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- 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?
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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?
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HIGHLIGHTS:
- Why do people complain that Catholics pray to "dead people" when the saints are "alive"?
- Did Jesus’ bestowal of the keys on Peter do away with Old Testament passages dealing with the requirement of rest?
- What does "several" mean in the Church’s norms on indulgences?
- Where did Cain get his wife?
- How to pick a new parish.
- How to resist temptation.
- Do priests carry documentation that prove that they’re priests? What about priests of the Old Catholic Church of Antioch?
- Is it licit to use glass for chalices and ciboria?
- Shouldn’t Jesus have original sin if he was fully human and, as Paul says, "All have sinned"?
- Son is moving into an apartment with both male and female roommates. Can he help his son move in?
- How was the Bible put together, and how to defend its accuracy against those who point to the non-canonical "gospels"?
- Can Catholics join Scientology?
- Catholic told Protestant friend to pray that his late mother "accepted Jesus Christ" before she died. Was this okay?
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HIGHLIGHTS:
- Why do people complain that Catholics pray to "dead people" when the saints are "alive"?
- Did Jesus’ bestowal of the keys on Peter do away with Old Testament passages dealing with the requirement of rest?
- What does "several" mean in the Church’s norms on indulgences?
- Where did Cain get his wife?
- How to pick a new parish.
- How to resist temptation.
- Do priests carry documentation that prove that they’re priests? What about priests of the Old Catholic Church of Antioch?
- Is it licit to use glass for chalices and ciboria?
- Shouldn’t Jesus have original sin if he was fully human and, as Paul says, "All have sinned"?
- Son is moving into an apartment with both male and female roommates. Can he help his son move in?
- How was the Bible put together, and how to defend its accuracy against those who point to the non-canonical "gospels"?
- Can Catholics join Scientology?
- Catholic told Protestant friend to pray that his late mother "accepted Jesus Christ" before she died. Was this okay?
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HIGHLIGHTS:
- Is it okay for the caller to pray for her dog?
- What is meant by penal substitution and what is the Catholic position on it? How do we understand Jesus quoting Ps. 22 on the Cross?
- An Evangelical asks about the Catholic teaching on usury.
- How to respond to the claim that if we are sick that we are in some way possessed and we don’t have enough faith to be healed?
- An Evangelical asks about prayer to the saints.
- How to understand the statement that the Church of Christ "subsists in" the Catholic Church?
- Can a Protestant receive the last rites?
- How to evaluate claims regarding the Holy Spirit having a feminine character?
- How to evaluate claims that very few people actually commit mortal sin?
- Can souls from purgatory manifest in apparitions?
- Did Jesus have a guardian angel during his earthly life?
- How does the Church regard psychology and counselling?
- If we aren’t allowed to spread a person’s ashes after cremation, why do we have relics in altars?
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HIGHLIGHTS:
- Is it okay for the caller to pray for her dog?
- What is meant by penal substitution and what is the Catholic position on it? How do we understand Jesus quoting Ps. 22 on the Cross?
- An Evangelical asks about the Catholic teaching on usury.
- How to respond to the claim that if we are sick that we are in some way possessed and we don’t have enough faith to be healed?
- An Evangelical asks about prayer to the saints.
- How to understand the statement that the Church of Christ "subsists in" the Catholic Church?
- Can a Protestant receive the last rites?
- How to evaluate claims regarding the Holy Spirit having a feminine character?
- How to evaluate claims that very few people actually commit mortal sin?
- Can souls from purgatory manifest in apparitions?
- Did Jesus have a guardian angel during his earthly life?
- How does the Church regard psychology and counselling?
- If we aren’t allowed to spread a person’s ashes after cremation, why do we have relics in altars?
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HIGHLIGHTS:
- What does it mean for us to offer up Jesus’ sufferings to the Father? Why would we do that?
- Is there a move to "restore" the order of the sacraments of initiation?
- Can Jimmy recommend Lives of the Popes by Richard McBrien? What is an alternative resource?
- Is B16 changing the way things have been historically done in canonizations by holding off on the canonization of a French priest?
- If Mary was conceived without original sin, why does the Church hold out the possibility that she died physically?
- What does the word porneia mean in the passages where Jesus talks about divorce?
