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  Questions Covered:   13:29  - Many speakers say that action or inaction of the parents are the cause of these feelings in their children. Do they ever tell the parents that they are the cause of this and the children are the victims?   13:20  - How do you help loved ones find their identity in Christ when they identify as “they” and have same-sex attraction without shoving it down their throat?   30:05  - Why didn’t you use the term “love” in your comments about parents speaking with their children?   31:57  - My son was dating a girl for many years who broke up with him and later said she is gay. Is there any way he could have known that sooner? And how do we interact with her parents?   37:35  - My 15 year old granddaughter wants to change her gender and says that she can’t keep being Catholic. What does the Church teach?    45:18  - What is a good approach to leading a parent who identifies as gay or bi...

  Questions Covered: 07:35  - If a woman is pregnant with an unrelated embryo (such as through IVF) and wants to abort it, how can I explain why that’s wrong?   19:47  - What is Trent’s opinion on using graphic abortion images during sidewalk counseling?   23:55  - What’s the Catholic Church’s stance on vaccines that use aborted fetuses in their development?   33:43  - Wouldn’t it be more persuasive for pro-lifers to use a consistent life ethic?   33:43  - Wouldn’t it be more persuasive for pro-lifers to use a consistent life ethic?   43:35  - How do you aid in healing a woman who’s already had an abortion and feels guilty?   48:00  - How do I answer someone who says a baby isn’t a human until it can live outside of the womb, no matter how much support it has outside?   Resources Mentioned: EWTN.com:  Morality of Cooperation in Evil

  36:22  - How do we teach kids to desire the virtues?   52:45  - Is it possible to become overly obsessed with living virtuously?  

  20:10  - If I’m divorced, does that mean I am no longer chaste?   28:08  - Could you repeat your definitions of chastity and celibacy and elaborate on celibacy?   31:35  - How do we refrain from having sexual thoughts when we see others?   37:50  - What’s the best way to advise a teenage daughter who wants to begin dating?   44:10  - What is the Church’s stance on transgenderism?   49:50  - Where can I go to look for a good, holy, Catholic man?   52:35  - What’s the most compassionate yet efficient way to talk to non-Catholics who say “If you love that person, it’s alright” to engage in premarital sex?  

  03:25  - What’s the difference between a mystical union, a spiritual union, and a physical union?   08:35  - Was Padre Pio’s stigmata real? If it was, why was it on the palms and not the wrists?   14:32  - Should we expect our government to follow Christian values?   17:55  - Why do people think the Catholic Church withheld crucial books from the Bible?   30:10  - I’ve been an atheist my whole life. I’m now struggling with suicidal thoughts and I’m wondering if faith could do anything for me.   41:25  - What’s the difference between homosexual orientations and actions?   47:06  - Why did Christ descend into hell after the crucifixion?   51:12  - What is meant when the Bible says to fear the Lord?  

  02:32  - How seriously should we take people who claim to receive visions from God of the future?   10:57  - Who are some of the Protestants who claim that the word “imputed” was never mentioned by St. Paul when talking about Abraham’s faith?   16:15  - If you don’t complete your penance after confession, does that nullify your absolution?   19:39  - Do we have to obey our bishop’s vaccine madate?   23:56  - Is infant baptism biblical?   32:15  - Why are people certain that they know God exists or doesn’t exist when there’s not conclusive evidence for either side?   41:32  - How do I reconcile the non-stable, non-eternal nature of forms (like in evolution) with providence?   46:46  - How are both the Church and Mary our mother?   49:40  - Is “selling your soul to the devil” real?  

  2:31 – Who are the “sons of God” in Genesis 6?   06:17  - Isn’t it okay for us to be angry at God? He can handle it. And isn’t it wrong to say Jesus chooses hardship for us? That sounds Calvinist.   16:09  - When we go to heaven, will we have less knowledge of God than the angels, the same, or greater?   21:04  - How did we get from a God who visits punishment on us for four generations (in the Old Testament) to one who says we must forgive seventy times seven times? And how would I answer an atheist who says that makes God cruel?   30:17  - Why in the Church in America is there a tendency to question or criticize the Pope instead of trying to understand what he’s doing? (regarding motu proprio)   35:06  - Is there any evidence from the early Church Fathers of what happened to Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea?   40:21  - Do I have to agree with all of Catholic Social Teaching in order to become Catholic? ...

