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Questions Covered:

01:43 – How would I help a friend return to the faith when their objection is that the Church won’t accept homosexuality?
07:16 – Can we as Catholics pray and promote imprecatory prayer?
15:06 – Is it possible for there to be a created Trinity?
18:22 – How do we understand death before the fall?
21:04 – How can God soften someone’s heart without interfering with free will?
28:44 – If Mary was without sin, what are we to make of what happened to her, especially in the upper room during Pentecost?
33:44 – Can God take prayers and apply them to someone who has committed suicide?
40:35 – In the Collect at mass, sometimes it ends with “one God,” and others omit those words, is there a reason for that?
45:21 – Why is the sin against the Holy Spirit unforgivable but not the Son? Why is there a difference in the treatment for the Holy Spirit?
51:53 – How would you describe Christ’ state of grace?

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Questions Covered:

04:01 – what’s the sin of presumption according to a Catholic vs a Protestant?
10:01 – How did the Franco-Prussian war affect Vatican 1 ending early?
13:56 – Why is yoga ok to practice?
20:45 – How was Pope Linus appointed and how did the process of electing popes develop?
29:28 – What happened to the Holy Spirit that we received in the sacraments after we commit sins?
37:29 – Science evidence now shows that we can predict a person’s choice. Does this affect our understanding of free will and predestination?
47:08 – Are there levels in heaven?
52:45 – Why was Jesus so harsh to the Canaanite woman in Mt. 15:21-28?

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Questions Covered:

04:53 – Why do we venerate relics?
10:45 – Why are there 2 different versions of the bible, one with 66 and the other 73 books?
15:53 – Why does Jesus refer to himself as Son of Man?
22:45 – Why doesn’t 1. Tim say anything about priests?
33:03 – Why does God order people to kill others in the Old Testament but also says don’t kill in the 10 commandments?
45:25 – Why do we separate bodies for relics but we can’t separate the cremated remains of loved ones?
52:33 – Why are Catholics always quoting CS Lewis when he was never Catholic?

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Questions Covered:

14:28 – How do we know historically that the pope exercised authority over the eastern churches? 
23:19 – When was Greek introduced into the liturgy? How long after was it replaced by Latin? 
30:12 – What’s the best way to sift through all the intellectual language when digging into the Catholic faith? Do you have resources? 
39:25 – How would you address the Apostasy with a Mormon? 
45:45 – How do I move from rationalizing my faith to feeling and experiencing my faith? 
51:03 – Is there any evidence in the Church Fathers about the Blessed Mother? 

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Open Forum – Questions Covered:

13:07 – In John it mentions 7 miracles. Did Jesus perform more miracles than recorded since Nicodemus recalls many miracles early on?
15:42 – What evidence do we have that the deuterocanonical books are a part of the original bible?
24:33 – Is Elijah in heaven?
34:06 – Does protestant baptism incorporate others into the Catholic Church?
45:15 – How are images and icons not idolatry?

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Questions Covered:

04:05 – During the liturgy of the Eucharist in the Dominican Rite, why does the priest extend his arms in the shape of a cross?
13:20 – How do we approach “Bene-vacantism?”
21:45 – How do we define works? How do we defend the sacraments as works in a negative light?
41:52 – How do I explain the immaculate conception to protestants without it going against their understanding of the atonement?
47:51 – Am I obligated to forgive a perpetrator who has not asked for forgiveness?

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