#11674 Ask Me Anything - Karlo Broussard | Catholic Answers Live Podcast

#11408 Open Forum - Tim Staples: Questions Covered: 07:04 – I’ve been reading a lot of Orthodox material. What’s the Catholic explanation as to why they changed the creed to include the filioque? 34:29 – What did Jesus mean when he said “do not pray in vain repetition?” 43:52 – What’s your advice to me, who has a child with my protestant wife? I want to raise my child Catholic. … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11413 Open Forum - Karlo Broussard: Questions Covered: 06:47 – Who is the man of lawlessness in the book of 2 Thessalonian? 11:46 – How does purgatory relate to Abraham’s bosom? 20:10 – Is gossiping a mortal sin? 28:58 – Can we receive the Sacrament of Confession over the phone or online? 33:10 – Why is the character Julius in the Bible not a canonized Saint? 36:55 – Is there typology for the Eucharist? 46:34 – How can I know this church holds the truth when others also claim the truth? Resources Mentioned: https://canonlawmadeeasy.com/2020/04/30/confession-over-phone/ … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11411 Dropped Calls Open Forum - Trent Horn: Questions Covered: 07:38 – What is the Catholic Church’s stance on the current conflict in the Holy Land? 15:44 – Have you heard of the Egg Theory story? What are your thoughts on it? 28:56 – I’m in RCIA. I’m struggling with the Immaculate Conception. Where did this idea come from and does it have roots in scripture? 37:53 – How would you respond to a protestant who asks why they can’t receive communion? 42:48 – Do the Jews have writings or records about Jesus? 49:17 – How do I confront the ideas like purgatory from a reformed background? … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11403 Open Forum - Tim Staples: Questions Covered: 05:24 – What’s the difference between, last right, unction, and extreme unction? 10:35 – Can a member of a different rite become pope? 17:14 – Did Constantine legalizing Christianity do more harm than good? 31:26 – Why was it necessary for Jesus to be baptized? Didn’t he already have the Holy Spirit? 38:57 – Did St Jerome replace the word repentance with do penance in the Vulgate to collect alms from people? 48:18 – What’s the limit when it comes to Marian devotion? … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11404 Open Forum - Joe Heschmeyer: Questions Covered: 06:02 – How do I respond to the claim that one has to receive communion in both species in order for it to be valid 12:30 – I’m a convert. How can I help my father overcome his challenges with Marian devotion? 29:21 – I heard that there were 300 texts that were being considered when compiling the bible. Is this true? 37:06 – What if you get drunk from communion wine? 43:22 – Why doesn’t the Church use eschatological language in its responses anymore? 51:22 – What are your thoughts about Lucifer Marian typology? … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11401 Is the Mass Really a Sacrifice? - Steve Ray: Questions Covered: 17:13 – What am I sacrificing while I’m at mass? 23:21 – Do we keep Jesus on the cross because he’s sacrificed for the sin of the past, present and future? 32:09 – When exactly does the sacrifice occur during the Mass? 35:12 – Does the Todah suggest that he had to institute the eucharist in order to fulfill the scripture? 42:13 – Three of my protestant friends converted to Catholicism thanks to Steve’s visit to Salem, OR. 44:04 – Why is it so important to determine that the mass is a sacrifice? Are we witnessing a miracle at every mass? 48:16 – I truly believe that it is a sacrifice. My husband is a deacon and a mystic and has encountered this sacrifice in a real way. 51:48 – Is the physical presence of Jesus actually present in the eucharist? … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11410 Game Show - Karlo Broussard: Cy and Karlo are joined by two guests to test their knowledge on the Catholic Answers Game Show. … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11402 Simple Steps to a Stronger Marriage - Dr. Ray Guarendi: Questions Covered: 17:41 – What do you do when your husband has never been romantic? The marriage is strong but there’s no romance. 29:22 – After you say I’m sorry, and the person says I don’t believe you. What can you do? 32:43 – My husband has been verbally abusive after he got sick after 23 years of marriage. Is it wrong for me to want to leave to be happy? 47:10 – How do you deal with your spouse if you differ with child rearing? 50:41 – How do I do a better job as a husband if I’m constantly being hurt after sharing? … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11428 Flannel Panel - Christopher Check: The Flannel Panel gathers to discuss news on the Thanksgiving episode. … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11418 Open Forum - Jimmy Akin: Questions Covered: 02:35 – If every soul is guaranteed to go to heaven, why does it matter if you pray for the souls in purgatory? 10:28 – Does morality change over time? 19:48 – What is meant when Jesus says “I am the son of man” 28:46 – How do you minister to people who are suffering and explain that faith can help their suffering? 34:18 – Have the verses in Isaiah 63:1-7 come to pass? What do those verses mean? 41:36 – Could a pope contradict a previous non infallible papal teaching? 