Catholic Answers Live

Open Forum – Questions Covered:

07:00 – As a practicing Catholic, can I get ordained as a minister to marry my non-Catholic niece and her fiance?

12:00 – What is faith working through charity?

17:31 – How can we explain to Jews that the New Covenant fulfills the Jewish law, especially concerning Jesus as the Messiah?

22:07 – Are ghosts real?

29:46 – Can you recommend any reading that make the case for Catholicism over Orthodoxy?

34:45 – Is there an ancient Jewish pre-Christian equivalent to praying to the saints?

45:18 – How can I combat relativism in conversations?

51:35 – Calvin Robinson is an Anglican who claims that The Anglican Church is the ‘established’ Church. Are you familiar with him and what would that comment mean?

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Questions Covered:

10:52 – I have visitation every other week. What’s the best thing I can do?

14:13 – As a mother, should I be limiting the time my daughter is with my ex who mistreated me?

30:01 – When my daughters were growing up, my husband had the idea of disciplining them by having them stand with their arms out like Jesus so they understood what he did for them. What are Dr. Ray’s thoughts on that?

33:42 – As a widower, how do I find some balance in parenting when the kids just have me and no mother?

41:43 – How important is it for a father to have a sense of humor? Do you think God has a sense of humor?

45:17 – I grew up without a father, so what resources do you recommend for me to learn what I missed out on?

49:00 – What’s the most difficult part of parenting?

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Topics Covered:

04:22 – Daylight savings

07:32 – With the recent vote by the German bishops and the pope’s comments, is homosexuality mainly wrong for the same reasons as adultery?

29:50 – What is Pope Francis doing?

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Topic Covered:

05:31 – Rainn Wilson and Christian villains in the HBO show Last of Us

16:50 – Baby announcements

29:04 – Chris forgot to mention on important part of show Manifest

34:00 – The Flannel Panel is going to Rome!

41:20 – Why is no one mentioning Blue Bloods! It shows Catholicism in a good light.

43:06 – Spiritual fads. What’s the next mindfulness?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered

01:25 – What role did Paul play in ordination? When he laid hands, was it Confirmation or ordination?

11:38 – What does it mean for Jesus’ human will if he is incapable of sin?

21:49 – Does having same sex attraction forbid one from working in ministries in the Church?

34:47 – I struggle with hearing very little about Jesus from Catholics? Can you give advice to a person considering the Catholic faith?

42:10 – Are thoughts considered sinful, if you don’t consent to the thought and it just pops into your head?

46:48 – Should we pray more than once for a specific request?

51:05 – When is it permissible to bless another person as a lay person?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

03:35 – When comparing John 3 and John 6, If infants are called to be in the faith, why don’t we allow infants to take communion in the west?

12:30 – What reasons do we have to trust the proto-evangelium of James?

19:05 – Why pray for those in purgatory if the point is for them to be there to be purged? Wouldn’t that defeat the purpose?

28:00 – I recently heard that only 20% believe in the real presence. How do we talk to people about this and help them better understand?

39:02 – If there’s multiple layers to heaven and people are on different layers, can they still interact?

44:48 – On a college campus what is the most important thing to share about the Catholic faith to guide them towards God?

50:45 – Can a Catholic receive ashes from a non-Catholic ash service? Can you receive ashes more than once? Can a female give ashes?

 

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Questions Covered:

12:29 – Is it ethical to consume animals and animal products? Is this taking us away from the true call of Jesus?

19:36 – Is it true that the shelf life of a frozen embryo is 5 years?

22:11 – What would a couple do with the frozen embryos? Does the Church allow these embryos to go to women who cannot conceive?

29:33 – What is gain-of-function research and is it ethical?

39:54 – What are your thoughts on printing animal DNA for interplanetary colonization? Would it be ethical?

44:55 – Would it be appropriate to have frozen embryos buried with the mother at her death?

47:20 – Is Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer licit?

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Questions Covered:

19:17 – Why did the death of John receive the distinction of being known as the Passion of John the Baptist?

23:02 – Could the sign of the cross be traced back to John the Baptist?

29:44 – Since Jesus and John were cousins, is it possible for both of them to be in the temple when they were 12 years old?

35:43 – Can you tell us about John’s disciples becoming Jesus’ disciples?

42:10 – Steve, you will be coming to my area and I just want you to thank you for talking about Jesus and the Eucharist.

45:08 – Jesus refers to John as blessed among women. Since this line is also evidence for Mary being sinless, can we also say that John was conceived without sin?

47:14 – Jesus said as high as John ranks, he still ranks as low as women. If that’s the case, where does that put me?

50:18 – Would Mary have been baptized by John? Were women baptized in general?

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Questions Covered:

12:10 – I have a problem with hospice use of morphine because it can cause respiratory failure.  What are your thoughts on this? 

17:56 – I’ve considered doing sidewalk counseling. Do you have advice on how to be successful in talking to people? 

23:18 – I’m a physician. Has anyone who has prescribed the abortion reversal pill been successfully sued? I worry about prescribing it? 

29:44 – Why are children born disabled? 

32:27 – Are you aware of the drugs that are used in hospice that can put the patients into a medical coma? It seems like there is incentive to euthanize people. 

42:26 – What other options are there for Catholics who don’t want any more kids? 

48:45 – I’ve seen the abuse in hospice care and ended loved ones’ lives. I want to thank you for talking about it. 

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Questions Covered:

03:30 – I’m not Catholic yet because of the lack of evidence for the papacy in the 2nd century.

15:28 – The conflicting accounts between Genesis and evolution.

22:47 – I’m in RCIA, I’m having a hard time understanding the rosary.

28:56 – I was raised Pentecostal and left because of hypocrisy. Now I’m non-denominational. I won’t be Catholic because I don’t get what I need or feel that closeness of Christ.

42:35 – Everyone I know that has given up on faith was Catholic. There is no love or redemption. It’s all just rules and worshiping dead saints. Hard pass.

46:08 – I became Catholic years ago. I got used to praying the rosary with my church community.

49:46 – I don’t see praise and worship in Catholicism.

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