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:

• 07:12 - Is Numbers 5:11-31 a biblical support for abortion?
• 13:37 - I’ve been married for 12 years, not through the Church. My husband needs to be confirmed. Does he need to be confirmed before we can get our marriage blessed or do we need to have our marriage blessed before he can be confirmed?
• 16:27 - What does the Pope mean by “the other lung of the church”? Is he referring to the Eastern Orthodox?
• 18:35 - What is the difference between the Church and the Kingdom?
• 20:54 - There seems to be street peddlers on every corner. How can I decided if or who to give to?
• 31:08 - How can I know if the writings of the early Church Fathers are reliable and authentic?
• 43:00 - How can we be assured that Christ is truly present in the bread and wine after the consecration?
• 45:41 - How evil are tarot cards?
• 49:25 - In the Glory Be, the phrase “is now and world without end,” what does it mean and where did it originate?
• 51:25 - I was watching Fr. Mitch Pacwa’s Threshold of Hope and he was talking about Pope JPII letter on the unification of the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches. If they unified what would the church be called?

Resources Mentioned:

• The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church by Jimmy Akin