Catholic Answers Live

Questions Covered:

23:15 – I’m 59 and have never been married. I just met a man and now I have a desire to get married. Can I get some advice?

30:08 – Thank you for sharing the Catholic view of marriage! Not enough people hear it.

33:15 – I feel like my wife has given the love that belongs to me to our children. What can I do to help correct this?

38:55 – If one has been married multiple times, can God forgive that?

46:15 – Thanks for a great show topic! I requested therapy with my, now deceased wife to show her that I would never stop working for our marriage.

49:26 – How do I best prepare for the work in marriage?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

04:47 – How do I explain to Protestants that when the bible says that Mary did not know Joseph until after Jesus’ birth, it doesn’t mean that they had relations after? 

10:47 – I struggle with the theory that if you go to hell, it is because you chose to be there. Can you help clarify? 

16:52 – I had a dream where I saw many upside-down crosses. How do I interpret this? Is this demonic? 

22:50 – Is it moral for women to be in the military? 

32:21 – Do you believe in the book “The Warning” by Christine Watkins? 

35:50 – What’s the significance of Christians fasting on Wednesday and Friday? 

42:15 – Has Jimmy ever investigated the theory using an engrailed cross to navigate the earth potentially used by the Knights Templar? 

46:32 – If you are coming into the church do you need to go to confession if you are receiving a conditional baptism? 

50:26 – If Christ could not sin, what was the point of the temptations? 

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Questions Covered:

17:11 – A Christian is someone who you connect with because you have the common foundation of Christ. 

43:30 – How do I talk to people of other Christian faiths? 

47:50 – Comment: Foundation of faith is trust, how to have a conversation with people that don’t believe what you do. 

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Questions Covered:

01:45 – I’m struggling with worshiping in a Catholic Church. Do you have any advice?

11:13 – I’m struggling to understand why the Pope won’t call out high-profile politicians If they are clearly speaking against the teachings of the Church?

17:18 – I struggle with my priest who doesn’t approve of me receiving communion on the tongue and also allows lay people to expose the Eucharist in the monstrance. What can I do?

23:23 – I’m struggling with my faith. Can Christianity be proven? Are we living in the matrix? Have you heard of the Egg Theory story? What are your thoughts on it?

36:21 – How would a civil divorce be applied to a Sacramental marriage? Why would a civil divorce need to be annulled in order for someone to marry inside the Church?

45:42 – What does the Church teach about salvation for agnostics and those with mental health issues?

52:17 – How do I argue against someone who claims that priests ordained in the Novus Ordo are invalid?

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Questions Covered:

13:43 – I’m divorced, remarried, then widowed and now I’m getting remarried. If we get married, I know my husband will be excommunicated if we marry. Do you have any advice?

21:31 – I fear inviting young women to Church and not knowing if they’ve had an abortion. Would they be able to come into the Church if they had?

24:57 – When did Jesus rise again? Does that mean it was the first or second time that he rose?

29:20 – I want to join the Roman Catholic Church but I’m divorced. I don’t ever plan on being remarried. Do I have to get my marriage annulled? Or can I skip that?

32:30 – I’m Anglican. I struggle with the honor that we are supposed to give to Mary and the saints.

45:13 – How do I discuss Pope Francis with my Evangelical friends who see him as vague and almost wanting to change Church teaching?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

10:16 – Is it ok to attend an SSPX mass? 

15:20 – Why did it take so long for the Church to declare the Assumption and the Immaculate Conception as dogmas? 

23:13 – How do I deal with people who won’t acknowledge that their actions are sin? 

34:41 – Should babies be rebaptized when they get older? 

36:28 – How do I contribute history and theology to a bible study when they focus on feelings? 

43:36 – What is a good book that gives an overview of heresies in history? 

44:32 – How can a good Catholic walk by a homeless person in the cold and feel like a righteous person? 

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

10:52 – How do we respond to the objection that he is not eternal creator because he is not eternal creating?

14:52 – At what point does a struggle with a Church teaching not allow us to receive communion?

19:57 – How do I respond to the claim that we should be baptizing in the name of Jesus over the name of the trinity?

32:34 – If God made everything, how did he come to earth?

35:31 – What is the earliest evidence for the assumption of Mary?

46:45 – I’m engaged and was planning to get married in November. People tell me that we should get married sooner. What is your advice?

51:04 – Is it ok for me to feel uneasy for a non-Catholic to come and speak to our Catholic men’s group at the Church?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

03:26 – I’m returning to the faith and the priest that I’ve started going to confession to is telling me some sins are not sins. I know they are through my research. How do I handle that?

14:09 – What are good resources about where we got the bible?

18:17 – What is the theological significance of a pope retiring or not?

23:55 – How do I explain Jesus’ death in a public-school setting?

39:28 – What’s the Church’s response to bishop Lefebvre’s statement on the changes of the Mass, saying that it was very protestant?

44:55 – Why is it a mortal sin to eat meat on Fridays during Lent? If you’re not convicted, how does that work?

49:51 – My 17 year old daughter is struggling with her faith. How do I help guide her back?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

08:45 – Is there any evidence that Cyprian of Carthage accepted the papacy and ended back into communion with Rome? 

22:45 – What’s the true meaning of schism? 

34:50 – When did the pre-communion fast change from the night before to only a few hours before communion? 

37:37 – Is the pope just the first among equals? 

40:25 – I’m getting mixed advice about Catholics being allowed to watch Harry Potter. Is it ok or not?  How does one discern what is right? 

49:25 – Why did God give a definitive law to Moses forbidding sexual sin but wasn’t as direct about slavery? 

51:25 – Why isn’t there more contribution from Peter and James in the New Testament? 

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In today’s episode, Cy and Joe discuss artificial Intelligence and what that means for the future.

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