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Which Catholic Moral Teaching Do You Reject?  Questions Covered: 03:29  - I reject the idea that God would allow non-believers to go to hell for eternity.   11:33  - Why does the Catholic Church teach that adultery in the heart and mind is not a mortal sin?   18:39  - I reject the God of the Old Testament and since Catholic moral teaching is based on the Old and New Testament, I reject Catholic moral teaching.   36:10  - I need clarification on the inviolability of conscience.   47:38  - I reject the Catholic Church’s teaching on illegal immigration.   52:32  - Please explain why the Catholic Church teaches that IVF is wrong.   Resources Mentioned: Teaching  with  Authority    by Jimmy  Akin

Which Catholic Moral Teaching Do You Reject? Questions Covered: 17:00  - I do not understand why the Catholic Church does not support gay marriage.    33:42  - I reject Catholic moral teaching on natural law.   44:50  - I question Catholic teaching on NFP and contraception.   Resources Mentioned: What We Can’t Not Know by J Bud Budziszewski Evidence for Catholic Moral Teaching by Trent  Horn Made This Way: How to Prepare Kids to Face Today’s Tough Moral Issues   Inseparable: Five Perspectives on Sex, Life, and Love in Defense of Humanae Vitae

ROUND 1 PETER AND PAUL 1) In his second letter, Peter says we will one day: a See the divine nature b Touch the divine nature c Share in the divine nature 2) Peter’s first successor of Peter as the leader of the Church in Rome was: a) Forgotten by history b) Linus c) James the Just 3) In the letter to the Galatians: a) Peter rebukes St Paul b) St Paul rebukes Peter c) Paul and Peter rebuke the Romans 4) Which of the following is true about St. Peter: a) Has such a powerful healer that people laid the sick out in places where they thought Peter’s shadow might fall on them b) He only healed when all the Apostles were gathered together c) He showed no evidence of being a healer   5) The Apostle Paul was a: a) Sadducee b) Temple Priest c) Pharisee 6)  The bishops of the Orthodox Churches are: a.) Not successors of the Apostles as Catholic bishops are b.) Successors of the Apostles c.) Successors only of St. Paul but not of St. Peter   ROUND 2 Sacrament of Marriage Questions 1) Even married

Was Jesus truly divine or was he just a holy man? Questions Covered: 06:48  - Atheists claim  that Josephus wrote the Bible. How would we respond to this?   16:53  - I have heard that God’s people are Muslims, Jews, and Christians. How does God work through Christ to bring  all  those people together?   30:10  - Jesus is n ot God. I think God works through Jesus. We are all vessels the way that Jesus was.   47:30  - Muslims qu ote Mark 14:32 and John 14:28 to prove that Jesus is not God. How do you respond to that?  

Callers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief.   Questions Covered: 01:20  - How should I go about studying the Bible?   06:36  - What is the status of independent Catholic Churches that aren’t under their local diocese in their county?   14:00  - Are there any Catholic resources for help with schizophrenia or psychosis?   17:07  - My parish priest comes to our book club and dominates the conversation. We don’t mind him coming,  if  he comes as a guest and respects the rules of the club. How can we ask him  to stop doing this?   24:26  - Why do people claim that the Latin Mass is the only valid rite of the Mass?   36:18  - A coworker told me that Jesus is referenced as the Son of God many times in the gospels, but only referred to as divine once or twice, so refuting the Trinitarian God. How can I defend the Trinity?   43:56

Callers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief.   Questions Covered: 05:12  - According to Scripture, what events will tell us that the world is ending?   15:15  - When you see an angel, how do you know it is real?   18:53  - A friend told me purgatory was not necessary because, after we die, we no longer have a body or bodily temptations. How can I respond to that?   24:20  - Why does God harden people’s hearts in the Old Testament?   34:10  - Will the Church identify the anti-Christ when he comes?   35:50  - I am a practicing Catholic but my wife is not a baptized Christian. She comes to Mass with me every week. Does she have a chance of going to heaven?   42:00  - How should a Catholic approach politics, media, etc.? Do we have to take a “side ”  or can we just approve of certain things and not of others?   48:42  - Why do

Should the Bible be taken literally? When was the Bible established? This and more with Jimmy Akin. Questions Covered: 02:21  - Can you help me to understand Exodus 4:24-25?   07:10  - Matthew 24:14 says that the tribulations that were going to happen to Jerusalem would be the worst that the world would ever see and would never see again. Was this true?   18:57  - How could the earth possibly be created in 7 days? What do we believe about the creation account in Genesis?   24:16  - Is there any reference in the Bible to skin color or race?   31:58  - In Romans, Paul writes about treating your body as a temple. In the temple, they used incense. I like to smoke cigarettes. Could that be me to incensing my temple? Or should I quit  smoking?   38:30  - When were the books of the Bible dogmatically defined?    46:3 5 – There are times in the Bible when it seems like God “changes” his mind (like when Mary changes Jesus’ mind at Cana), but God is unchangeable. How can this be reconciled?   51

