Catholic Answers Live

Questions Covered:

13:42 – What does salvation look like for people that have left the Church due to the sex abuse scandal? Good question

20:31 – Jesus says he is the way, the truth and the life. Catholics say the Catholic Church is the way. Is this contradictory?

24:20 – Paul says those who call in the name of the Lord will be saved. That which you are proclaiming is false.

34:45 – Can you give me 3 of the best reasons to be Catholic and not Orthodox?

38:18 – I’m Anglican and faithful. Is your Church saying that I can’t have salvation?

45:47 – How do we practically communicate this teaching to ecumenical groups?

48:40 – What are your thoughts on the movie Silence and the question on salvation in it?

50:33 – Are there any documents prior to the 60’s that show the caveats regarding salvation that we hear about today?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

10:31 – Is a confession valid if a priest forgets to ask you for your act of contrition?

13:12 – In the Mass, why do we pray for those who have passed away and those who have fallen asleep? Why separate them?

14:36 – If we can pray directly to God why go to a priest for confession?

20:34 – I’m a convert and now my son is going through RCIA. He was baptized in a protestant Church. Was it valid? Should he go to confession before receiving communion?

32:00 – I’m a new Catholic and just went to adoration for the first time. Why is adoration ok? Should the eucharist be consumed?

40:01 – How do we prove polygamy wrong using scripture?

47:25 – I’m a non-practicing Catholic and looking to return. I got married and divorced and never had an annulment. I just discovered that my ex-wife filed and was granted an annulment without my knowledge. Would it be in my best interest to have the case reopened to have my testimony on file?

52:18 – What is the sin against the Holy Spirit?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

04:19 – What do we Catholics believe about protestants receiving communion at their own churches?

07:06 – Where do we get the traditions of Peter being crucified upside down and Veronica wiping the face of Jesus?

11:50 – The bible says God is a trinity and also one. Which is it?

16:04 – I’m failing to understand how the Eucharist is a sacrifice. Can you help clarify?

21:43 – What do we know about the similarities and differences between the Pharisees and Sadducees. What role did they play in the Passion?

28:37 – If Adam and Eve didn’t sin, would there still be a heaven?

30:47 – I stopped practicing my faith because of the sex abuse many years ago. I’m beginning my return but now I see new abuses. Why were the priests shuffled around?

34:31 – How can you tell if a message is coming from God or the devil?

41:05 – What happened to Moses and Elijah after the Transfiguration of Jesus?

42:59 – The GIRM 199 states that the priests cannot celebrate the Easter vigil mass alone but later 204 it contradicts that. Can you help clarify?

44:31 – How do we read the age of people in the Old Testament, especially since some people lived for hundreds of years?

51:36 – Why is Mt. 17:21 missing from some bibles?

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Questions Covered:

01:47 – Why do Catholics believe you can pray to the dead when the bible says the opposite?

12:22 – Why does the Church believe that Mary is sinless?

18:08 – Were the Assumption of Mary and JP2’s declaration on the male only priesthood fall under ex cathedra?

23:00 – Could you help explain why we use relics?

32:32 – Why do we use the phrase “Mother of God” instead of “Mother of God Incarnate” in the Hail Mary prayer?

43:23 – If you’re in a relationship with someone who is going through RCIA, why do you have to be married to them to be their sponsor?

51:52 – Why do we Catholics find it easier to accept scientific discoveries over protestants if we have a lot of the same materials?

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Questions Covered:

08:45 – How did the Church come up with the idea that Mary was conceived without sin?

17:39 – Why does the pope only speak ex cathedra on morals? What exactly is ex cathedra?

29:32 – My friend passed away and left her kids behind. Why would God allow that?

37:29 – Why do we celebrate Easter when we do? Did we replace Passover with Easter to follow a pagan holiday?

44:07 – How many times has ex cathedra been used? And why?

47:48 – Is organ donation licit as a Catholic? Why or Why not?

50:41 – What does the Church teach about creationism and evolution? What are the boundaries and why?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

01:33 – Why are there some Catholic churches that feel like they don’t want people with mental disabilities?

11:13 – Can you explain the presumption of mercy?

18:12 – A lot of non-religious and native Americans use sage for purification. Can we as Catholics use it if we get it blessed?

21:31 – What’s a good response to once saved always saved?

31:56 – Why was the fall of the angels irreparable? Why can’t they repent?

36:15 – If Vatican 2 was successful then why are those who prefer the Latin Mass being attacked?

45:58 – How does one know when you are going to heaven?

51:00 – I’m divorced and have been banned from receiving communion. How am I supposed to be nourished?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

08:55 – Did God know the devil would become a fallen angel? Were there other fallen angels apart from the devil?

14:41 – Is it Catholic to say that God is consistently pouring out his grace and by cooperation we come into a closer relationship with him?

18:18 – What is the official position on eschatology?

23:27 – I’m Lutheran. I see saints say contradictory things about Mary. Some say we should be slaves to her and others say don’t put Mary above God. Can you clarify?

36:40 – What would be a good response to a protestant who rejects private revelation?

42:05 – What is the mechanism by which we have the hope for salvation?

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Questions Covered:

06:02 – How does one respond to an atheist who says every theist version of evolution puts sin before death, that death didn’t exist until sin. How does one respond? 

15:04 – Is divorce a sin? Is it okay to date before an annulment has been given? 

22:08 – If you kill 3 people do you have to name them in confession? Do you have to name each individual instance? 

29:37 – How can the laity make sense of priests and bishops who speak out against the pope? 

33:07 – My wife doesn’t feel loved by me, and I don’t know how to show her. How do I approach her and suggest we go to therapy? 

40:36 – I’m a medical student and help with surgeries including tying tubes. What is my culpability in those surgeries? 

46:08 – If you’re destined for heaven, why are souls tortured in purgatory? 

50:22 – We hear a lot about the second coming, but what was the first coming? Who was that? 

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Questions Covered:

14:31 – Does atheism lead to nihilism?

21:13 – Why do so many Christians fall into atheism?

23:02 – Is the intelligent design argument against evolution helpful, unhelpful or irrelevant in the debate about God?

33:41 – Why the Judeo-Christian God instead of any other God?

40:58 – What are good resources for atheists who want to get into philosophy?

48:38 – My belief in God stems from my illness.

52:05 – I just discovered the idea that we are born seeking God. Can you comment on that?

 

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Questions Covered:

04:08 – I have been struggling with a lot of anxiety. When I pray, sometimes I get peace and sometimes I don’t. I pray the rosary, I do devotions, etc. Can you help me know if maybe I’m missing something so I can be at peace? 

12:54 – One version of Matthew 1:25 says Joseph did not have marital relations until Mary had the firstborn son. But does that mean Mary wasn’t a perpetual virgin? 

21:52 – Why did the 12 Apostles end with the apostolic age? Why didn’t they keep reinstituting the 12? 

35:00 – My wife is a nutritionist and doesn’t fully understand fasting and that it’s harmful for our hormone balance and metabolism. She wants to know how you could be doing something harmful to your body for the sake of spiritual gain. 

42:13 – Tim said he used to be pro-death penalty but now that he’s a Catholic, does not because the Pope says it’s a development of doctrine and supersedes the bible. How can he do that? 

50:25 – I’m a new Catholic. How can the Church maintain unity within the setting of having different “branches”, like the SSPX?

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