Open Forum

Questions Covered:

• 05:26 - I heard that we need to pray for the souls in purgatory because they can’t pray for themselves. If that’s the case, how can they pray for us?
• 05:26 - I’m wondering if this is a good argument against a neutral, mechanistic universe: life seems to strive towards self-existence, so that’s a decidedly positive direction as opposed to a neutral naturalism.
• 11:18 - As a Catholic, am I allowed to donate to a deceased person’s memorial fund if it goes towards the formation of Assembly of God ministers?
• 13:57 - How do I have an answer for the Catholics who don’t believe in the real presence?
• 18:37 - Some people use the passage in Numbers 5, where the priest gives a woman accused of adultery a concoction that will cause a miscarriage, to say that the Bible supports abortion. What do you make of that?
• 28:57 - Why is the pope tolerating the patriotic Church in China?
• 31:53 - What can I say to my wife who left the Church because of bad catechesis and priests who don’t “preach from the heart?”
• 44:15 - I work for an insurance company that wants to be the broker for a cannabis supplier. Is that moral within church teaching?
• 49:32 - Why isn’t the blood of Christ reserved in the tabernacle after Mass?