This Week’s Show (July 28, 2005)

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HIGHLIGHTS:

• Has Jimmy heard of this unapproved apparition?
• Who are the Fathers and Doctors of the Church?
• Can women be ordained priests or bishops validly?
• What does the language of divinization mean?
• What are the seven hills of Rome? Is Vatican Hill one of them?
• Must Catholics believe in purgatory (caller has trouble with this, with the "sale" of indulgences, with salvation, etc.)
• Did purgatory exist and was there anyone in it prior to the time of Christ?
• How to refer to a monsignor or a bishop in conversation?
• Should the caller attend a wedding where the parties are living in sin prior to the wedding?
• Why does God let the devil run amok after he refused to serve? Why do evil spirits obey Jesus?
• What to do about priests supporting homosexuality?
• What does the Church teach about trans-gendered people?
• What’s the difference between being published "with ecclesiastical approval" and the nihil obstat and imprimatur?
• How to tell if a prayer or pious work currently carries an indulgence?
• How would one report a miracle that one felt one had experienced in connection with the intercession of John Paul II?
• Can consecrated chalices, etc., be sold?

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live." View all posts by Jimmy Akin