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:

• 04:07 - Was the Council of Chalcedon valid?
• 12:54 - How can I explain to my father-in-law that their son that I am marrying is not the incarnation of a previously aborted baby? He thinks that the baby that they killed came back in the form of the second son who is alive now. How can I explain that they are two separate beings?
• 19:34 - When I was a child, I learned that we were supposed to go to confession once a year at Easter. Can I go any time of year? Also, do we just go once a year? Secondly, can I receive the Eucharist if I haven’t done my penance?
• 31:56 - Can you give me resources for my husband to understand the true presence?
• 39:31 - When the Catholic Church says that we should look at others with eyes of God. How can I do that when I don’t know how God would act toward someone?
• 44:30 - If I have perfect contrition and can’t make it to confession, can I receive the Eucharist?
• 49:03 - Was Christ punished by God?
• 53:19 - How can I surrender to the will of God and still have prayers of petition?