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Most Recent Episodes
Atheists get the big thing wrong, but that doesn’t mean they get everything wrong. Karlo Broussard, author of Prepare the Way, explains why Catholics and atheists can agree on some important insights about God.
Cy Kellett:
Actually, atheists get a lot of stuff right. Karlo Broussard is next.
Cy Kellett:
Hello, and welcome to Focus, the Catholic Answers podcast for living, understanding, and defending your Catholic faith. I’m Cy Kellett, your host. We’re going to understand our faith by understanding what those who don’t have faith have to say about God. This time, Karl…
Questions Covered:
02:35 – When we go to heaven does our knowledge of God continue to grow or does it stay the same?
12:44 – Was there a creed written in the Council of Trent?
16:23 – How can we answer the sedevacantist objection that the pope is legally elected but doesn’t have the authority of the pope?
22:17 – I’m reading St Augustine and I wanted to know, how do we reconcile free will and concupiscence?
33:56 – Is there a religious implication to the conflict in Ukraine right now?
41:44 – Everyone describes heaven with no more tears, but we keep getting messages from Mary that she’s saddened for souls? How do we reconcile this?
47:50 – Tim, you mentioned the seat of Moses in your CASA course, how does that play out for Christians after the resurrection?
52:49 – What lineage is Mary from? Was she from the line of David?
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Questions Covered:
03:57 – Is it possible for us as men who are living chaste appreciate a woman’s body without falling into sin?
13:31 – Is 1 Corinth 3:11-15 a typological reference Wisdom 3:1-7?
16:23 – What is one’s personal responsibility when it comes to end of life issues?
24:46 – I’ve asked my husband to pray together during lent and it still hasn’t happened. How can I encourage him to pray with me?
31:17 – I’m a convert but I still struggle with the teaching purgatory. I feel as though the verse “To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord” supports people going to heaven. Can you help clarify it for me?
43:27 – How can you show a protestant the truth of the Catholic faith when they don’t know the bible or doctrine?
49:44 – I try to pray without ceasing but when I’m praying, I feel my peace goes away for a bit and comes back. Can that be attributed to evil or dark entities?
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Questions Covered:
03:57 – Is it possible for us as men who are living chaste appreciate a woman’s body without falling into sin?
13:31 – Is 1 Corinth 3:11-15 a typological reference Wisdom 3:1-7?
16:23 – What is one’s personal responsibility when it comes to end of life issues?
24:46 – I’ve asked my husband to pray together during lent and it still hasn’t happened. How can I encourage him to pray with me?
31:17 – I’m a convert but I still struggle with the teaching purgatory. I feel as though the verse “To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord” supports people going to heaven. Can you help clarify it for me?
43:27 – How can you show a protestant the truth of the Catholic faith when they don’t know the bible or doctrine?
49:44 – I try to pray without ceasing but when I’m praying, I feel my peace goes away for a bit and comes back. Can that be attributed to evil or dark entities?
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Questions Covered:
13:47 – Is there a cycle of readings in the Eastern Churches, and what are they? How do they differ from the west? Are they similar to the readings from Orthodoxy?
17:56 – I’m part of the Assyrian Church of the East, being in partial communion what should I do? Should I seek full communion?
22:09 – For any of the Orthodox churches to come into the Church, does it boil down to the primacy of Peter or are the other things that are in the way?
30:41 – Why do you think we don’t talk about the eastern rites among Catechism classes?
34:36 – I’m Eastern Orthodox. Why did you convert from Orthodoxy to Catholicism? Is there anything else we can do to promote unity apart from praying?
42:33 – I heard that as a Catholic you can go to an Orthodox divine liturgy and fulfill the Sunday obligation. Is this true?
44:51 – Can you explain the use of the prayer rope in the east?
47:27 – Does the Russian government have any role to play in the lack of unity amongst the eastern orthodox churches?
49:22 – Mickey Rorke played St. Francis of Assisi in a Biopic movie.
50:18 – Is there any belief that the Orthodox have that we don’t as a point of faith?
53:16 – What is your perspective on the Orthodox teaching on contraception?
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