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:
- 03:18 - What is a good resource to give to someone who is being mentored by the new age ideas?
- 05:07 - What is the best way to help homeless beggars on the street that leads them to a better life?
- 13:30 - Did Adam and Eve exist?
- 20:40 - There’s a stereotype that after the second Vatican Council, catechesis really declined. What could have caused this change from good catechesis to bad? What can be done?
- 28:20 - Were the communities receiving Paul’s letters Catholic communities or were they denominations?
- 35:57 - If I give something up to God, does that mean that I no longer put any effort into it other than praying?
- 42:30 - In Paul’s letter to Timothy, what is he referring to when speaking of the ‘noble confession’?
- 46:00 - Philippians 2:6 – “…who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped…” What does this verse mean?
- 49:57 - In the papal bull Dum Diversas, there is a statement from the pope saying, “We grant you [to the kings of Spain and Portugal] permission…to reduce [these] persons into perpetual slavery.” Does this fall under papal infallibility? Is there another interpretation we can take from this?
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