Catholic Answers Live

Open Forum – Questions Covered:

03:29 – Can purgatory be experienced on earth? 

12:08 – When did Jesus realize he was God? 

17:21 – My mother with dementia sometimes goes to mass with us. She’s protestant and sometimes gets confused on receiving communion. How should I approach this? 

21:54 – I go to an Institute of Christ the King parish . I heard the pope was going to ban all Latin masses. Is this true? 

29:03 – Are Adam and Eve symbolic or real people that existed? 

32:12 – The bible says that Jesus could not do miracles in Nazareth. Why does it say that he could not instead choose not to? 

35:57 – What is an indulgence? 

42:24 – I was challenged by a Catholic that the pope can attempt to bind the faithful to heresy. Is this true? 

47:11 – How do we know that Peter was in Rome? 

52:11 – Can an absolving priest make a positive endorsement of the penitent saying that there is no impediment to allowing them to move forward? 

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

03:29 – Can purgatory be experienced on earth? 

12:08 – When did Jesus realize he was God? 

17:21 – My mother with dementia sometimes goes to mass with us. She’s protestant and sometimes gets confused on receiving communion. How should I approach this? 

21:54 – I go to an Institute of Christ the King parish . I heard the pope was going to ban all Latin masses. Is this true? 

29:03 – Are Adam and Eve symbolic or real people that existed? 

32:12 – The bible says that Jesus could not do miracles in Nazareth. Why does it say that he could not instead choose not to? 

35:57 – What is an indulgence? 

42:24 – I was challenged by a Catholic that the pope can attempt to bind the faithful to heresy. Is this true? 

47:11 – How do we know that Peter was in Rome? 

52:11 – Can an absolving priest make a positive endorsement of the penitent saying that there is no impediment to allowing them to move forward? 

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Questions Covered:

02:30 – Why did God create Satan if God knew he would cause so much evil? 

07:35 – Why would putting money in front of a statue not be considered idolatry? 

14:12 – Why do we insist on saying that the body and blood is in the form of bread and wine? Why not say that it’s both? 

19:15 – Why is it not emphasized that we should not receive communion if we are in mortal sin? 

24:42 – Why do Catholics justify war theory when Jesus says to turn the other cheek? 

36:09 – Why does the Holy Father have free will if it’s not possible to lead the Church into error? 

42:55 – Why can’t converts be rebaptized? 

47:53 – Why is the point that Romans in speaking to baptized Christians, never mentioned when discussing Romans 10:9? 

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Questions Covered:

05:47 – Why do we connect the Old Testament with the New Testament? Sometimes connecting the themes is a stretch.

13:12 – Do Catholics believe in an unholy trinity?

18:18 – Why do Catholics acknowledge Jesus as God and not just the son of God as the bible says?

24:24 – Why don’t Catholics recognize Jesus’ brothers and sisters?

37:20 – Why do we sometimes say the author of Hebrews as Paul but other times we don’t?

41:54 – Why would a priest allow non-Catholics to receive communion?

45:35 – Why do Catholics believe that the Catholic Church is the one true Church based on the Eucharist instead of the presence of the Trinity at Mass?

52:00 – Why should we abide by the 5 precepts of the Church?

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

01:54 – Why did Joseph receive the birthright, but the blessing went to Judah? Weren’t they usually given to the same person? Why were they separated?

08:31 – Is it a sin to look at pictures of women in bikinis?

13:28 – Is the rosary the high form of devotional prayer? Does praying rosary without focusing on the prayers fall under vain repetition?

23:35 – Would asking saints to reveal the future count as necromancy?

28:51 – Why are extraordinary ministers not allowed to do intinction?

31:55 – What Church is the Church mentioned in the book of Revelation?

36:25 – How do you explain grace to kids about to do their first communion?

41:25 – What do the hand placements of the Infant of Prague statue mean? Does it have something to do with Tarot cards?

47:00 – 2 Sam 6-7 mentions someone being struck down after reaching up to touch the Ark. Is it possible that this might have happened to St. Joseph when potentially reaching to touch Mary?

51:12 – Regarding the second commandment, how should one take it into consideration in daily life? For example, in conversations and watching movies.

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

03:40 – I recently went to confession and the priest mumbled and possibly skipped some of the words of absolution. Would this make the confession invalid?

07:00 – What is the origin of Satan?

18:36 – Rev. 11 you refer to the Ark being Mary in your book. But in Rev 12 it introduces Mary. Isn’t that a bit redundant of the ark is Mary?

23:33 – How can the Church say its teaching has never erred when the Council of Constance 2 said that it was forbidden to receive communion in both species?

36:45 – Where is the Trinity in the Mass?

40:32 – If you go to Mass and are in a state of grace but willingly choose not to receive the Eucharist, is that a sin?

44:16 – What would be a good way to start a conversation with non-Catholics to evangelize?

49:49 – Why do you need a gluten free host if it becomes the body and blood of Christ?

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Questions Covered:

17:57 – We should be doing things with young couples to keep them in the Church? 

29:24 – We need to be very careful when bringing in the new generation by not pushing out the old community. 

40:36 – How do I help my 15-year-old grandson engage in the parish, and should he even be confirmed? 

51:28 – My friend and I are trying to start a Catholic skateboarding men’s group. Can you give us some practical tips to get going? 

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Questions Covered:

11:51 – I believe science used to be a study in philosophy. 

18:45 – I had a conversation on science and religion and realized that even the most complex equations are still less than God. 

22:12 – If the universe operates on quantum mechanics and has no beginning or end, how do we reconcile this with the Christian understanding of creation? 

28:41 – Are you familiar with Graham Hancock’s Ancient Apocalypse? What are your thoughts on that? 

33:00 – Where do you stand on the idea of God implementing evolution to develop creation? 

35:53 – How do we come to the understanding of the incarnation if there was no way he would have been provided with a Y chromosome? 

41:08 – How could God be good if he can create us with dangerous things like gamma radiation everywhere that can kill us simply by being in its presence? 

48:33 – Wouldn’t the story of the loaves and fishes suspend the laws of physics? 

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Questions Covered:

09:16 – Are Catholics finding it difficult to argue for certain moral issues since the issuance of Vatican II documents that emphasize the primacy of conscience?

17:47 – I think if we followed what the Council said things would be a lot better, and fewer people would receive Communion unworthily.

19:59 – Do you think we can get back to what the documents of the council truly say?

24:15 – If we believe in the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, why did Vatican II change the way of receiving communion to the hand?

32:16 – Why would anyone become Catholic if we teach ecumenism?

35:06 – Why were Protestants involved in Vatican II?

39:10 – How can Lumen Gentium 16 be true since the Muslims deny the Trinity?

45:57 – The faithful never received what the bishops voted on at the Council. So it’s hard to discern the fruits of the council.

49:04 – Why do all the Vatican II popes have all these ecumenical events with other world religions, like the Assisi events, that are explicit violations of the first commandment?

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Questions Covered:

32:28 – I’m post-abortive. I’ve repented and converted to Catholicism. But I still struggle in that I feel on some level that people should have a choice.

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