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  Questions Covered: 02:25  - What would you say to someone that is interested in joining the church but the idea of having to go to a class to join the church is off-putting to them?   11:05  - I heard a point made from a person that the crumbs of the host of the holy eucharist is somewhat an exaggeration of reverence how it is treated. Back in ancient history when they used real bread, not wafer, when broken and shared, it inevitably made breadcrumbs fall on the ground and they did not treat it with as much prudence as they do now?   15:07  - Can a person with ADHD be at fault for the constant distractions that happen during Mass or prayer?   17:51  - I’ve heard of a Mass celebrated where the Homily was done through a video call, where the priest was in another location, and broadcasted in Mass as the Homily. Is this ok?   20:33  - Are Guitars and Drums allowed in mass? Also, ...

  Questions Covered: 19:50  - Based on the Catholic teachings, is it wrong to celebrate the feast days commanded in Lev 23?   23:08  - How could God condemn Adam of Eve of sinning because of eating from the tree of good and evil? They didn’t know the difference before eating from the tree, so how can you count it as sin?   24:39  - Is it okay to not believe in a historical Adam & Eve?   31:14  - Why isn’t St. Constantine on the Roman calendar? In the East we celebrate the feast of St. Constantine and Helen, but the west only celebrates St. Helen…do Latin Catholics reject his sanctity?   34:32  - When certain faith communities refer to a “great apostasy,” what are they talking about? Is there a certain period when the church fell away?   36:25  - How can a person believe something that seems false to them? If you aren’t convinced of a thing, can you really say you believe it?   43:06  ...

  Questions Covered: 04:00  - As a protestant, we were focused on present-day miracles from Christ, but Catholics are more focused on miracles through intercession from saints.   16:30  - What is the 54-day rosary novena?   20:00  - Is the phrase “full” in Luke 1:28 when Gabriel says “Hail Mary full of grace” an inaccurate translation?   28:43  - What happens to the soul when somebody goes to communion with mortal sin?   36:12  - Did God the father die when Jesus died?   40:47  - Nancy Pelosi recently made a statement using the term “free will”, I think the Catholic media needs to do a better job at responding to it. How would you define free will?   48:41  - What is your take on the controversial blessed Carlo Acutis stained glass image? Joe Heschmeyer argued against a Catholic Youtuber that said in the stained glass he’s wearing sneakers and jeans and some Catholics ...

  Questions Covered: 17:00 – What is the best way to find God’s will for your life?   22:37 – How do you “let go and let God” on a situation, but also continue to pray for the situation?   33:26 – I am struggling with the happiness part, could you summarize how to get there?   42:20 – How do you recognize when God answers your prayer?   48:25  - My husband is a worrier and often angry, how can I deal with him?  

 Live from the big stage at the Catholic Answers Conference! Questions Covered: 06:15  - Are you familiar with the portrayal of Our Lord in  The Chosen  TV series? If so, what do you think about it? 09:22  - I understand the role of Judas, but I struggle with him being predestined to betray Jesus. How should we feel about him? 18:20  - What are ways the Church can encourage young people in their faith in our ever-changing world? 23:30  - What is your perspective on Catholic education today on forming our children? 34:15  - How can we avoid falling into tribalism in the Church without failing to protect Catholic teaching? 49:10  - Why isn’t the Church supporting more classical academies?  

 Live from the big stage at the Catholic Answers Conference! Questions Covered: 2:20 – What would you say are the most important things the we as Catholics can do to share the love of Christ and promote the cause of life in our communities? 05:05  - We know that out of respect for the body, the Church requires the remains or cremains must be interned whole and complete. So why do we spread class 1 relics all over the globe? Doesn’t this violate church teaching? 07:50  - My sister joined a church that rearranges their Creed to read “crucified, descended into hell, died, and was buried.” What are the implications of the Harrowing of Hell on Christology? 13:40  - How can we respond to someone who challenges the Church’s and Christ’s moral teachings out of a sense of empathy? 17:00  - How do you explain to fellow Catholics that Christ is in time but is fully God and God is outside of time? 19:40  - How would you go about the transformation by the renewal of you...