48:31 – What does Jimmy think about theistic evolution? 51:41 – Once a deacon is ordained to the permanent diaconate, does he have to remain celibate? 53:35 – Is there scientific study that shows that people who get prayed for are better off than people who do not get prayed for? … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11434 Open Forum - Karlo Broussard: Questions Covered: 05:32 – Can you help me better understand purgatory? I still can’t wrap my mind around it? 13:43 – What’s the difference between the assumption of Mary vs the saints in heaven. Do saints have their bodies? 18:53 – What’s the Church’s teaching on vasectomies? 29:30 – Acts 5 Why were the couple struck down because they didn’t donate all they have? How do we understand that in the context of today? Can we be struck down too? 41:06 – Do spouses continue to have a special relationship in heaven? 44:15 – Regarding the Papal Bull Unum Sanctum, do we still teach that all those who are saved must be subject to the Roman Pontiff? 50:39 – I had a dream multiple times about my uncle after he died. In the dream he was suffering and asking for help. Does this mean he was in purgatory? … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11405 Open Forum - Tim Staples: Questions Covered: 06:48 – Will time and space end? 15:15 – How do we know what modesty is if it revolves around the culture? 31:41 – Why would God command Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac? Isn’t killing intrinsically evil? 41:52 – If a person is conditionally baptized, what happens to the mortal sin on their soul if they were already actually baptized in the original ceremony? 49:27 – If God wants to know each of us why doesn’t God reveal himself to everyone? … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11406 Open Forum - Jimmy Akin: Questions Covered: 09:01 – How do we know that the gospel writers were Matthew, Mark, Luke and John? 21:22 – Can you explain what Opus Dei is and what it isn’t? 35:18 – What is modernism? 44:11 – My house was blessed, but I was living in mortal sin then. I’m no longer living in sin. Do I have to get my house blessed again? 49:35 – Were there other gospel writers apart from the four that we know of? … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11400 Adoption - Kimberly Henkel: Questions Covered: 18:12 – What’s your perspective on how to respond to people in the prolife movement who say that the adoption system is broken? 23:40 – I’m in my 60’s, what can I do at my age? 33:20 – My daughter is adopted and has a wound of rejection. Do you have advice on how to help her? 41:10 – I’m an adoptee and have worked in the Juvenile justice system. The courts have a program called Court Appointed Special Advocates that helps as well. 44:56 – Are there foster care opportunities for medically fragile infants? 49:05 – How can adoption be made more of a first choice instead of second choice? … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11416 Q&A from Perth, Australia - Stacy Trasancos: Cy, Tim and Stacy take questions during their recent trip to Perth, Australia. … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11407 Open Forum - Jimmy Akin: Questions Covered: 09:38 – What time does the prohibition to work on Sunday begin? 17:06 – What’s the difference between a prophet, a fortune teller and a mystic? 34:11 – What are generational demons? 40:55 – Are there any books that are hidden gems that you would recommend for someone returning to the faith? 49:02 – If we are unable to change our mind after death, then what’s the point of purgatory? … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11436 Open Forum - Joe Heschmeyer: Questions Covered: 04:50 – How do I respond when someone asks if I denounce other gods? It feels like a “gotcha” question. 28:29 – What can my friend who is a new Catholic do who just found out his grandfather was a Freemason? 35:08 – Regarding Lev. 23, on what days did the appointed festivals fall on. Were they all on Sunday? 41:25 – Will the generation that sees the end of time have to pass through death? If not, then how will the souls be purified if they don’t go to purgatory? 44:55 – If Jesus promised to return at the end of time, how do we square that with Jesus coming back constantly in the Eucharist? 47:52 – What’s a generational curse? 50:45 – If Ex. 15 says we have to keep the sabbath, why then Sunday? … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11419 Open Forum - Jimmy Akin: Questions Covered: 04:35 – My 9yr old daughter, Kateri, would like to ask: “Does God get angry at us? Sometimes He seems angry, especially when we read stories from the Old Testament.” 07:37 – I am wondering why Whitey Bulger had a funeral Mass? Are there examples of people the church will not give a funeral Mass for? Also, are there any situations when the church excludes people from being buried in Catholic cemeteries? Does the church provide funeral Masses for non-Catholics? 17:50 – After becoming a revert… 30 years ago now…I’m miserable… I thought I could pray a few rosaries and my life would come together…I loved Scott Hahn, and Mother Angelica…but here I sit…waiting…am I just faithless? 24:39 – If aliens show up in a major way and submit to testing n such…what would be necessary or possible to prove to the people who think they would have to be demons that they are not? I by Catholic Answers Live