- Does the Catholic Church ignore the first thousand years of Church history and why does it regard itself as the true Church rather than the Greek Orthodox church?
- Are deacons traditionally ministers of the chalice? How does this square with using extraordinary ministers for distributing the host?
- Is there a resource written by an ex-SSPXer on the problems of this movement?
- What is one to think of Thomas Merton? How to deal with those who rely on his more Buddhist-sounding stuff?
- How can a sex offender find resources to help him live the Catholic life?
- Why don’t we hear priests talking more at Mass about the state of our souls?
LISTEN TO THE SHOW.
DOWNLOAD THE SHOW.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- What does it mean for us to offer up Jesus’ sufferings to the Father? Why would we do that?
- Is there a move to "restore" the order of the sacraments of initiation?
- Can Jimmy recommend Lives of the Popes by Richard McBrien? What is an alternative resource?
- Is B16 changing the way things have been historically done in canonizations by holding off on the canonization of a French priest?
- If Mary was conceived without original sin, why does the Church hold out the possibility that she died physically?
- What does the word porneia mean in the passages where Jesus talks about divorce?
- Does the Catholic Church ignore the first thousand years of Church history and why does it regard itself as the true Church rather than the Greek Orthodox church?
- Are deacons traditionally ministers of the chalice? How does this square with using extraordinary ministers for distributing the host?
- Is there a resource written by an ex-SSPXer on the problems of this movement?
- What is one to think of Thomas Merton? How to deal with those who rely on his more Buddhist-sounding stuff?
- How can a sex offender find resources to help him live the Catholic life?
- Why don’t we hear priests talking more at Mass about the state of our souls?
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HIGHLIGHTS:
- Why are people able to get divorced, annuled, & remarried today as opposed to a few decades ago?
- Did Pius XII say that when the Jews return to Israel it will mean the world is coming to an end in a generation?
- Does God hear your prayers if you’re in a state of mortal sin?
- What is the bird Prothonotary Warbler named after? (answer after the first break)
- How to square the the salvation of catechumens with the Catechism’s statement that baptism is the only assured means the Church knows of for entry into eternal beatitude?
- If God could have Mary be conceived without original sin, why doesn’t he do this for everyone?
- How to check out reported papal statements that the Church didn’t do enough in WWII for Jewish people?
- Gentleman has been told that he can’t receive Communion because he’s divorced until he gets an annulment. True?
- Why does Fundamentalist get mad when we tell him the Pentateuch wasn’t written by Moses at our Bible study?
- Is B16 likely to allow a greater us of the Tridentine Mass? What’s he likely to do to improve the liturgy generally?
- Person in video says that practice precedes theology, that we do things first and them make up explanations for them later. True?
- Can a deacon get married again if his wife dies?
- Are we to consume the Host immediately after we receive Communion in the hand?
- Where to get evidence for Peter having a successor in Rome?
- How to respond to Fundamentalists who get offended when he tells them the Catholic Church is the true Church?
LISTEN TO THE SHOW.
DOWNLOAD THE SHOW.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Why are people able to get divorced, annuled, & remarried today as opposed to a few decades ago?
- Did Pius XII say that when the Jews return to Israel it will mean the world is coming to an end in a generation?
- Does God hear your prayers if you’re in a state of mortal sin?
- What is the bird Prothonotary Warbler named after? (answer after the first break)
- How to square the the salvation of catechumens with the Catechism’s statement that baptism is the only assured means the Church knows of for entry into eternal beatitude?
- If God could have Mary be conceived without original sin, why doesn’t he do this for everyone?
- How to check out reported papal statements that the Church didn’t do enough in WWII for Jewish people?
- Gentleman has been told that he can’t receive Communion because he’s divorced until he gets an annulment. True?
- Why does Fundamentalist get mad when we tell him the Pentateuch wasn’t written by Moses at our Bible study?
- Is B16 likely to allow a greater us of the Tridentine Mass? What’s he likely to do to improve the liturgy generally?
- Person in video says that practice precedes theology, that we do things first and them make up explanations for them later. True?
- Can a deacon get married again if his wife dies?
- Are we to consume the Host immediately after we receive Communion in the hand?
- Where to get evidence for Peter having a successor in Rome?
- How to respond to Fundamentalists who get offended when he tells them the Catholic Church is the true Church?