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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: 04:00  - Did Martin Luther get a few things right at the time of the Reformation?   08:55  - How do you know if someone is  a  male or a female? What determines gender?   16:42  - If the saints are in purgatory as stated in Revelation, then how can they also be in the presence of God?   23:16  - At the Second Coming, what will happen to people who need to go to Purgatory?   28:58  - Can we trace a historical lineage for Jesus, Mary, and Joseph? Can we know that they were real people?  33:30  - It seems like Genesis 3:14 and Genesis 6:5  are  in conflict. How should we understand this?   42:30  - How should Catholics respond to churches like Hagia Sophia that was taken ov...

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: 08:25  - Can two transgender people date and marry each other if their genders at birth were male and female?   15:44  - St.  Iranaeus  says that both  Sts . Peter and Paul established the Church. How do you know Peter was the first pope and not Paul?   18:51  - How is the Mass an unbloody sacrifice?   40:20  - Why do Catholics perform infant baptisms?  

Questions Covered: 12:24  - How can Catholic politicians who are pro-abortion still be allowed to receive communion? This made me leave the Catholic Church.   18:12  - How can the Catholic Church say that there isn’t or hasn’t been corruption in the Magisterium that hasn’t led to error in the Church?   28:54  - How do you get a Protestant to accept your words when they are saying the same thing as you but not admitting it?   34:54  - My sister recently headed toward the Lutheran church and I want to bring her back to the Catholic Church. How can I tell her that the Lutheran church is not the same as the Catholic Church?   43:09  - Can you explain the intercession of saints?   49:06  - When the Catholic Church grants an annulment, does it make the children from that  removed marriage illegitimate?   51:28  - What are ways to evangelize our Catholic children?  

Drawing on his personal discussions with John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis, as well as his decades of experience with Catholics from every continent, George Weigel examines the major challenges confronting the Catholic Church and its 1.3 billion believers in the twenty-first century: challenges the next pontificate must address as the Church enters new, uncharted territory. To what is the Holy Spirit calling this Church-in-transition? What are the qualities needed in the man who will lead the Church from the Chair of Saint Peter? Questions Covered: 23:20  - As a Catholic, how can I defend Pope John Paul II to other Catholics?   29:00  - What would you recommend to a person who is not outgoing but wants to evangelize? Is there a book that would be helpful to read?   47:40  - I love Pope Benedict XVI. Are you planning to write a book about him and his writings?   49:55  - Why aren’t we hearing from the pulpit JPII’s prophetic warning from 1976 abou...

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: 02:02  - What is the procedure that can be done to prevent pregnancy when a woman is raped? Were you referring to abortion?   06:49  - At the Final Judgement, does a person in heaven experience judgement again?   12:50  - What does the Church teach about the Rapture and tribulation?   20:58  - How do I answer an atheist who criticizes and ridicules the Old Testament because of the “commandment” to stone women?   24:37  - Can you give me some Scripture verses demonstrating the 12 ministers and royal stewards of the Old Testament? – she’s waiting for a book   32:59  - Why are so many people having rapture dreams?   40:42  - Pentecostals use 1 Corinthians 14:2 as evidence that their speaking i...