Open Forum

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:

• 05:56 - There is a charismatic Church here in Houston. Once a year, I go to their healing Mass. How can we know more about these healers? 
• 11:38 - My wife was just diagnosed with a disorder and the treatment can cause fatal disorders in fetuses if she were to get pregnant again. Can we use contraception? 
• 18:06 - Why does the NAB call priests presbyters?  
• 28:55 - I often offer indulgences for my beloved dead. I have heard that purgatory is a burning encounter with Christ. How do my prayers help them if Christ is already making them pure? 
• 32:40 - Does the Catholic Church believe that certain souls are favored more than others by God? 
• 36:33 - I am a Protestant discerning the Catholic Church. Can you help me to better understand the Apocrypha? 
• 43:25 - I am in RCIA and have been challenged by people who say that other faiths had all of the same elements as Christianity – a virgin birth, a beloved who died in self-sacrifice, etc. How can I show them that I chose the true faith? 
• 51:05 - Where in the Bible does it talk about purgatory?

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