Open Forum

“Can I baptize my grandson?”

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:

• 05:07 - How does the Catholic Church view the fact that my wife and I are with child and we have not yet convalidated our marriage? We weren’t Catholic when we married. 
• 13:37 - Can I baptize my grandson? My son doesn’t want him baptized. 
• 16:52 - Is artificial intelligence the work of an anti-Christ? 
• 20:26 - Is it moral for me to wear a condom when I am with my wife? 
• 22:50 - Was Buzz Aldrin taking communion on the surface of the Moon valid? 
• 24:12 - My husband is Church of Christ and I am Catholic. We have been discussing baptism for our month-old son, but my husband doesn’t understand why Catholics baptize infants. How can I explain this to him? 
• 29:07 - I had a member of another Christian faith group tell me that we should only receive Communion in celebration of the Passover. How can I respond to this? 
• 35:14 - What’s the fate of unbaptized children? 
• 41:30 - Do all souls in purgatory end up going to heaven? At death, is the person’s condition just before death the deciding factor in their salvation or is there time to choose after you die? 
• 45:40 - Is God the Creator of all life? Can he make mistakes? 
• 47:50 - Is Botox appropriate for Catholics to undergo? Is it sinful? 

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