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:

• 04:30 - I came across a picture of the altar that St. Peter celebrated Mass on. Was it possible that at one point Mass with the priest’s back to us as well as facing us were performed during the same period?
• 11:38 - Why should one pray the Rosary and what is the theology behind it?
• 16:05 - Is it okay to have a Catholic backyard wedding?
• 18:03 - The church of St. Mark has apostolic succession but is not in in full communion with the Holy See, why?
• 27:15 - How are the deceased to be treated, cremation, etc.? Since our souls will be reunited with their bodies at death.
• 30:37 - Is the Church responsible for the cost of burying a registered parishioner?
• 34:02 - Was Jesus created by God? 
• 41:46 - It appears that most cultures reduce their philosophy down to balance. What does Christianity have a higher claim to balance? Why choose Christianity over a similar religion?
• 48:00 - It is a possibility that God’s omnipotence works differently than how people see things? If that is true is that an answer to the arguments against the existence of God considering everything is contradictory?