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#11412 Dropped Calls Open Forum - Trent Horn: Questions Covered: 01:36 – Is there any inherent logic for St. Paul putting so much emphasis on the cross? 05:48 – Why is Paul in the bible if he never met Jesus? 09:52 – If a person is abused (physically or mentally) in the church and decides to leave, have they committed heresy? 15:05 – If I eat and then go to mass, can I still receive communion even If I didn’t plan on going to mass originally? 20:55 – Was the story of Jesus just co-opted from the story of Romulus? 24:11 – Why would my college professor claim that purgatory was invented in the 11th century? How do I respond to that argument? 28:29 – Why don’t Messianic Jews align with the Catholic faith? 35:45 – What is the Holy Spirit? 41:41 – How did you come to the conclusion that the Catholic Church compiled the bible? 45:12 – Are we required to believe in indulgences? 47:49 – My fundamentalist friend says that i by Catholic Answers Live

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#11421 Open Forum for Non-Catholics - Tim Staples: Questions Covered: 06:31 – Would Mormons be considered Protestants according to Catholics? 14:55 – How can the Catholic Church claim to have the fullness of the faith if the resurrection must be taken by faith? 22:15 – I’m not Catholic because I don’t always trust the arguments of the apologists. 29:01 – Is Jesus eternally subordinate to the Father or are they coequal? 34:12 – How can I differentiate devotion to Mary? 46:19 – What’s the Church’s position on Genesis 1 and evolution? 53:05 – Do you have to go through RCIA if one is baptized in the Lutheran church? … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11414 Open Forum - Karlo Broussard: Questions Covered: 02:24 – How can the Saints handle the quantity of prayers based on Daniel 10:10-14? 10:35 – Is it proper to go to confession for not being able to kneel at the appropriate times at Mass? 13:00 – Is scattering of ashes after cremation allowable? 15:32 – Has Vatican II been interpreted in a strict neo-scholastic way? 19:49 – If there is no wine at Mass can there be a Consecration? 22:25 – Did Paul ordain Linus instead of Peter? 28:59 – Why do Catholic people confess their sins to priests? 32:54 – How can a person who has never heard of Jesus get to heaven? 40:20 – How is it okay for Saint relics to be scattered all over the world? 45:05 – Can you clarify why we have one chalice that we share instead of individual cups? 50:58 – How do we call out our brothers and sisters at Mass for inappropriate behavior? … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11424 Open Forum - Jim Blackburn: Questions Covered: 08:54 – In the profession of faith, why do we confess one baptism? How can the Spirit proceed from the Father and Son if they are all equal? 16:21 – How do I respond to protestants who say we anathematize them for something that was said in a Church council? 22:52 – What does the Church teach about the gifts of the spirit in 1 Corinthians? 29:31 – Why did the Pope 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians martyrs as saints? Aren’t they heretics? 41:30 – I’m going to be confirmed soon. How far back do I have to go for my first confession? 47:32 – What’s the balance perspective of Psalm 37:4. Mark 11:24 pertaining to the Word of Faith movement. … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11415 Q&A from Perth, Australia - Tim Staples: Cy, Tim and Stacy take questions during their recent trip to Perth, Australia. … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11417 Open Forum - Colin Donovan: Questions Covered 05:52 – Should someone refrain from becoming Catholic if it would cause division in their marriage? 13:28 – What does the word relations mean in Matthew 1:25? 17:51 – Do angels have genders? 29:04 – the sacrament of extreme unction. Can it take away the need for purgatory? 34:45 – Does a high mass have more spiritual value than a low mass? 42:14 – Why do you have to be baptized before you can get your marriage annulled? 46:42 – Why didn’t the Holy Spirit stop the protestant reformation? 51:04 – Was St. Paul ordained by any of the apostles as a bishop? Was he even a bishop at all? … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11409 Open Forum - Karlo Broussard: Questions Covered: 03:19 – How do Catholics reconcile no salvation outside the Church and Jesus saying if you’re not against us, you’re for us? 10:32 – What’s the Church’s view on the Assumption of Elijah as compared to the Assumption of Mary? 18:12 – What is the difference between our Church and an ecclesiastical community? 20:44 – Protestant friends want to know why we pray to saints, especially the rosary? And how can I understand the rosary better? 34:46 – My friend fell away from the Catholic faith. Now I feel uncomfortable sharing my faith with her because she always has something to say about it. How can I continue this friendship? 40:50 – What exactly are indulgences and how does the Catholic Church choose what they are? 46:28 – Can a Catholic in the Roman rite of the Church understand the teaching of the Eucharist in a way different than how the institution teaches? 50:42 – I by Catholic Answers Live

