Catholic Answers Live

“What is Vatican II?” This episode clarifies the council’s significance, addressing questions like how to explain it simply and why some Catholics believe its directives aren’t mandatory. The discussion also touches on concerns about church closures, the decline in priest numbers, and the perceived lack of respect for the Eucharist following the council’s reforms.

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Questions Covered:

03:18 – Explain Vatican II to me like I’m a 10 year old.

16:18 – Why would Catholics believe that it doesn’t need to be followed?

29:15 – Vatican 1 and 2 were a total disaster. John XXIII. The fact that we no longer excommunicate people and desire to reason with them. That was a mistake.

45:12 – My experience is that lots of churches have closed, less priests and lack of respect for the Eucharist after Vatican 2. How is that the Church blossoming? I heard the cardinal responsible for liturgy and the secretary to the pope were both masons. Is that true?

“How do you talk about the Faith with people who just don’t care about religion?” This question opens a discussion on effective communication about beliefs, while also addressing the significance of Mary as “Full of Grace” and the perception that Catholic devotion to her overshadows Jesus. Additionally, the conversation touches on the belief in the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist.

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Questions Covered:

01:32 – How do you talk about the Faith with people who just don’t care about religion?

14:15 – How can we infer that Mary is sinless by the phrase, “Full of Grace”?

22:37 – The amount of attention Catholics place on Mary is over the top and sometimes seems to over shadow Jesus.

37:14 – I’m not Catholic because you believe there is real blood in the sacrament.

“Is God killing people different than murder?” This question leads to a discussion on the nature of divine actions versus human actions, particularly in light of the couple in Acts of the Apostles. The conversation also touches on the challenges of translating difficult biblical terms like “Selah” and examines the strict interpretations often associated with the KJV Bible.

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Questions Covered:

03:27 – In the context of the couple in Acts of the Apostles who are struck down by God, Is God striking and killing people fundamentally different then a person killing a person? Is it a fundamentally different act?

16:03 – How should modern bible readers understand words that even the septuagint translates had a hard time translating? Words such a Selah.

29:27 – Why do those who follow the KJV bible have a much more strict approach that almost becomes legalistic?

“What is the inerrant Word of God?” This question opens a discussion on the Catholic understanding of Scripture’s divine inspiration and truth. The conversation also touches on Mary as Queen of Heaven in the Bible, the timeline of the deuterocanon’s inclusion in Scripture, and the meaning of being born of water and spirit in John 3:5.

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Questions Covered:

02:00 – What do Catholics mean when we say the inspired inerrant Word of God?

18:33 – Where do we find Mary as Queen of Heaven in the bible?

31:06 – In John 1, how could Andrew tell Peter that they found the messiah if Peter had already confessed in the synoptics?

33:20 – When were the deuterocanon officially made a part of the bible?

44:10 – How do I explain the meaning of being born of water and spirit referred to in John 3:5?

“How do we know Jesus’s church is Catholic?” This question opens a discussion on the nature of the Church, addressing concerns about whether it is merely a body of believers. Additional topics include how to support a son who has left the faith and the worries of those outside the Church about being led astray.

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Questions Covered:

07:38 – How do we know Jesus’s church isn’t just the body of believers and not just the Catholic church?

17:50 – How can I help my son who left the faith who has questions?

28:52 – Those outside the faith are worried about being led astray?

46:25 – I am curious how I would leave the Lutheran church and come into the Catholic Church?