  13:59  - What can we do day-to-day to encounter God’s love for us, especially when we’re experiencing difficulties?   20:23  - If we want to invite someone to Church or a Bible study, but they have a very shadowy past, where do we draw the line between being merciful and being cautious?   29:47  - What exactly does it mean to say God is love? Does it mean he doesn’t have a choice but to love us? That sounds kind of impersonal to me.   34:48  - How do I deal with imposter syndrome with Jesus?   41:57  - Did Jesus stop being love when he said “Father, father, why have you forsaken me?”   45:42  - How can I be like Harold (the first caller) and stop being so mad at Jesus for my suffering?   51:08  - I take communion to people in hospitals and nursing homes. How can I get more people to help with this?  

  Questions Covered: 01:02  - I have three arguments for why women should be allowed to be priests.   15:07  - What’s the scriptural and/or traditional basis for saying the fall of the angels took place before the fall of man?   21:46  - What is the connection between Christ’s ongoing intercession and the Eucharist? And if Christ’s intercession is reliant upon his sacrifice, doesn’t that hinder God’s omnipotence?   29:09  - Why would we choose wearing either a scapular or crucifix instead of the other?   35:14  - Do my wife and I have to wait to get our marriage convalidated before we try to conceive?   41:44  - What happens to Protestants who are in mortal sin but don’t have the sacrament of confession available to them?   47:50  - When we pray the Fatima prayer, do we really mean “Lead all souls to heaven” or just the elect?   51:15  - What happens to people who are ill and die without ...

  04:41  - Why does Peter have such a strong reaction in Acts 10 against eating what is unclean when he heard things like the bread of life discourse?   08:54  - How does free will play into the story of the Fall of man?   16:05  - Is there any subtle mention of the Trinity in the Old Testament?   20:27  - What do these verses from Isaiah and James mean?   24:05  - How do I respond to the claim of limited atonement?   35:20  - Sometimes I feel like God has set us up to sin. We’re predisposed to sin, but God set us up that way. Why would he make us like that?   42:30  - Is it okay for me to attend my half-sister’s wedding after she’s left the faith?   47:36  - Is it okay for me to worship on my own instead of in a particular church?   53:03  - Is it okay to work at a place where you can reasonably suspect people go to commit sin?  

 Questions Covered: 05:00  - I’m an altar server. Should I bow with the priest during the consecration and rise after, or keep bowing? 13:50  - When Mary was made queen, did they actually see the coronation or was it a symbol? 18:05  - Why would God give Adam and Eve the temptation of the tree if he wanted them to go to Heaven? 21:29  - What does the Catechism mean when is says that the Eucharist preserves us from grave sins? 29:00  - Was the devil created by Jews in order to explain evil? 39:30  - Did Mary become more beautiful when she went to Heaven, or was she already as beautiful as she would be since she was without sin? 42:35  - What are some good arguments for Christianity that are not the trilemma or historical evidence? 47:40  - Why do we have to go to Heaven? 50:45  - If I pray the St. Therese novena will she give me a flower? 53:10  - Is it’s okay for girls to be altar servers?

  Questions Covered: 15:29  - What was Mary called by those around her in her time? And if Mary never sinned, does that mean she always did everything right? 31:55  - Why do Catholics say that Mary is the Immaculate Conception? 42:10  - What is a dogma, and why is the birth of Mary not considered a dogma? 44:44  - Is there any Church tradition or Biblical title that first declared Mary as Undoer of Knots? 49:05  - If Mary was an immaculate conception, were her parents immaculately conceived too? How far back does it go?

  03:09  - Did the Catholic Church recognize any of Luther’s 95 theses as legitimate, and did any of them actually help reform the Church?   08:20  - When are Catholics born again?   15:03  - Is prayer less efficacious if you’re in a state of mortal sin?   20:55  - Is using profanity a sin? If it is, how should we address the many Catholics who do it?   28:50  - What is the Leviathan in the book of Isaiah?   29:50  - If Christ is real, why have priests molested children?   44:40  - Is it morally okay for a librarian to check out and stock books of an immoral nature?  