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#11420 Open Forum - Jimmy Akin: Questions Covered: 02:28 – What was the thorn in Paul’s side? 06:48 – When I cited John 20: 21-23 as clear evidence for sacramental confession, a protestant made a claim that the power granted by Christ in those passages died with the apostles. 13:10 – At Pentecost, tongues of fire rested on those present, and they spoke in foreign languages (foreign tongues). Is this a play on words? In other languages, especially in Greek, is the word for an anatomical tongue, the same as the word for a slice of fire? Even without a play on words, the coming (from unknown source) of fire often signified the presence of God, so the point of the phenomenon doesn’t rely on the (at least in English) play on words. Does it? 16:07 – My husband died in June of brain cancer 5 months after diagnosis. So many good people keep telling me that “he’s in a better place.” Why do they say that when it should be obvious that he should be with me? I understand th by Catholic Answers Live

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#11438 Open Forum - Jimmy Akin: Questions Covered: 04:02 – What evidence is there for Hell? 11:02 – Is it immoral to play audio or watch a video of someone saying the Lord’s name in vain? 14:23 – Do you think there are more than two James? Is James the less different than Jame the brother? 21:34 – Question about predestination. Did God know who I was going to date before I dated them? 28:42 – Why does the Catholic Church have a pope? Is the Pope biblical? 35:27 – Is receiving the Eucharist in the hand wrong? 41:58 – Is consuming artificial sweeteners immoral? Because artificial sweeteners are intentionally not nutritional. 50:41 – Can the multiverse be real? … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11447 Open Forum - Jimmy Akin: Questions Covered: 07:18 – I used to be Catholic and now I’m considering returning. Why should I come back and not go to an Episcopal church since they have more progressive values? 15:23 – Are you afraid of death? If Christ gives us hope for the afterlife, should we be nervous about death? 24:40 – When did the Church begin allowing secular kings using violence in the name of the Church? 35:24 – Does God hate people as he mentions in Romans 9:13? 42:51 – Could you explain how we know the Eucharist is really the body and blood of Jesus and not just a symbol? 47:44 – Where did God come from? Who created him? 52:03 – How many prayers in the mass come from Judaism? … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11427 Flannel Panel - Christopher Check: The Flannel Panel gathers to discuss news on the Thanksgiving episode. … by Catholic Answers Live

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#11422 Open Forum for Non-Catholics - Tim Staples: Questions Covered: 06:07 – What’s the Church’s view on marriage when one person is abandoned by their spouse? Can they remarry? 18:02 – Can Catholics believe in predestination? 29:49 – Why did Jesus die if it wasn’t to satisfy the wrath of God? 43:04 – Can non-Catholics still gain the benefits of the Eucharist even if they don’t believe what Catholics believe? 49:16 – Mt 23:9 says call no man father so why do Catholics call priests father? … by Catholic Answers Live

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