 Live from the first day of the Catholic Answers Conference! Questions Covered:  02:50  - How do we reach the younger generation who’s no longer on traditional media and are hearing a lot of falsehoods on the new media? 13:05  - Is it worth arguing against wrong ideas in a college classroom, or is it better to wait? 17:45  - What’s the Church’s teaching on laypeople baptizing a relative? 28:30  - Do you have any suggestions on how to open the minds of children as young as 13 and 14 who have so little interest in even knowing who they are and why they exist? 32:54  - How can I talk to my Seventh-Day Adventist friends who say the Jewish ritual food laws still apply? 38:46  - When does ensoulment occur? 47:45  - How do I answer people who ask why we should follow a Bible in which God commands murder of entire peoples?

Live from the first day of the Catholic Answers Conference! Questions Covered:   02:15  - How was the Church able to determine if Hebrews belonged in the Bible if we didn’t know the human author? 06:12  - The two big historical stories from Genesis are Abraham and Joseph—what credibility can we give to the stories outside of the Bible itself? 15:15  - How literally should we take seventy times seven? Not mathematically, but should we really forgive over and over if someone keeps hurting us? 22:14  - Can you offer up your Purgatorial process to help someone reach heaven? 28:30  - Are getting to heaven and the reward in heaven two different things? 37:44  - What did Pope Francis mean by not making the Eucharist a political matter?  

Questions Covered: 02:30  - If a pitcher intends to deceive a batter with a pitch, is this considered lying?   07:20  - What is the point of having a priest offer a sacrifice at the altar when Jesus is interceding for us before the Father?   14:53  - Lisa…Mounds, OK…EWTN app….Why did John the Baptist send emissaries out to find out who Jesus was? Didn’t he know who he was as his cousin?   18:34  - Is there a theological justification for saying “G—D— it”? Like, I want God to take this bad thing I did and get it as far away from me as possible.   22:10  - Why is the COVID-19 vaccine so controversial when other very common vaccines are made with the same connection to abortion? Why isn’t there as much controversy over those?   28:41  - What should I do about the seeming disconnect between Catholic groups and clergy on the morality of vaccines? How should I interpret the different statements between what Bishops say and what Catho...

  Questions Covered: 03:00  - If the Church is infallible and the Pope upholds infallible doctrines, how is it possible that the Church could have ever needed reform? 07:07  - If contraception is immoral for humans, then is it okay to neuter animals? 12:07  - How are Luke 11:52 and Mt. 23:13 related to the keys that Jesus gave to St. Peter? 16:45  - Why is Mary called “Tower of David,” “Tower of Ivory,” and “House of Gold” in the Litany of the Blessed Virgin? What are the origins of those titles? 20:58  - How can we merit salvation in a state of grace when we’re already saved? 30:10  - What is non-Incarnational Protestantism and how is it different from Catholicism? 33:26  - Why is the nullification process so intimate? It asks very difficult questions about the couple’s intimacy and past. 42:16  - Are the people in heaven aware that there are people in hell? 48:09  - Is it risky to ask the Saints for prayer, since we’re not certain that...

  Questions Covered 03:43  - Is the sacrifice of the Mass properly understood as one sacrifice applied to each individual?   15:03  - If you get a divorce, as a Catholic, can you remarry? If you do remarry, is it considered adultery?   18:02  - Should one receive the Eucharist while feeling pregnancy nausea?   22:04  - Is the Eucharist the true body and blood of Jesus, or is it just a symbol?   36:15  - What’s the charism and short history of the Norbertines?   43:34  - How are people who join the armed forces following Jesus’s command to turn the other cheek?   51:58  - If a couple got married in the Church but then divorced, are they allowed to live together as long as they’re not intimate, like roommates?    

  Questions Covered: 2:20 – How powerful is St. Michael the Archangel? Does the devil fear him?   11:22  - Is it okay for me to attend an Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy? If it is, do I have to do anything to distinguish myself?   14:52  - Why isn’t the Real Presence mentioned in the Nicene Creed?   22:15  - What is the immediate meaning to Ahaz of the virgin prophecy of Isaiah 7?   31:05 – How is everything is good if, as Augustine says, it was made out of nothing and is mutable?   36:26  - If someone is a civil leader, how do you know if their authority comes from God or not?   43:06  - I woke up today thinking very heavily about an old friend, and then I learned that she’d died by suicide 22 years ago. Is it possible that the Holy Spirit was asking me to pray for her?   49:34  - How would you answer someone who believes in the Catholic Church but they’re having trouble with some of the thin...

