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:

• 05:19 - How does excommunication relate to abortion and other mortal sins?
• 12:04 - How would we respond to somebody who says that Islam, not Catholicism, is the fulfillment of Judaism?
• 17:53 - I tried to go to Confession recently and found it closed without any signs telling me this previously. What does this mean for me?
• 20:22 - What is the doctrinal understanding of invincible ignorance? How can I refute the idea of total depravity?
• 32:40 - What is the foundation for believing that the Roman Catholic Church is the one true Church?
• 42:20 - I found out that the priest who baptized my son is now no longer a priest, he is now married. Is my son’s baptism valid? And how do we tell people that this is not a reason to leave the faith?
• 47:50 - How do you respond to the claim that amoral people do not have a sense of absolute truth?
• 52:06 - If we call Mary the Mother of God, how are we not putting her above God?