Open Forum

Questions Covered:

• 03:34 - What’s the scriptural proof for purgatory?
• 08:39 - Can you bless God?
• 12:23 - What does it mean to be made in the image and likeness of God? Are aliens also made in his image?
• 18:39 - My friend who survived the Bosnian war in the 90’s said she will never become Catholic because the Catholic and Orthodox Churches influenced the war. How do I respond to this?
• 24:30 - Is wearing Nikes a sin because the name comes from a pagan goddess?
• 30:43 - What is the difference between the gift of prophecy and words of knowledge? Does bone broth break a Friday meat fast?
• 41:00 - Luke described the baby Jesus swaddled and hands and feet tied. Is this imagery of the crucifixion?
• 45:03 - My husband is a convert and just joined the Knights of Columbus. I don’t know anything about them. Can you explain?
• 49:39 - What do we know about the state of the soul of a person entering dementia, and losing mental faculties etc.? What can they do to go to heaven?