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:

• 03:30 - Is canonization infallible and has there ever been a non-Catholic canonized?
• 12:07 - Is purgatory only for venial sins?
• 14:33 - Why wasn’t the Virgin Mary present at the Last Supper?
• 20:31 - How can I explain to a Protestant the benefits of a funeral Mass for the deceased?
• 29:16 - Is it efficacious to pray for my atheist brother? Does it do anything?
• 33:05 - In Luke 8:10 Jesus says that mysteries have been made known to them and that parables are only for the rest. Does this mean that whenever he spoke in parables, it was not for the apostles?
• 36:58 - How far can you go into a thought before a sin happens?
• 42:18 - What if someone was on their way to confess a mortal sin and was killed in a car accident? Would their desire to confess mean anything?
• 44:42 - If someone was baptized confirmed in a schismatic Russian Church, would their Sacraments be valid?
• 45:57 - Where do our ideas of purgatory come from?
• 47:50 - Who were the gnostics and what did they believe?
• 50:16 - Are Christians who confess directly to Jesus forgiven? Wouldn’t it be better for us to be able to do that, too, if we can’t get to confession quickly enough?