 – In Acts it was said that the gentiles should not eat meat of strangled animals. How does that tie to Jesus’ death on the cross?

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Questions Covered:

04:42 – I’m not Catholic because I’m confused. I’m protestant but I have gone through RCIA. I’ve recently started exploring Orthodoxy. 

13:30 – I’ve never been to Mass, but I keep hearing that Catholics pray to saints and Mary. 

28:45 – I have not been to church in 2 years. When I did go last week, I was chastised by the warden in front of other parishioners for being late. Is it wrong? 

34:50 – I don’t understand how the saints can hear us if they’re not God. If they’re not omniscient, how can they hear so many people at once? 

43:38 – I’m not Catholic because of the Catholic view on predestination. 

51:53 – What was Jesus’ real last name? 

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On today’s show we celebrates 25 years of Catholic Answers Live on the air. Cy welcomes Catholic Answers President Chris Check, Chief Operations Officer Jon Sorensen, Senior Apologist Tim Staples, Production Manager Erik Gustafson and Director of Studios John Vercillo to recount the origins and memorable moments of the show.

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On today’s show we celebrates 25 years of Catholic Answers Live on the air. Cy welcomes, Jerry Usher, host emeritus of CA Live, Senior Apologist, Jimmy Akin and Radio Producer Darin DeLozier to recount the origins and memorable moments of the show.

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

05:28 – Can you clarify the theological status of natural marriage and Pauline privilege (1 Corn. 7:10-15)

14:30 – If God is omniscient, doesn’t that mean that I last forever in the mind of God? If that’s true doesn’t that make me immortal?

24:08 – I do respond to the question: Why pray for the dead after they die if they can no longer turn to God?

30:45 – Does God have a soul?

36:00 – What does the Church teach about exorcisms, and how to heal people from a spiritual affliction?

41:11 – If people don’t have free will after they die, then how can saints in heaven pray and have miracles?

44:58 – On praying for the dead: We don’t know if they went to heaven or hell, but we still should pray for them.

49:36 – Does Jesus need the grace of faith?

52:19 – Does God the Father have a body?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

06:52 – How to I respond to a protestant who says “God told me this is wrong”

14:45 – Do we have any knowledge of what Jesus would have been like as a child?

20:17 – I’m Pentacostal and just stumbled upon this show. What is the Catholic view on baptism?

30:26 – Are we supposed to adhere to the law of Moses? If so, why are we feasting on foods that are condemned according to the mosaic law?

35:56 – How do I respond to the protestant claim that the moment the Church embraced priestly celibacy it became demonic?

45:20 – I’ve noticed a lot of Catholic influencers have been uncharitable with the passing of P. Benedict XVI. How do we have conversations with people when emotions are still high?

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Questions Covered: 

01:04 – How can Protestants be part of the body of Christ, when the council of Florence says the body of Christ is the church?  

12:44 – What happened to the families of the Apostles when they dropped everything to follow Jesus?  

19:00 – What would the Catholic perspective be to an argument that Rome is not in union with orthodoxy? 

30:05 – Would Deuteronomy 12: 32 make Jesus a false Prophet because he abolished the old law?  

41:07 – When someone is born is a new Guardian Angel created? 

48:49 – Why is it important to have a relationship with Mary? 

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