Open Forum

The callers choose the topics during Open Forum, peppering our guests with questions on every aspect of Catholic life and faith, the moral life, and even philosophical topics that touch on general religious belief.

Questions Covered:

• Can a gay Catholic man who was in a civil union receive a Catholic funeral Mass and burial?
• I have been listening to Sola Scriptura debates and the Catholic side references faith and tradition. What are those traditions?
• Why doesn’t the Church teach about the Bible in their services?
• My dad who is a fallen away Catholic, has an issue with the Catholic faith because his marriage in not valid within the Church. How can I work through that with him?
• How can the Catholic Church conclusively show that when Jesus said “on this rock I will build my Church” he meant Peter and not the profession of faith?
• As a catechist can I suggest to the Priest to not confirm a youth because I do not believe he is ready?
• What is it that separates other denominations from each other and what they hold against the Catholic faith?
• Are Christian Scientists and the Amish truly considered Christian? Do they believe in Baptism?
• I have three children, all baptized, and their Godparents are not involved in their lives now. Are we allowed to change Godparents?
• What is the Church’s stance or even your personal opinion on sleep paralysis?
• If the Catholic Church is the church that Jesus built then how did they come up with the term Catholic if it is not mentioned in the Bible?