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:

• 03:07 - Is Jesus in his corporeal form in Heaven all the time?
• 04:53 - I’ve heard that we don’t pray to saints, we commune with saints? What is it?
• 17:48 - Where is the Ark of the Covenant?
• 28:46 - When I go to confession, does it have to be only when I’ve committed a mortal sin?
• 32:07 - Why did the Catholic Church take Martin Luther out of the Bible?
• 34:30 - What’s the difference between the Catholics and the Orthodox? 
• 43:55 - I’m a member of the neocatechumenal way and I’ve read some of Jimmy’s early thoughts about my group and I’m wondering what his views of it are now?
• 49:04 - Why do Catholics put so much emphasis on purgatory?

Resources Mentioned:

• A Daily Defense: 365 Days (plus one) to Becoming a Better Apologist by Jimmy Akin
• The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church by Jimmy Akin