  Questions Covered 13:45  - How do you explain to a fellow Catholic that we’ll eventually come through current crises stronger than before?   17:17  - I’m talking to an anti-Catholic who says that anyone who attended the Council of Nicea was forming a church of the devil and was not in the Church of Christ.   22:25  - How are the titles for the clergy like “Your Eminence” or “Your Excellency” proper? Are they a bad holdover from the middle ages?   30:12  - Do you believe that the idea of a Catholic monarchy in the U.S. is a good idea?   34:44  - How much accountability is the Church supposed to take for humanitarian efforts outside of the Church? Should she focus more on worship?   40:12  - What are some actionable things we can do as Catholics or in our parishes to endure certain crises/scandals going on, whether domestic or out of our control?   43:40  - Do you talk about the Crusades in your book? ...

  Questions Covered: 05:10  - I reject the Pope saying it’s okay to take the COVID vaccines, which are based on the murder of children.   15:08  - Is there a difference in the kinds of suffering we have?   20:22  - I disagree with the idea that abortion is wrong even when the mother is too young to take care of a child.   30:00  - Is eternity in hell a just and fair punishment?   42:19  - I’ve heard conflicting things from multiple Catholic leaders about the morality of the death penalty. What is the Church’s official teaching, and why?   47:50  - Do we have an obligation to give priority to vaccines that have no connection to abortion?   50:27  - I think the teaching against masturbation is unrealistic and harmful and leaves people in a state of constant guilt.  

  Questions Covered: 10:25  - Do you lose your free will when you die?   19:55  - I’m reading “Letter to Families” by JPII that talks about this subject. Also, where did you get your quotation from St. Therese?   37:39  - I’m in my eighties and have experienced the suffering that comes with that, and I’ve found great consolation in devotion to the Blessed Mother.   44:49  - If people can get to heaven by invincible ignorance, what’s the point of evangelizing and making people into Christians?  

  Questions Covered: Can you explain the glory that we “give” God and does God need this glory? The idea of giving God glory is a little confusing. I know we are suppose to glorify God but never questioned what exactly that entailed.   37:45  - What does Joe think about the idea that Christianity boils down to the service of others and the peace that brings?   51:30  - If we’re all united in Christ when we’re in heaven, how will we still be individuals?  

  03:04  - How should one respond to someone says the Neocatechumenal Way is a cult?   12:41  - Why can’t girls be priests?   17:03  - Where do we get all the details of how our churches look and what our priests wear in today’s liturgy? How did we get here from what’s described in the Bible?   21:52  - Is applied kinesiology okay in the Catholic Church?   28:40  - How can we believe the Eucharist is truly Jesus’s body if the body is inherently physical?   34:05  - If someone got married outside the Church, but they want to be married in the Church, can they go to confession and receive the sacraments or do they have to wait until they’re married in the Church?   40:48 –  What’s more important: a civil union, or a marriage in the Church?   46:00  - Why did God create the world, and all of us, knowing that there would be pain and suffering?   48:58  - How should I begin reading t...

  Questions Covered: 18:20  - When the Crystal Cathedral was converted into a Catholic Cathedral, what sacramental changes were made to it?   22:08  - I think that good architecture directs our attention to the fullness of the faith.   29:21  - What’s the significance of artists or architects intentionally including flaws in their work?   32:40  - We have an opportunity to build a new chapel here. What are some tips for making sure we create a good and beautiful building?   37:33  - Are the dimensions of the golden mean still used today in church architecture? And can those dimensions be used in the construction of a guest room?   45:08  - How can I learn more about Duncan’s work?   47:35  - What are your thoughts on the renovations going on at Notre Dame cathedral?   52:50  - How important it is that all the artisans and craftsmen of a Church be believers?  

