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  Questions Covered: 02:04  - How should we interpret 1 Cor 4:1-5? It sounds like it’s going against the authority of the Church to declare someone a saint.   11:23  - What is the Church’s stance on book-burning?   16:55  - Did St. Thomas teach that God loves some people more than others?   22:00  - Is the book “Mary Magdalene” by Anne Catherine Emerich an accurate book?   35:37  - What is the third secret of Fatima?   43:20 – In light of the scandal about the priest who was invalidly baptized, how do we know the apostles were baptized correctly?   45:30  - If baptism removes original sin, and both parents are baptized, how is it transmitted to their children?   47:30  - Jesus once said he came to save the Jews. When did that change to saving the gentiles too?   50:30  - Why did the apostles receive the Holy Spirit if they weren’t baptized?   Resources Mentioned   Jimmy Akin’s Myster...

  Questions Covered:   04:13  - When the Church says Mary was free from sin, does that mean she was free from objective sin or subjective sin?   06:52  - Is it a problem for me to start a school for classical education when my diocese doesn’t want me to?   14:29  - When is it appropriate to watch certain news topics around people with morally incorrect opinions who might be scandalized?   20:04  - Leviticus 25 says Israelites shouldn’t be enslaved but foreigners can be. How can I talk about this?   24:39  - How true is the description of “devouring flames” in purgatory?   33:23  - Could the number of the beast represent a lack of the sabbath day?   44:21  - My brother was cremated but not buried. Are we supposed to bury him? If so, how should I bring it up to my family?   50:08  - Should we pray the Luminous mysteries if they weren’t revealed by Our Lady to St. Dominic?  

  Questions Covered: 13:38  - Why do Catholics place such emphasis on confessing to a priest?   22:41  - Why do Catholics believe in the concept of lost salvation?   31:00  - When you lose your salvation, how can you get it back?   34:40  - Aren’t we saved just by believing in Jesus? Wouldn’t works come from being in that state of salvation?   48:20  - What is the problem with Christian  Mortalism ?   53:19  - When Protestants object to purgatory because “to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord,” is it theologically sound to say that in purgatory we actually are present with the Lord?   Resources mentioned:   The Immortal in You  by Michael Augros

  Questions Covered:   22:35  - I had a nondenominational friend who helped me grow closer to my faith. 34:35  - My ex-Catholic evangelical sister is marrying another evangelical. Can I attend their wedding? 43:30  - I was helped in my faith by two famous Protestants who got me to read the Bible and by the charismatic movement that was both Catholic and Protestant. 47:35  - I was helped by a book “Christian Secret to a Happy Life” by a Quaker, Anna Smith. It seems useful to every Christian, but I want to see if Mark’s heard of it. 49:30  - My protestant friend helped me back to my Catholic faith. 52:29  - I was helped to the Catholic faith by the Salvation Army.

  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: 05:50  - My neighbor is a Lutheran who told me that even Mary doubted who Jesus was. Is that true?   13:48  - Can the text of the gospel be changed to accommodate people better? For example, instead of ‘men’, to say ‘people’?   22:25  - Is  sedevacantism  true?   29:55  - How can we combat transgenderism?   37:35  - What is the logic of the necessity of purgatory?   45:00  - What are the earliest accounts of the sacraments of confirmation?   52:29  - I am going through RCIA, but my wife does not want to go through it. What is the status of our marriage? Can I take the Sacraments?   Resources Mentioned:   Redemptionis Sacramentum Purgation Station Scripture Confirm...

  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:   02:39  - How can I strengthen my faith in God the Father?   13:24  - What are Protestants missing out on by not having the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church?   22:28  - Why aren’t there more books refuting the eastern orthodox church?   33:47  - My Protestant friend thinks that Matthew 16:19 is  saying  that Peter determines who goes to heaven. Can you help me to respond to him?  

  Questions covered: 17:27  - What is the most appealing way to reach someone deep into internet atheism?   28:38  - My granddaughter doesn’t want to make her confirmation and doesn’t believe in the real presence. She goes through the motions for her parents but now their priest is saying she shouldn’t receive communion if she doesn’t believe. Now she feels like she’s being shunned. What should we do?   34:40  - My son isn’t baptized but he comes occasionally to Mass with me because he wants to understand.   42:50  - Do you prove in your book that the Catholic Church is the true faith?   47:15  - My two godchildren  fell away in college . How can I get them back?   52:06  - Do you think kids are falling away because of modernism? Resources mentioned:   Always a Catholic  by Fr. Walshe When Harry Became Sally  by Ryan Anderson

  Questions Covered:   24:10  - I put my work life into Jesus’ hands.  

