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- 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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- 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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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HIGHLIGHTS:
- Is the current rite of Mass a "revised" order of Mass?
- Why did folks make signs to Zechariah when John the Baptist was born if Zechariah wasn’t deaf?
- Why was Moses told to take the sandals off his feet because he was standing on holy ground?
- What does Jimmy think of von Balthasar’s work "Dare We Hope That All Men Be Saved"?
- What are reasons to accept apparitions and miracles?
- Can one register in two different parishes in two different dioceses?
- What are some books proving the divinity of Christ and defending him against higher critics and skeptics?
- Why do Protestants say "For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory" as part of the Lord’s Prayer?
- Will Jimmy be writing about Mary as "Co-Redemptrix," "Mediatrix," and "Advocate"? How to understand the title "Mediatrix of all graces"?
- How does the Mass as a sacrifice compare to the Old Testament sacrifices?
- How to know if someone is possessed?
- What is the origin of the Pope Joan myth?
- What does Jimmy think of a claim in the Ignatius Study Bible that Jesus celebrated Passover on Tuesday in keeping with an Essene solar calendar?
- Can the Latin caller have his kids chrismated (confirmed) in an Eastern rite church?
- How to refute Protestants who try to work the Catholic Church into the book of Revelation?
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HIGHLIGHTS:
- Is the current rite of Mass a "revised" order of Mass?
- Why did folks make signs to Zechariah when John the Baptist was born if Zechariah wasn’t deaf?
- Why was Moses told to take the sandals off his feet because he was standing on holy ground?
- What does Jimmy think of von Balthasar’s work "Dare We Hope That All Men Be Saved"?
- What are reasons to accept apparitions and miracles?
- Can one register in two different parishes in two different dioceses?
- What are some books proving the divinity of Christ and defending him against higher critics and skeptics?
- Why do Protestants say "For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory" as part of the Lord’s Prayer?
- Will Jimmy be writing about Mary as "Co-Redemptrix," "Mediatrix," and "Advocate"? How to understand the title "Mediatrix of all graces"?
- How does the Mass as a sacrifice compare to the Old Testament sacrifices?
- How to know if someone is possessed?
- What is the origin of the Pope Joan myth?
- What does Jimmy think of a claim in the Ignatius Study Bible that Jesus celebrated Passover on Tuesday in keeping with an Essene solar calendar?
- Can the Latin caller have his kids chrismated (confirmed) in an Eastern rite church?
- How to refute Protestants who try to work the Catholic Church into the book of Revelation?
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HIGHLIGHTS:
- Why isn’t Eastern Orthodoxy termed a heresy since they reject a truth of the faith (i.e., the authority of the pope)?
- Caller heard that the Eucharist is valid but illicit if celebrated with leavened bread. What does this mean?
- Young caller is interested in becoming Catholic. What should she do?
- Why does 2 Peter 2:4 say that angels were changed in "Tarsus"? What is "Tarsus"?
- What does Jeremiah 17:1 mean?
- Why were Jewish people forbidden to eat pork? Do Jews still refrain from pork?
- What is the Church’s position on yoga and tai chi?
- Why are Protestant and Catholic versions of the Lord’s Prayer different?
- Should we be standing or kneeling during the Lord’s Prayer?
- In Revelation 6:9 it refers to martyrs under the altar in heaven asking when their blood will be avenged? If they’re in heaven, why are they acting in this unmerciful manner? Won’t they have their love perfected?
- Where in the Bible do we find the story of Lucifer and the fallen angels? Where does our common understanding of this story come from?
- How to argue against polytheism for a Buddhist?
- What is the Church’s position on angels in terms of reverence and adoration?
- What was baptism for the dead?