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:

• 12:09 - What is the Church’s position on the death penalty?
• 18:27 - Can you give me some guidance to more effectively convey the Church’s teaching on same-sex “marriage”?
• 28:55 - If you go to Mass, receive communion, and leave directly after are you committing a mortal sin?
• 33:40 - Did St. Paul use stoic philosophy in writing his scriptures, specifically in 1st Corinthians 6,9, and 11?
• 36:10 - How do you reconcile the God of the Old Testament with the loving Father of the New Testament?
• 47:20 - If I go to adoration in an adoration chapel while Mass is in session, is it okay to leave adoration, receive the eucharist, and then return to the adoration chapel?
• 51:30 - A deacon stated that Adam and Eve were only a story, a metaphor. Can you elaborate?