Should the Bible be taken literally? When was the Bible established? This and more with Jimmy Akin. Questions Covered: 07:00  - The scriptures take about the imputation of the righteousness of Christ and his glory. What does the Catholic Church say about this?    15:41  - Do reverence or piety result in supernatural health protection based on what the Bible says?   24:13  - What does Ephesians 2:8-9 mean?   34:23  - It seems like Jesus celebrates the Passover with his apostles on Holy Thursday and then on Friday, when he had been crucified, they had to take his body down in order to prepare for the Passover. When did the Passover  happen ?   47:13  - In 2 Timothy 3:17, why is the Greek word “ artios ” used, when in James 1:4 a different Greek word is used, but in English, both passages use the word “complete”?   Resources Mentioned: Living Bread (CD) The Bible Is A Catholic Book   Teaching  with  Authority   A Daily Defense: 365 Days (plus one) to Becoming a Better Apologist   The Fath

Cy Ke llett and senior apologist, Jimmy Akin, discuss a variety of questions submitted via email and social media. If you have a  question  you’d like to submit for the next internet open forum, please email it to radio@catholic.com.   

Cy Ke llett and senior apologist, Jimmy Akin, discuss a variety of questions submitted via email and social media. If you have a  question  you’d like to submit for the next internet open forum, please email it to radio@catholic.com

What is the truth about the history of the Catholic Church? Questions Covered: 15:08  - When it comes to the Mexican Revolution and the Spanish Civil War, the Catholics took the hardest hit, but that isn’t taught.   21:10  - How can we deal with the lack of cultural representation of black and other minority  groups in society and how can that be rectified?   29:33  - When did the Catholic Church start using the word Easter? My friends say it comes from a pagan festival.   35:35  - When will we see statues and discussion of Dorothy Day and other great figures?   46:35  - Why would people want to take down statues of President Roosevelt? Can you explain this a little bit more?  

John DeRosa debuts his new book,  One Less God Than You . If you have spent any time on Twitter, in a college quad, or at the dinner table with a freshman philosophy major, you’re probably familiar with the litany of slogans that religious skeptics employ in an attempt to rescue you from the foolish belief that God exists. Even our public schools and mainstream media often can’t help but parrot the tropes and memes that seem to leave thinking people with no alternative but to embrace atheism. How can a Christian respond? You can ignore them—but then you miss a chance to evangelize and to strengthen your own faith. You can spend years mastering theistic apologetics before you reply—but that takes, well, years. Or you can let John DeRosa ( Classical Theism ) help. In   One Less God Than You ,  he breaks down twenty of the most common atheist challenges, exposes their substantive and logical weaknesses, and shows you how to craft effective answers. Atheism is more aggressive and widesprea

Questions Covered: 06:12  - Due to COVID-19, do kids who were supposed to get their First Communion this year still get to have it?   15:17 –  When we receive First Communion, why do we have to go through all those classes?   19:13  - The churches are going to reopen in two weeks, but our dad doesn’t want us to go outside the house. Should we obey him or the church?   23:18  - What is the role of the Church in political life?   35:55  - Why did God make church?   44:13  - How can God exist all the time if nobody made him?   47:50  - Can a priest say that you can’t receive communion on the tongue?   50:24  - Why does God allow the riots?  

Questions Covered: 23:44  - My guardian angel has saved my life so many times.    29:36  - Churches have been shut down here for 3 months and I have really been struggling without the Eucharist. Why is the American Church reacting like this?   39:50  - With the trajectory of where this is going, do you think the Bible will be taken away from us or banned?   45:40  - In Denver, they did away with Columbus Day.   48:23  - I have been turning to prayer a lot more since the pandemic started and I see a lot of good coming from it.   51:51  - Why is there a contradiction sometimes in points of views within the Catholic Church when Catholic values should unite us all?

Callers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief.   Questions Covered: 00:52  - How do you know God exists?   05:24  - Is there documentation or primary sources of Eucharistic miracles for a person who would want to read medical reports before believing in them?   1 4:59 – What is the Catholic teaching on tattoos?    21:27  - In Revelation 6:10, why are the martyrs so eager to have their blood avenged?   28:47  - What is the significance of the different vain sayings like, “Oh my gosh,” or, “Oh my God”? What is wrong about these?   40:40  - The NAB’s translation of the “Our Father” is different. Why don’t we recite the version that is in the NAB?   46:35  - How can I respond to a Protestant who says that veneration and treatment of the Real Presence in the Eucharist is modern and that the early Church wouldn’t have cared if som