 This week, we are hearing from some of the best and brightest women in the world on issues ranging from life, to work, to roles in the Church and everything in between. Questions Covered: 16:19  - I do frequently think about my death, but not in a productive or helpful way. I think about how I could do more for people when I die. I look forward to it. Is this weird or wrong?   21:48  - When you began to do this, what changes did you notice in your everyday life and interactions with other people?   42:14  - Have you found in your work that there are a lot of hospice workers that benefit from your work? Have you had any connections to people who walk through death with people?   46:25  - Is there any risk for suicidal ideation with this?   51:29  - Do you agree with the idea that people do everything they can to fight death and that the continuation of humanity is just a way for people to try to avoid dying? Resources Mentioned:   L...

 This week, we are hearing from some of the best and brightest women in the world on issues ranging from life, to work, to roles in the Church and everything in between. Questions Covered: 29:04  - I am disabled and am so worried that the doctors will convince me to sign away my life. I live in fear that my daughter will not be able to help me. What can  disabled  people do?   33:48  - What are your thoughts on population control? Do you think we will soon deplete the earth’s resources if we don’t have contraception?   44:20  - How is eugenics different from racism?   48:20  - Did Margaret Sanger think minorities need to be eliminated? Do you think this is an underlying part of the movement still? Resources Mentioned:   Margaret Sanger’s Eugenic Legacy: The Control of Female Fertility Contraception and Catholicism

 This week, we are hearing from some of the best and brightest women in the world on issues ranging from life, to work, to roles in the Church and everything in between. Questions Covered:   18:50  - Did Mary Magdalene have children?   31:18  - Is there evidence in the New Testament for women being priests?   43:30  - I don’t understand why women today look back at women in the New Testament and think that those women were weak, just because we don’t hear about them speaking out the way women do today. I think there is a perverted sense of what real strength is.   50:31  - What are your comments on Junia who Paul refers to as a female apostle?  

 This week, we are hearing from some of the best and brightest women in the world on issues ranging from life, to work, to roles in the Church and everything in between. Questions Covered:   16:28  - I might be a father someday and I worry about providing monetarily for them. Do you think that people put off being a mother or father because they worry too much about that aspect of parenthood?   21:22  - This last year has been a crazy time with not being able to have people over and not having community. How are you dealing with these challenges?   29:06  - How do you manage all the chaos and get support? I feel like I am always overwhelmed and stressed. It is difficult to embrace my vocation of motherhood.   42:52  - I was pregnant with my 4th after two miscarriages and someone told me I should never have had that many kids. I said,  Don’t   worry, I  made up for the children that you didn’t have. Just a response for all those...

 This week, we are hearing from some of the best and brightest women in the world on issues ranging from life, to work, to roles in the Church and everything in between. Questions Covered: 06:25  - How do we respond to people who say, why is abortion bad if the baby goes straight to heaven anyway?   11:45  - My friend says that Planned Parenthood provides women with other health benefits that make it a valuable institution. How can I respond to her?   14:38  - I am a sidewalk counselor. We have a few signs, and one says that the pill is a contributor to breast cancer. A lady told us, shame on you, you’re spreading misinformation and doing those women a disservice. How can I respond to this?   18:43  - Is pulling the plug on someone assisting in their suicide? 29:48  - What is the definition of being pro-life? It seems like a very narrow view of supporting them to birth, but not beyond.   41:25  - My friend says it is better to have ...

 This week, we are hearing from some of the best and brightest women in the world on issues ranging from life, to work, to roles in the Church and everything in between. Questions Covered: 09:00  - How do we work with young men and women in chastity to prevent unwanted pregnancies?   14:52  - The right of life shouldn’t wait for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade.   19:42  - My dad is an abortion provider. I have been a Christian for a year and considering Catholicism. How can I stay true to Christ in a house that is so pro-abortion? How can I converse at the dinner table?   31:00  - How do you refute abortion even in cases of rape and incest, which are very sensitive subjects?   34:15  - Years ago, I heard that an abundance of contraception in the culture leads to a culture of abortion. Is this true? What can be done?   36:15  - Have you dealt with anyone later in life who has experienced regret later in life about havin...

