This Week's First Show (Feb. 22, 2004)

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HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Update on Terri Schiavo (with Mary Jane Owen)
  • Can a single confession suffice for several plenary indulgences?
  • What should one be on guard for in listening to non-Catholic Christian radio?
  • Can oil lamps be used at Mass instead of wax candles?
  • Why does Terri Schiavo’s husband have any kind of ability to speak for her?
  • What are the differences between indulgences today and during the Reformation controversy?
  • Jonah: Fact or Fiction?
  • A non-Catholic asks if she can genuflect and make the sign of the cross with holy water at Mass. What about going up for a blessing at Communion time?
  • How to evaluate private revelations?
  • When did purgatory begin to be taught?
  • Should the priest pour water only into the main chalice and not other cups to be used?
  • Does the Gospel of John teach that Mary had a sister also named Mary?
  • Must anybody move when the Stations of the Cross are being said?

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."