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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.

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Questions Covered:

  • 00:42 - What was the mark that was put on Noah’s son that saw him naked?
  • 06:40 - If Mary is the distributor of all graces, who was distributing the graces before Mary’s assumption? 
  • 15:40 - If a couple is married in the Church, but only one is Catholic, when it comes to birth control is the non-Catholic bound by the same rules?
  • 22:29 - If a person needs to ask a priest for permission to receive communion, if one priest says no, can you go to another priest to ask permission? If the priest allows it, can you still receive communion at another parish?
  • 30:15 - What is the purpose of the Vatican Observatory and how does it fit in with the Church’s mission?
  • 34:43 - I am a convert. I don’t know how to explain the real presence to others. Can you give me some advice?
  • 43:05 - I am an Anglican and would like to ask about the pathway to becoming a Catholic. I was baptized Lutheran and went to a Catholic school when I was younger.
  • 48:12 - I would like some clarification of Matthew 18:19 as far as the pope having authority to bind and loose. Protestants say this verse gives all humans this power.
  • 52:21 - If it’s true that “unless you eat the body…” how do you explain this to Protestants who live good lives and do good works?

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