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  Questions Covered: 12:30  - How do I defend the faith against  Gnosticism ?   21:00  - I met a young person who said he is not pro-abortion except in the case of rape. How can I respond to him?   22:52  - I have been debating with a Baptist about the validity of the apocrypha by saying that the original King James bible included it. Is this a good way to take the conversation?   32:37  - How do we explain to an agnostic that miracles are real?   45:00  - I am a recent convert from the evangelical church. It has been really difficult trying to convince my wife and in-laws that the Catholic faith is true. Should I ease up on talking to them about the faith and just focus on living in a way that shows them my faith?  

  Questions Covered:   17:00  - Do you recommend memorizing Scripture  to  gain inner peace?   43:17  - I am completing RCIA. I was raised a Jehovah’s Witness. I feel betrayed and angry about how I was raised and about what I was taught. How can I overcome these feelings and the fact that I have had to learn everything again?  

 It is not permissible to do evil in order to achieve a good. Fr. Sebastian explains why. Questions Covered:   24:10 –  If a train is running and will kill 5 people, would it be better to switch the track and kill only one person?   38:21  - When does a war become just? When do non-combatants become combatants?   45:14  - When I stand up for babies in the womb, people ask me why I don’t advocate for children at the border. How can I best respond to this?   48:37  - Is it wrong to harm oneself to help another, for example, by donating an organ?  

  As Catholics, we are responsible for standing up for the dignity of all human life. Bishop Paprocki is here to help us understand just how to do that. Questions Covered: 22:00  - Can we ask the souls in purgatory to pray for the end to abortion?   30:00  - How can I best respond to a person who says they don’t accept abortion except in the case of rape?   35:45  - If we want to promote the culture of life, shouldn’t we really be promoting NFP more?   42:45  - I have been really confused because I have heard conflicting advice on voting from the clergy. How can we know who really is pro-life?   47:52  - How can we encourage priests to help along this culture of life?   50:37  - If you care so much about life in the womb, why don’t you care so much about the shootings?   

  Questions Covered: 08:20  - What does Jesus mean in Matthew 7:21-23, when he says the “one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven”?   13:30  - Did Christ’s death make salvation possible for all peoples?   17:12  - Why isn’t the Nicene Creed included in the canon of Scripture?   21:40  - My daughter uses Scripture often to show me that the Catholic Church is wrong. What book can you recommend that I can read to better refute her?   23:38  - How can we use Scripture to support the belief in the intercession of the saints?   35:04  - How do the Old and the New Testament relate to each other? What book can you recommend?   41:15  - When Jesus is talking about divorce, what does he mean when he says “except for adultery”?  

  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:   00:45  - Do Catholics believe that Satan or demons can tempt us into sin? If so, how does one know that’s what is happening?   05:52  - When was the Hebrew dialect created?   13:55  - Is stylization of violence in the media sinful?   17:45  - Why should I believe that teleology is true?   28:36  - At Fatima, the children asked about Emilia and Mary said that she would be in purgatory until the end of the world. Is this true and if so, then why would a child be in purgatory for so long?   32:38  - I am godmother to a  14-year-old  young lady who knows practically nothing about the faith. How can I begin teaching her?   35:16  - What prompted the change in the words of...

  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: 02:45  - Why are we obliged to go to Mass on certain holy days that are not on Sundays? Can I go to Mass on Sunday to cover this obligation?   4:35 – Did Jesus ever reference purgatory either directly or in parable form?   12:43  - How can I refute the argument that Israel simply borrowed their beliefs from Canaanite mythology?   22:30  - Is it true that souls can go to hell if no one prays for them as the message at Fatima states?   33:18  - Why were the minor orders of the Church removed?   38:42  - What is the moral standing of the Church on contraception that the doctor would like to prescribe for my daughter, but not for the purpose of contraception?   49:48  - Do Catholics believe t...