  Questions Covered: 04:07  - I think the Scriptures show that non-denominational approach is better for me personally to serve Christ.   14:55  - I think people use religion and Catholicism as ways to make sense of the world, but it’s not actually truth.   19:25  - I’m not Catholic (or any denomination) because I think it’s too rule-oriented. We should have more liberty in Christ.   29:30  - I want to become Catholic but I’m not sure how to begin.   34:05  - I grew up Catholic but branched away from it because I feel like there’s not much community in it.   41:10  - I believe that Jesus is the high priest and there’s no need to go to a priest for confession. Also the Catholic expression of worship is different from what we see in the Bible.   52:57  - I’m not Catholic because the Church doesn’t want me, a divorced and remarried man.  

  Questions Covered: 06:07  - I don’t see any good evidence that God exists, and any evidences I hear fall flat. Also, the problem of evil—specifically, that God is evil.   15:55  - I’m in the process of conversion, but my mom doesn’t want to convert because she feels like she’s betraying her Lutheran heritage.   19:38  - I’m Orthodox because I couldn’t find a primacy or infallibility in the early Church, and because I think Orthodoxy has preserved the tradition more faithfully.   40:19  - The Church openly teaches people to accept abusive relationships, both from other humans and from God.   45:50  - I believe the Catholic Church is the false church according to Revelation.    

  Questions Covered: 04:25  - My Protestant friend objects to the TV show “The Chosen” because she thinks it violates the second commandment. What can I say to her?   13:42  - How did the Liturgy of the Hours develop? Do religious orders have their own version?   18:18  - I always understood that we are judged at our death and then go to heaven, hell, or purgatory. But I heard the other day that we’re judged at the end of the world. Are we re-judged?   29:50  - What specific evidence do people usually use to claim that Christianity came from Zoroastrianism?   37:33  - Is it possible for the devil to enter your room during one of your dreams?   44:35  - If John the Baptist’s father was a high priest, why didn’t John serve as a priest?   48:48  - If Jesus blots our sins away, are we still going to be judged for that sin after we ask for forgiveness?    

  Questions Covered: 4:30 – A friend told me it’s more merciful for someone to exist in hell than to not exist at all. Is that true, and if so, why is it?   8:20 – If someone committed a mortal sin, and forgot about it at his next confession but still made a good confession, would he still have to confess it once he remembered it?   16:48  - Do the Church Fathers, in their discussion of the Eucharist, ever use the term  metaousious ?   20:51  - How could it be just for God to give an eternal punishment for finite sins?   28:30  - I heard a deacon say that they had a cross (not crucifix) in their church because we want to remember Jesus’ resurrection, not his death. Is that a new idea? Should we be wary of it?   31:15  - Can canon law be changed before the next edition?   35:50  - Since the Eucharist is the source and summit of our faith, why isn’t it mentioned in the Apostolic creed?   41:42  - I’ve see...

  Questions Covered: 08:00  - Was St. Rita unequally yoked to her husband? 17:25  - Why doesn’t the Church or Christian counselors emphasize more the importance of making sure couples are in alignment with their faith? For example, frowning on marrying someone outside the faith. 21:53  - How do I handle a husband who is my same faith, but now seems to view God and my faith as a competitor, like I have another boyfriend or something. 30:32  - My husband and I are in the process of validating our marriage. What advice can you give when my husband doesn’t want to pray with me or participate at Mass? 42:15  - I’ve been married for 21 years but two years ago my husband left the faith and now my children are wanting to leave. I continue to go alone. What can I do besides pray? 48:07  - My friend is in a physically intimate relationship with a girl who is not Christian. He asked me if I thought they should break up. What should I tell him? 51:34  - My hu...

  Questions Covered 07:00  - What tips do you have for defending the faith against agnostic atheists with Buddhist leanings?   14:11  - What can I say to people who say “God is too big for one religion” and cite people of other religions who do great things?   19:44  - As a college student, what’s the best way I can I engage with people who are already theologically astute, especially of other faiths?   24:20  - How can I answer the Calvinist claim that the union of the Father and Son was broken at the crucifixion, and the Son felt the full wrath of God?   32:35  - How can you defend a faith that worships the most evil and most powerful deity?   40:20  - If Jesus is God, what’s the point of him being sinless?   45:40  - What’s the distinction between killing someone and letting them die, as it relates to abortion, euthanasia, and assisted suicide?   52:24  - How would you explai...

