The Chaplain Is In

We focus on pastoral concerns but welcome any question callers would like to ask a Catholic priest as we are joined by the Catholic Answers chaplain, Norbertine Father Hugh Barbour.

Questions and Topics Covered:

• 03:04 - I am coming into the Church, and I have a few friends who are gay. What can I tell them when they find out I’m Catholic?
• 14:10 - How can I help my niece who is transgender and going to have surgery after she graduates high school?
• 18:48 - If Jesus is the new Adam and Mary is the new Eve, then after the Resurrection, why didn’t the world go back to being like the Garden of Eden?
• 21:40 - What does it mean to worship?
• 29:20 - In Genesis, why did the Lord curse the serpent when the serpent acted how God expected him to?
• 32:26 - Will sins that are forgiven be revealed on the last day?
• 35:29 - I am going to baptize my daughter in about a month. How important is it to choose Godparents who are practicing Catholic? My family expects me to choose one of my siblings to be my daughter’s godfather, but my brother is only nominally Catholic.
• 42:05 - I haven’t been to confession in over ten years. If I know I am going to sin again, why would I confess it?
• 46:10 - I have a question about John 3:16.
• 48:40 - Numbers 5:11-31 and Exodus 21:22-25 have passages that seem to justify abortion.