  14:28  - The Catholic Encyclopedia says that the different lists of popes we have disagree with each other. Doesn’t that throw some doubt on papal succession?   42:42  - What level of respect do we owe to our bishops?  

  05:35  - How come whenever God addresses someone in the Bible, they always respond with “Here I am!”   11:19  - What is the soul? Do animals have souls?   16:06  - I have a friend who’s converting to Catholicism but he’s also attending meetings with the Freemasons. What should I do?   23:19  - Is it okay for me to wear my rosary around my neck?   29:55  - Why do Catholics say Mary didn’t sin when Romans 3:23 says all have sinned?   34:29  - Why can’t women become priests?   44:05  - What’s the differences between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church?  

  04:15  - If we know saints are in heaven, how do we know that people are in hell like Judas?   12:00  - Is there any reasonable compromise between new-earth belief and old-earth belief based on science?   18:45  - What’s the function of a diocese metropolitan?   21:28  - Does receiving the Eucharist remit venial sins? And what’s the difference between venial and mortal sins?   23:50  - During the Transfiguration, what were Jesus, Moses, and Elijah talking about?   25:02  - Since the Last Supper took place before the sacrifice on Calvary, was that Eucharist exactly the same as the one we receive now?   23:31  - Can you help me understand Judges 11:29-39 and why God seemed to accept the sacrifice of someone’s daughter?   33:42  - If people in hell can manifest themselves to living people like psychics or mystics, can people in heaven do the same?   41:00  - Why was the Mass done in Latin for so lon...

  02:12  - Why did Jesus ask “Who touched me” when the woman with the hemorrhage was cured?   07:17  - Are the little scroll in Ezekiel and the little book that John eats in Revelation the same?   16:42  - Does the book of Job show that we’re just pawns being played with by God and the devil?   28:45  - Can the resurrection of the dead mentioned by Matthew after the crucifixion be evidence for Mary’s Assumption?   33:00  - Why are the Jewish armies praying for the dead in 2 Maccabees?   38:58  - If Christ’s human knowledge was limited, how does that apply to his knowledge that the Samaritan woman had five husbands?   43:13  - Why did Jesus use Adam and Eve as an example of monogamous marriage when there’s evidence Adam had multiple wives?   48:20  - Why doesn’t John’s Gospel come first? It starts with “In the beginning,” and Luke would flow right into Acts.  

  07:30  - Are all big “T” Traditions found implicitly somewhere in Scripture?   15:03  - My atheist friend doesn’t think the Moses story is real. What can I say to him?   20:54  - Based on Romans 8, is it possible for someone to be justified and glorified if they’re not predestined?   28:54  - Are the parables of Lazarus and the unforgiving servant about purgatory? And how can I learn more about purgatory?   36:33  - Were Sts. Augustine and/or Jerome at the Council of Carthage?   42:32  - How do I reconcile 1 Jn. 3:8-9 with us being sons of God?   46:16  - In Mk 15:2, did Jesus admit he was King of the Jews?   49:30  - How do I respond to Protestants who say the Catholic Church is the beast in Revelation and the Pope is the antichrist?   51:12  - One of the common explanations for the “brothers” of Jesus is to say there’s no Aramaic word for “cousin.” However, in Luke, we read that Elizabeth ...

  05:16  - What kind of grace can we merit?   11:05  - What if there’s a better alternative to the COVID vaccine? Should we be using that instead?   18:02  - What is the Catholic view of substitutionary atonement?   22:47  - Does the Catholic Church support the decriminalization of drugs?   30:46  - My mother received last rites about six months before she died. How long do the effects of last rites last? Would she still benefit from them at death?   35:20  - Is it morally permissible for a Catholic to attend a non-Catholic wedding?   45:05  - Doesn’t Paul condemn fasting from certain foods in 1 Tim 4:3?   49:59  - Is there a way for me to still access the Eucharist if I reject one of the infallibly defined dogmas of the Catholic Church?  