 This week, we are hearing from some of the best and brightest women in the world on issues ranging from life, to work, to roles in the Church and everything in between. Questions Covered:   21:20  - I’m a guy who just came out of a relationship that ended, that was very serious. I struggled to make my girlfriend happy. What is the man’s responsibility for the happiness of our female partners?   29:09  - My girlfriend suffers from anxiety and depression. She is getting professional help. She says she can’t see or hear God. How can I help her to see the beauty of life and God in it?   40:30  - I am married, for over 40 years. My husband isn’t always the kindest to me. My dad was abusive and so I became a quiet person. I don’t want to be pushed around anymore. What can I do to assert myself?   44:55  - I grew up without a dad and I am still broken. How can I heal?   49:15  - I think we need contentment more than happiness.  

 This week, we are hearing from some of the best and brightest women in the world on issues ranging from life, to work, to roles in the Church, and everything in between. Questions Covered:   24:11  - Is it appropriate for me to invite my friend, who is living with her girlfriend, to my wedding?   32:40  - How do you live with this? I am a married mother of two and I fell in love with my best  friend,  and I am trying to make my marriage work.   37:10  - I am a Catholic and I disagree with your answer to the previous caller to allow that woman and her partner attend a Catholic wedding.   45:30  - I have 5 children and my youngest daughter came out last year and got engaged to her partner. What can I do? Can I attend her wedding?   49:00  - I am a practicing Catholic. I struggle with acknowledging and celebrating my friends who have married same-sex partners. I want to be supportive, but I know that it is wrong and not sacr...

 This week, we are hearing from some of the best and brightest women in the world on issues ranging from life, to work, to roles in the Church. Questions Covered:   20:22  - How can you say that no human has ever been born into the world without distinct genitalia? There are plenty of cases of people being born with ambiguous genitalia and I am horrified that you would say that. Not all people are men or women.   34:40  - How are women able to best serve by using their receptivity?   42:24  - Could you comment on chastity and empowerment?   46:50  - I am a single mother. What do you feel the Catholic Church is doing to empower single women who are parents?   50:05  - Down at the DNA level, isn’t that where we determine male and female? Can’t DNA tell us this?  

 This week, we are hearing from some of the best and brightest women in the world on issues ranging from life, to work, to roles in the Church. Questions Covered:   19:39  - What is your idea of how the feminine genius comes through in certain roles (teacher, leader,  etc. )? How can men step up in the Church?   31:12  - How do you reconcile the verse “women be submissive to your husbands” with being co-equal in their marriages?   36:40  - Would you say that those who are pro-abortion are also anti-marriage and anti-family?   42:48  - Do you think women should be drafted into the military?  

  Questions Covered: 01:17  - How can I explain to my Protestant friend that Mary is holy and full of grace? She wants biblical evidence.   13:18  - How can Catholics know if they are asking for intercession from saints who are really in God’s presence?   18:52  - The Catholic Old Testament has 39  books,  but the Jews have 24 books. How can the Catholic Old Testament be correct? Send Why Catholic Bibles are Bigger   24:27  - What do Catholics believe about how God’s foreknowledge affects human beings’ free will?   44:00  - What is the Catholic doctrine on purgatory and how can we find evidence for it in Scripture?   48:45  - Why do Catholics do the sign of the Cross and when did that start?    52:10  - How do I explain to Baptists that faith alone/being born again is not right, that repentance and a change of lifestyle is necessary to follow Christ?  

  Questions Covered: 05:30  - If Mary had to be free of the stain of original sin in order to conceive Jesus, then wouldn’t her mother have had to be free also in order to conceive Mary, and so on?   12:12  - Why is there a  ten-month  preparation for baptism and initiation into the Church when you baptize infants with no preparation?   19:08  - If Mary was perpetually a virgin, then why does the Bible insist on referring to Jesus as Mary’s first born, making it sound as though there were other children that followed him?   28:40  - How can God never change but also take on a human nature at a certain point in time?   35:00  - Why do Catholics deny Communion to non-Catholics if they are not heretics or damned?   44:00  - Why does the Catholic Church accept the Protestant baptism? I am orthodox and we reject Protestant baptisms.   49:40  - Can a lay person bless other people, especially someone outside of you...

