Ask a Priest

Questions Covered:

• 02:15 - I’m protestant, I grew up thinking Catholic symbolism was idol worship. Where did we go wrong in that thinking?
• 10:10 - Is God both merciful and just? How does this manifest itself on the cross?
• 17:00 - Is the idea that Anglicanism is not valid an indefinite teaching in the Catholic Church?
• 22:06 - Both cremation and communion in the hand became permissible in the 1960’s. A. What’s the most proper way of disposing of a body? B. When and why did communion in the hand become universal?
• 30:01 - Why isn’t the Church using extraordinary ministers of holy communion or deacons to go give communion at hospitals?
• 32:09 - If Jesus is all merciful and we should be like him, should we be imprisoning murderers and thieves?
• 37:52 - What is the Church’s stance on the Old Catholic Church?
• 44:15 - What is the significance of doing a pilgrimage? What is the best way to prepare for one?
• 47:56 - Is it ok for Catholics to cross-dress in situations like theater or cosplay? What’s the best way to respond to the pro-abortion reply that Catholics are pro-life because it was started in a time of misogyny?
• 52:43 - Jesus said, “Let the dead bury the dead.” Did he mean physically or spiritually?