  10:20  - What circumstances would compel God to give us a sign? What would a sign from God look like?   21:16  - How am I supposed to understand trust in the context of “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding” (Prov. 3:5-6)?   28:59  - Are Seventh-Day Adventists’ baptisms valid?   33:44  - Why is it licit for priests’ retirement funds to be made by investing in morally problematic companies like Google and Amazon?   36:00  - What’s the best translation I should use for memorizing Scripture?   40:46 – In light of Cardinal Burke’s illness, what should we think of the COVID vaccine? Should we be more open to receiving the ones that are less morally problematic?   42:50  - How can I effectively witness to a former priest? Is it possible for him to be reinstated to the priesthood?   49:00 – I’m dealing with scrupulosity. Is it okay for me to make a provisiona...

  Questions Covered: 18:22  - Where can I find more documentation on how kids should be baptized?   24:34  - Could the Greek word meaning “baptism” mean something else?   36:08  - I’m a Born-Again Christian. What does Jesus want for us regarding Baptism?   48:00  - Is it us saying “yes” that makes the Baptism valid, or something else?  

  Questions Covered: 05:53  - What is the process of annulment and how do these processes vary between dioceses?   22:22  - In the case where children are involved, should the parents seek the counsel of the priest who married them?   29:52  - If I was married in the Protestant Church, how is this considered valid by the Catholic Church?   36:10  - I am new to the Church, and I’m being told I need an annulment even though I was never married in the church. Why?   42:50  - If one member does not consent to annulment, what is the status of the marriage?   46:39  - My fiancé is trying to annul a marriage with someone who is mentally unstable and is trying not to involve her out of fear. Now, my diocese tells me this is unallowed. What should I do?  

  Questions Covered: 03:50  - How can the Church be pro-life if God commanded the Hebrew army to go on conquest?   16:15  - What is the difference between Mary’s Immaculate Conception and my own conception?   24:00  - What is the Catholic view of immigration?   42:29  - Which came first: the fall of angels or the creation of man?   48:30  - Is it reasonable to say that God created all things in 6 days?  

  Questions Covered: 02:25  - Is there a contradiction between Matthew 5:19 and 5:20?   06:55  - What is the Church’s teaching on tattoos?   14:30  - When Jesus was 12 in the Temple, why didn’t any of the teachers remember him 20 years later when his public ministry started?   17:22  - How does the contingency argument relate to the Big Bang?   22:32  - Can you explain relationships or the lack thereof in Heaven?   29:18  - Are the saints in Heaven aware of our sins?   35:40  - What is the Catholic basis, if any, for religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine?   43:53  - Are people in the state of mortal sin allowed to feel happy?   48:11  - Why do I offer up my suffering to God?   50:55  - How did the bishops expand from the 12 apostles?   Resources Mentioned: CDF: Note on the morality of using some anti-Covid-19 vaccines  

  Questions Covered:  01:45- I suffer from scrupulosity. I tend to view God as a God who will send us to hell at the tiniest little mistake. How do I view God as a more loving and merciful God? Is it possible to go to hell if we are not sure if we committed a mortal sin or not? 07:30  - In a spiritual sense what is our life on earth compared to the spiritual life in Purgatory, Heaven and Hell? What is our role/purpose in living here first on earth? 13:24  - Can you explain the thought that Purgatory is a place to atone for our sins? This is what I was always taught. 20:34  - Can one pray to a deceased loved one without the knowledge that they are in Heaven? 24:49  - How do we know if we are in purgatory or hell if we are being tormented in both? If I am in purgatory and I think I am in hell and I start cursing God’s name for putting me in hell, is there a chance I can actually be cast into hell at this point 34:37  - Will a soul who has not followed th...

  Questions Covered:  16:00  - If the divine grace Christ merited can be “applied” at any point in time, why did the righteous have to wait in Abraham’s bosom? 19:12  - If it is taught that if you reach a certain level of charity, you can immediately go to heaven, but charity is solely to will the good the other, how does this other motive of getting to heaven not undercut what charity truly is? 25:06  - What is Limbo? Why was it removed? When did the doctrine of “universal salvation” emerge? 28:30  - Do we know what the sensation of purgatory is? Is it physically or spiritually painful? Will we be aware that we are in purgatory? 38:30  - My mom just passed away; we miss her. My dad asked that even though we know that she is happy in heaven, does she feel separation from us in the same way we feel separated from her? So, she wouldn’t be sad, but does she feel any lack like we feel without her? 46:43  - I just started reading “Purgatory is for Real...

