In 1929, Our Lady of Fatima appeared to Sr. Lucia and asked that a special consecration be performed by the pope. Much hinged on this. Multiple popes have performed acts similar to the one requested, but has any of them fulfilled what was requested in 1929? If any have, how do we know? What did [...]
Podcasts
On Catholic Answers Live (2/2/12) Jimmy Akin answers: How do I talk to Catholics who disagree with the Church about same-sex marriage? At Mass the priest doesn’t say the “Alleluia” before the Gospel. Is this okay? How do you reconcile some of God’s harsh actions in the Old Testament with the loving God that we [...]
We all know about citing the Bible with chapter & verse–but where did the chapter and verse divisions come from in the first place and why are they there? Who added them, and when? We all know about the ordinary form of Mass that arose after Vatican II and the extraordinary form that arose after [...]
Jimmy Akin answers: Can you elaborate on this past Sunday’s Gospel reading? How can I refute the claim that Catholics don’t like sex because we don’t approve of birth control? Will you explain the timeline of the Epiphany? Where does the Church stand on the use of Viagra? What is the proper translation of Matthew [...]
Can you watch a TV show if it has religious aspects and it doesn’t get those quite right? Is it okay to do that for purposes of assessing how “the world’s” ideas about theology compare with the Church’s teachings? Or can you watch the program just because you enjoy it, even though it has theology [...]
