Questions Covered:

• 04:16 - What is the morality of the covid19 vaccine? Is it safe and good for Catholic to do? 
• 18:00 - I am married but not in the Catholic Church. Can I receive Holy Communion? 
• 22:26 - If humans ever settled on Mars, which Church calendar would they use? 
• 28:38 - When is one to admonish the sinner, especially in cases of marriage in the Church? 
• 35:48 - Matthew 6:6 says to go into your closet to pray. My father uses that verse as an excuse to not go to church. How can I refute him on this? 
• 42:23 - Is it true that the Catholic Church was responsible for the Dark Ages? 
• 49:34 - What is the Catholic definition of apostasy or schism? Would it apply to a person who rejects the reality of the True Presence? 
• 51:33 - What is your opinion about the q source in making the gospels? 

Resources Mentioned:

• The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science

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Questions Covered:

• 04:10 - Why is the principle of first fruit giving not taught in the Catholic Church? 
• 07:06 - Which of the apocryphal writings are worth reading and learning from, and which ones should we forego reading? 
• 11:46 - I am interested in becoming a priest. How does that work? How much freedom does one have in deciding one’s role in the Church? 
• 13:46 - Is it permissible for a layperson to serve as a subdeacon if he is not on his way to Holy Orders? 
• 15:13 - My brother convinced his girlfriend to get an abortion a few years ago and he just confided this in me. I am having trouble not being angry and forgiving him for it. What can I do? 
• 17:30 - Why haven’t the clergy been teaching the laity? There doesn’t seem to be enough education or catechism for lay people. 
• 23:11 - Why are certain elements of the Levitical priesthood retained in the Catholic Mass and priesthood while other Old Testament laws are completely done away with by Jesus? 
• 28:44 - Why is Matthew 17:21 not included in so many Bibles? 
• 33:05 - How can I convince someone that Christ is God? They asked me why he would call himself Son of God if he is God. 
• 35:15 - How does our post-modern society, which doesn’t believe in real love, compare with the early pagan societies of Jesus’ time? 
• 40:32 - Is a person who has an eating disorder in a state of mortal sin every time they misuse food or their body? 
• 41:14 - Is it okay to date after a divorce? 
• 42:57 - Is it okay to make a spiritual communion in Mass when you’re not in a state of grace and so can’t receive? 
• 44:06 - I lost my brother to suicide. He struggled with diabolical things. Is my brother lost, according to Catholic teaching? 
• 49:35 - I am a born-again Christian but not yet a Catholic. If I die, will I not be saved? 
• 51:27 - My daughter has chosen a different sexual orientation. How can I talk to her about the truth of this? It is causing a lot of anger and frustration in our home. 

Resources Mentioned:

• When a Loved One Dies by Suicide by various authors

Why be a Catholic and not a member of another faith tradition?

Questions Covered:

• 06:53 - I am having a discussion with a Protestant friend who doesn’t think Catholics will be saved. How can I best prepare for the conversation? 
• 13:45 - I don’t believe you need to be Catholic to be saved. I have a personal relationship with God, and it doesn’t matter to him if I am Catholic. I was not comfortable in the Catholic Church because it was just a bunch of rituals. 
• 29:08 - My brother recently left the Church. At his church, they take communion that his pastor says is the body and blood of Christ. He says, why be Catholic when I can have the True Presence in another church? 
• 35:19 - Why would someone want to be Catholic when the Church messed with the 10 Commandments? 
• 45:04 - When I am talking to Protestants, the conversation often turns historical. Distortions of history are presented and it is difficult to authoritatively address these misrepresentations of the Church. How do I best have these conversations and is there a resource respected by Catholics and Protestants to establish the historical truth? 
• 50:19 – I was raised Baptist but am really interested in the Catholic Church. I am told a lot that Catholics worship Mary. Is there biblical evidence for saying the ‘Hail Mary’? 

Why be a Catholic and not a member of another faith tradition?

Questions Covered:

• 18:30 - In Lumen Gentium, it says that all religions participate in the truth of God. This is confusing. How can Catholicism be the one true faith, but a Church document also states that other religions kind of have it right, too? 
• 33:05 - There seems to have been a shift in the Christian faith in general that the Lord is always merciful, and not about his justice. People say, yes, I am not Catholic, but I will be fine because God is merciful. How would I respond to someone who approaches being a part of the Church without conviction? 
• 41:46 - My son is not Catholic because he agrees with Protestants who say that you just have to profess your life to God and that’s it. How do I speak to him about this?