Questions Covered: 02:33  - I am evangelical and I have a question for Mr. Staples about apostolic succession. 15:46  - Ever since the Pope’s letter came out, I have been trying to find the “new” (Novus Ordo) mass in Latin, but I can’t find one. Why isn’t this form of the Mass being promulgated? 26:33  - I have a family member who does not believe in the divinity of Jesus because there is only one God. How do I answer him? 34:35  - I’m getting ready to start RCIA and I wanted to know what the Catholic Church teaches about “binding and loosing”. I also had my kids dedicated. I know it’s not the same as baptism, but does it hold any weight? 44:27  - Does Romans Ch. 7 negate mortal sin and turn it into venial sin?

  Questions Covered:  1:42 – Bishop Barron questions if anyone is in hell and he says there is no church teaching on who is in hell. Are there people in hell and can we know if there are? 11:48  - Can Tim help me formulate an answer to the pro-choice argument that pregnancy is extremely dangerous and so therefore abortion is okay? 23:29  - Why does the Pope come out with the Motu Proprio but not come down strongly on politicians who are pro-choice and still receive communion? 39:44  - Why should I be Catholic? 44:29  - How do I answer the claim that St. Augustine was a Calvinist made by my protestdent friends? 46:20  - I’m an orthodox Christian and I’m discerning marriage with a Roman Catholic girl. I really cherish the tradition we have of infant baptism, confirmation, and communion happening all at the same time. Why doesn’t the Roman Catholic church have this tradition? How can you claim the fullness of the faith without doing this?

  Questions Covered:   14:40  - How would I respond to a friend who keeps sinning and going to confession as a “ticket out” (and not stopping sinning)? 20:40  - What can you do about confession if you’re not yet a Catholic? 32:11  - A few times when I went to confession I forgot my penance. Is my confession valid? 36:35  - Why do we have to confess mortal sin and not venial? 42:00  - When did we start having private confessions? 48:19  - I had not gone to confession in over 40 years and went earlier this year. But then I remembered additional mortal sins after I had gone to confession. What do I need to do?

  Questions Covered:    07:38  - When the ‘65 Mass and missal were around, did priests have the choice to celebrate 1) either all in Latin or with some vernacular, and 2) either facing East or not? 11:30  - How can parish priests evangelize to fallen-away Catholics? 16:12  - Will the Eucharist be in the New Earth? 19:05  - Is it morally acceptable for me to ask someone their gender if I already have a good idea what it is? 21:02  - I recently learned my marriage isn’t valid. Do I have to refrain from receiving Communion until it’s validated? 24:24  - Is the Catechism infallible? How should we use it as a source if it’s not? What exactly is theological opinion? 32:04  - What’s the latest Canon law thinking on the pope’s motu proprio? 34:10  - Is JPII’s Theology of the Body considered doctrine or just theological opinion? 45:20  - My church doesn’t kneel after the “Holy, holy, holy” in the Eucharistic prayer. We sit instead. Is t...

Weird Questions Covered: 01:29  - If a human is a rational animal (that’s to say that it has the natural tendency to grow, eat, feel, see, will, and reason) then would the consecrated Eucharist have these innate tendencies as well? Are there any conditions under which the Eucharist can do even one of those things mentioned, let alone all of them? 4:26 – By time traveling are you interfering with God’s plan? Even if we think we are stopping an evil act, God has his reasons. 06:22  - If you were to save someone in the past would that person in the new timeline have a different soul? They lived a longer lifetime and committed other acts either righteous or sinful. To me that would logically mean it’s not the same soul since we are judged by our one life. One version of the person could have gone to hell and other to heaven. 11:12  - Given the speed of light, is it possible that a person, right now, on a planet 2000 light years away and with a telescope so powerful that he co...