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:

• 08:12 - How do I explain and defend Mary’s perpetual virginity in light of Matthew 1:25?
• 17:57 - Can you explain, “Father forgive them for they know not what they do” in light of our own obligations to forgive?
• 22:46 - What’s the difference between being beatified and being canonized?
• 29:10 - Can you explain general and particular judgement at the final judgement?
• 34:13 - What’s the Protestant theology on salvation and what’s the Catholic response?
• 46:20 - My wife is a cradle catholic, I’m a convert, she goes to the Latin Mass, I go to a regular Mass. Why is there a difference in reverence between these two communities?