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:

• 07:21 - My southern Baptist friend asks, “What is the benefit of saying 25 Hail Mary’s for penance?” She also claims that Mary wasn’t sinless. How do I defend Mary’s sinlessness?
• 13:17 - In the bible when Jesus is arrested, after Jesus says “I am He” the soldiers “fall down”? How did they arrest him if they were down?
• 15:41 - If God is omnipresent and omnipotent how can we have free will? That is, if he already knows what we are going to do how can he judge us?
• 19:38 - In reference to John 1:18 what is the difference between “only begotten God” and “only God”?
• 22:05 - Why don’t the influential Catholic organizations stand up to the bishops that are obviously doing wrong like allowing pro-abortion to receive communion?
• 28:00 - What are the different ways that the Holy Spirit manifests himself? Is it only in the charismatic movement that he manifests himself?
• 33:41 - What kind of encouragement can you give that the Catholic Church’s tradition has not been corrupted over the years?
• 48:15 - What is the soteriological significance of the penance in the sacrament of reconciliation?
• 52:10 - Can someone be born homosexual?