  Questions Covered: 01:24  - How do Catholics understand Daniel 9:24-27, particularly the part about the messiah being cut off in the middle of the week?   08:30  - The death penalty is all over the Bible, but is it supported by anything Jesus said?   15:33  - Where should I tell my agnostic friends to begin reading the Bible?   20:17  - When Jesus died, did just his human nature die or both his human and divine natures?   24:36  - In Romans 9, is “Those he foreknew he also predestined” the most accurate translation? If not, what’s more accurate? If it is, how is that compatible with free will?   36:12  - Does 1 Corinthians 11:5-6 and 10 require women to wear veils at Mass?   44:03  - Could Mary have said no?   48:28  - Is it wrong to ask the Saints to physically do something for us?   50:43  - Colossians attributes creation to the Son, but the Creed attributes it to the Father. Who crea...

  Questions Covered: 04:47  - What’s the logic behind the objections to the deuterocanonical books?   16:01  - Is the divine simplicity found in the Bible? Can a Catholic hold to a different metaphysical view?   22:46  - Does Heb 11:6 mean that someone who doesn’t believe in God can’t do anything good?   34:00  - Where does the Bible mention the existence of purgatory?   37:45  - I’ve been told that the temple description in Ezekiel is supposed to be a representation of the Church today. If that’s the case, why did Ezekiel go into so much detail about the temple?   46:38  - Isaiah 3:44 says “All the hosts of heaven shall rot away.” How is that possible?   52:34  - What does Paul mean in 1 Tim 1:13 when he says shown mercy because of his ignorance?    

  Questions Covered: 06:35  - Did Jesus have a guardian angel? Could the one who comforted him during his Agony in the Garden have been it?   15:00  - Do sedevacantist priests confer valid sacraments?   17:53  - My priest doesn’t allow us to go to confession anonymously. How can we work around this without doing anything wrong?   22:10  - If you audibly hear a voice telling you a negative message while you’re looking at the crucifix, is it from Jesus or could it be from elsewhere?   30:40  - Will the apostolic pardon keep you out of purgatory?   33:13  - Was Mary only sinless when she was pregnant with Jesus, or was she sinless her whole life?   36:28  - Were the words of the Memorare changed from “in thy clemency hear and answer me” to “in your mercy?”   39:55  - Why isn’t it idolatry to have figurines and shrines of saints?   46:40  - My Pentecostal relative died recently...

  Questions Covered: 05:23  - What resources can you recommend on the Great Schism?   07:30  - I have a friend who’s a self-proclaimed naturalist and talks about stuff that sounds kind of like witchcraft. How can I talk to him about ditching the mental/spiritual side and coming towards Catholicism?   15:50  - Why don’t we have any devotions to people from the Old Testament?   20:30  - What does “synodality” mean? What is the upcoming synod on synodality going to be about?   24:45  - How do dispensations work? How can a bishop free us from something we’re morally obligated to do?   37:00  - What’s the Catholic take on Romans 4 saying we’re justified by faith and not works?   45:37  - How do we know that the Catholic Church is the original church founded by Jesus?   50:10  - How can I talk to my 20-year-old fallen-away son about coming back to the faith?  

  Questions Covered 03:20  - In the Olivet discourse, the Apostles asked when the world would end, and Jesus said he didn’t know. How could that be if he’s God?   16:15  - Would it be ethically okay to kill someone if I had no choice in order to save my family?   22:42  - Do we have to stop watching movies or shows where people use God’s name in vain? Are we participating in that sin?   31:20  - Why does the Creed say Jesus rose “again” from the dead?   37:12  - If people can be saved by invincible ignorance (not knowing the Gospel through no fault of their own), does that mean we shouldn’t try to convert them, since there’s a better chance of them being saved if they haven’t heard?   44:18  - Why did Joseph want to divorce Mary? Was it because he believed what she told him and didn’t think he was worthy, or because he didn’t believe her and thought she’d committed adultery?   50:24  - What’s the difference between si...