  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: 01:01  - Is it within the bounds of Catholic orthodoxy to believe that God is somewhat in time rather than simply timeless?   07:27  - If God didn’t make evil and the devil can’t make anything, then where did evil come from?   11:32  - What is the “rite of introduction”? He was told in RCIA to be at Church for the rite of introduction. He doesn’t know more than that.   15:21  - Why do we say the Nicene Creed at Mass, but the Apostle’s Creed while reciting the rosary?   16:52  - How do we know when Jesus is being literal or hyperbolic? He refers to himself as the bread of life  and  the door for sheep.   23:02  - How could Jesus descend into hel...

  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: 03:50  - In Exodus 3:2, the angel of the Lord appears to Moses in the burning bush, but that when he saw the  bush,  he saw God. Did he see an angel or God?   11:43  - What are my family and I to do when our bishop will not allow us to come worship unless we wear masks?   14:50  - How should I respond to my Protestant family who reject the Bible verses in Revelation about praying to the saints?   21:20  - What does it mean in Leviticus 4 when it  says,  “sinning through ignorance”?   28:23  - What does “full of grace” mean? It is applied in Scripture to Jesus and Mary.   34:45  - Are Protestants a part of the Catholic faith? Are they recognized by Catholics as part of the s...

  Purgatory is real and Karlo Broussard is here to answer listeners questions about it. Questions Covered: 07:27  - If we receive a plenary indulgence  at the moment  of death, will we go straight to heaven if we are not yet morally perfect?   21:01  - Is it possible that some of us who appear to be living on earth are  actually going  through purgatory right now?    34:44  - I had an experience where I felt like the Lord revealed a taste of purgatory to me. Is that possible?   46:30  - What is the scriptural support for purgatory?   51:49  - What is the process that a theologian goes through in order to understand the correct reading of Scripture that supports purgatory? Resources Mentioned: Purgatory Is For Real by Karlo Broussard

  Who was Jesus and what was he like? Questions Covered: 19:27  - It seems like today people see Jesus as a lovey  dovey  hippy, but the language in Scripture from him can be  really strong . Why does he use such harsh analogies and words at times?   29:26  - How can we better understand why Jesus talks about not judging other people’s hearts?   31:51  - Do we know what Jesus’ build and height were, based on the Shroud of Turin?   34:04  - What happened to Jesus between ages 12 and 30?   43:32  - What did Jesus  actually look  like? Why and when did artists start depicting him as a European?   47:50  - Have you seen The Chosen series? Is that a good depiction of Jesus?   50:35  - Was Jesus a handsome person? In Isaiah, it says that there is nothing remarkable about him.   Resources Mentioned: Catechism of the Catholic Church Jesus: The Way, the Truth, and the Life by Dr. Italy Dr.Italy.co...

  Questions Covered: 01:25  - If a Baptized Catholic gets married outside of the church to a  non-Catholic , do they need to get an annulment if they get a divorce?   03:57  - How do you glorify God in a  morally neutral jobs ?   12:20  - How are we supposed to spread the Gospel?   18:00 –  I am  wondering about  the   ecumenical   council  that  Pope J ohn  Paul  in, the  Assisi  gathering, I heard from a traditionalist and he wanted to remove all the crosses everywhere that were displayed in order not to assume any of the  non-Catholics – was that true or not?   28:36  - What is the best way to refute  sedevacantism ?   50:59 –  I have  heard it said of Mary of the Immaculate Conception that it  was not  necessary that she was conceived without sin but was fitting . H ow can  I  explain this to my Catholic friends?  

  Questions Covered: 04:56  - After the second coming of Christ will we be able to explore other planets in the universe?   07:43  - Can there be a law that you are not able to practice witchcraft or black magic or anything of that sort- my family is getting harmed by people doing black magic to us- I want to create a law that prevents people from doing that to us. Can I do that?   13:34  - In Mathew 27 verse 61- we hear about the temple veil being torn open: what was behind the veil and wasn’t it lost?   16:18  - As  pertaining to  employment or business and our Catholic views, how do you respond to “freedom of speech but not freedom of consequences?”, for example, people getting fired for saying that marriage should be between a man and a woman  . 22:00  - We want to have  Eucharistic  adoration expanded at our church. How can we grow the community that goes?   29:10  - Who is the angel in Daniel 10 verse ...