Catholic Answers Live

Questions Covered:

08:00- What is the best concise support for the papacy?

17:12 – Have you heard of Zachary King, the former Satanist High Wizard turned pro-life advocate? If so, can you verify his story?

37:03 – How is the Old Testament God the same as the New Testament God, and how can I explain that to my Protestant friends?

46:04 – How do you answer the claim that anyone can consecrate the Eucharist since the Bible never says it has to be a priest?

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Questions Covered:

11:50 – I’ve always been pro-life, but I’m not sure how to answer people who bring up instances of the woman’s life being in danger or incest.

24:31 – Could you tell me more about the reality of loving Jesus? What does that look like? When I was little I knew Jesus loved me, but there was no love from me because no one told me I was supposed to love him.

36:18 – When Jesus talks about picking up your cross, how would people at the time have understood what that means? And when Paul talks about “scripture,” what is he referring to?

44:32 – What makes a valid marriage? When two atheists marry, is that valid?

52:14 – Someone asked me about the Immaculate Conception of Ruth and it caught me off-guard. Do you know anything about this?

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Questions Covered:

07:37 – Where did the idea come from that ancient Israel worshiped many gods in addition to Yahweh, who was just one among many?

23:14 – My friend wants to know how praying to Mary is more efficient or effective than praying to Jesus alone, and whether there’s any official Church teaching on that?

36:57 – If one is out of a state of sanctifying grace, is he still part of the Body of Christ?

46:29 – The Mexican supreme court is currently debating whether to use public funds to buy nativity scenes for public display. How should I as a Catholic feel about this in terms of the relation between Church and state?

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Questions Covered:

11:15 – How should Christians think about the different types of grace and how we move in and out of a state of grace? 

22:42 – How does the Church view Protestants who are aware of and accept most Catholic doctrine but are reluctant to convert? Does imperfect communion extend to them? 

35:36 – Where do we get the idea that God cannot do anything logically impossible? And if that’s true, how can Jesus be 100% God and 100% man? 

49:03 – How should I talk to my husband, who’s a self-described materialist, about the soul? What are some basic principles I can appeal to? 

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Questions Covered:

07:40 – Did Jesus’s prophecy about the timing of the second coming go unfulfilled?

21:00 – As Catholics, what can we do to go outside of the Church and evangelize?

36:50 – Why does the Church approve certain private revelations without requiring the faithful to believe in them?

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Questions Covered:

05:34 – How can I respond to objections to Mary’s perpetual virginity?

17:19 – Can new godparents be appointed?

34:44 – How did the Church conclude from the Bible that Mary is our spiritual mother and immaculately conceived?

49:00 – Is it okay to meditate on nothing or are we only supposed to meditate on the word?

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Questions Covered: 

03:04 – Why does the Church teach against masturbation?  

14:32 – Why do we believe in the True presence in the Eucharist?  

21:10 – What is the supporting evidence for the Coronation of Mary?   

29:12 – Do we retain free will when we’re in heaven? 

35:26 – How do I approach my Protestant friend on the topic of the Assumption of Mary?  

47:24 – I have trouble with accepting the Trinity.  

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Questions Covered: 

03:04 – Why does the Church teach against masturbation?  

14:32 – Why do we believe in the True presence in the Eucharist?  

21:10 – What is the supporting evidence for the Coronation of Mary?   

29:12 – Do we retain free will when we’re in heaven? 

35:26 – How do I approach my Protestant friend on the topic of the Assumption of Mary?  

47:24 – I have trouble with accepting the Trinity.  

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Questions Covered: 

06:20 – I’m troubled by the doctrine of Hell and people who don’t accept Jesus going to Hell, and what constitutes invincible ignorance. 

15:18 – I’ve never fully understood the doctrine of indulgences. 

20:43 – I’m troubled by the Church’s teaching on contraception. I had a vasectomy when I was a Protestant and I want to know if that’s going to impede my entry into the Church. 

29:21 – How can I believe the doctrines of Mary? 

41:24 – I’m troubled by why hell would be eternal instead of the souls being annihilated. 

52:09 – I’m trying to understand the role of the bishops’ authority. How could a bishop have the authority to punish a priest who didn’t do anything wrong? 

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Questions Covered: 

06:20 – I’m troubled by the doctrine of Hell and people who don’t accept Jesus going to Hell, and what constitutes invincible ignorance. 

15:18 – I’ve never fully understood the doctrine of indulgences. 

20:43 – I’m troubled by the Church’s teaching on contraception. I had a vasectomy when I was a Protestant and I want to know if that’s going to impede my entry into the Church. 

29:21 – How can I believe the doctrines of Mary? 

41:24 – I’m troubled by why hell would be eternal instead of the souls being annihilated. 

52:09 – I’m trying to understand the role of the bishops’ authority. How could a bishop have the authority to punish a priest who didn’t do anything wrong? 

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