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:

• 07:37 - How do we handle clerical abuse against young people?
• 15:14 - Why is it a mortal sin to not observe a day of abstinence or fasting?
• 20:20 - When Jesus descended into hell, how long was he there? 
• 32:00 - Who said “Jesus paid a debt he didn’t owe because we owed a debt we couldn’t pay?” What is the theory of penal substitution and is it a protestant or Catholic doctrine?
• 42:49 - What is a inner locution? 
• 45:20 - Catholic teaching says to not interpret Genesis 1-2 literally, but if sin did not enter into the world through a fruit, how did it literally enter into the world?
• 49:12 - Did Judas eat the body and blood of Jesus at the Last Supper? 

Resources Mentioned:

What Did Jesus Do?: The Biblical Roots of the Catholic Church by Tom Nash