  Questions Covered 04:38  - How do I answer the Protestant objection to praying to the saints that says they don’t hear us because that would make them sad, and there’s no sadness in heaven?   12:27  - Is it sinful to use recreational marijuana in moderation?   18:13  - If your priest isn’t paying attention during your confession, does your absolution still count?   23:00  - What are some good and not-so-good biblical movies?   32:44  - My girlfriend’s employer is mandating the COVID vaccine and she doesn’t want to get it. How could she bring this up to her employer?   43:52  - Why do we call Mary “Mother of God” if God is eternal and there are three distinct persons of the Trinity? Isn’t that a misleading title?   50:28  - Why do we want to go to heaven if “Heaven and earth shall pass away”?   Resources Mentioned: Note on the morality of using some anti-Covid-19 vaccines

  Questions Covered: 02:10  - Is the Catechism “adding to the Bible” in the way that Revelation commands us not to? 08:10  - Why do have to recite the rosary out loud? 11:55  - What’s the Catholic understanding of having a personal relationship with Jesus? 16:30  - Why do we ask the Saints to pray for us? 20:41  - Is it okay for my girlfriend, who is visiting from out of town, to sleep in my apartment (in a separate room) for a night or two? 24:47  - What are plenary indulgences, and what do they accomplish? 33:51  - Is panentheism (Google: “the belief or doctrine that God is greater than the universe and includes and interpenetrates it”) an accurate view of God? Specifically, is it a more accurate representation of him than the traditional white-robed man or the postmodern “all around us” views? 42:43  - Outside of receiving their communion, is it okay for me to regularly attend a Protestant worship service? 48:27  - Why did Jesus often...

  Questions Covered 04:43  - Could Fr. Hugh comment of the state of religious orders and their orthodoxy in the United States? 13:19  - How do I evangelize to my agnostic family and friends who believe in higher power but don’t want to follow organized religion? 19:28  - Is it okay for me to work at a workplace where I can be reasonably sure people will be committing sins? 23:47  - Who is Our Lady of Charity? 32:52  - What are the Church’s teachings on religious liberty? 46:36  - How can I talk to someone in my family who’s convinced the Freemasons have infiltrated the Church?  

  Questions Covered: 02:55  - Is the story about Ananias and Sapphira and their terrible end literally historical? Was it not a bit too harsh? 06:43  - Is it right for a priest to own personal properties, like houses or investments? 17:24  - What are the best sources to learn correct biblical interpretation (by the magisterium) of the sacred scripture? 19:42  - What can I do when I see a kind of new “schism” in our beloved Mystical Body of Christ? 23:54  - Why is it that the Catholic Our Father ends with “deliver us from evil,” and not “for yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever and ever”? 28:59  - I’m struggling with sin constantly even though I pray the Rosary every day, and morning and night prayers, and watch the daily online Mass. How can we be like the Apostles when they had the privilege of Jesus’ company and received the Holy Spirit in a very active way compared to now? 33:12  - The second half of Acts and onwards of the New...

  Questions Covered: 30:48  - In the Gospel, Jesus was told by his brothers to go to the festival to preach, then Jesus said that he won’t go there. However, when evening came, he actually went there secretly then started preaching. Did Jesus lie here? 38:26  - Why did Jesus choose Judas to be part of the twelve apostles knowing that he would betray him later on? 43:49  - What do Church teaching, Scripture, and natural law say about homosexuality? 51:05  - If the devil and demons are being tormented eternally in hell, why do these evil spirits have the ability to roam on Earth?

04:33  - In Acts 3:13-16, Peter says twice the Jewish people denied the holy and righteous one. Why does he say this about others when he did it himself?   07:10  - Is there any effect the Eucharist has on an unborn child when his mother receives it?   11:21  - Can you still receive the Holy Spirit if you smoke cigarettes?   15:12  - When they took all the animals on Noah’s Ark, did that include the dinosaurs?   17:35  - When Jesus forgave the paralytic’s sins, did Jesus forgive the sins that caused him to become paralyzed, or did he forgive unrelated sins?   28:29  - How do you avoid discouragement when your good deeds aren’t accepted by the world?   35:39  - Does the cloud of witnesses (Heb 12) include those in Purgatory? And are they aware of our life events?   43:21  - What’s the difference between Jesus’s Ascension into heaven and Mary’s Assumption into heaven?   45:58  - How did we transition from...