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:

• 07:30 - Why do we distribute two different species of bread and wine for the Eucharist when this was forbidden at the Council of Trent?
• 17:31 - In light of modern non-Catholic churches whose worship services are more like rock concerts, is there an objective Catholic understanding of what worship is?
• 22:21 - What should I do with my old Protestant bibles?
• 28:43 - Can you explain to me the doctrine of Mary as Co-Redemptrix?
• 34:30 - Is the Marian apparition at Medjugorje approved?
• 36:55 - I want to join the Church, but I’ve divorced and remarried already. Do we need to be living in a certain state in order for me to begin the process?
• 48:52 - Why are the New Testament books written in Greek when Jesus spoke Aramaic?
• 50:25 - Why did St. Jerome go more with the Masoretic Hebrew text instead of the Septuagint?

Resources Mentioned:

• Behold Your Mother: A Biblical and Historical Defense of the Marian Doctrines
• Fatima’s Secrets in Context