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:

• 02:49 - What is a good book for my friend to read who is Buddhist and is looking for happiness? He met a Catholic priest through me recently and said, I want what he has. 
• 06:52 - I am an Orthodox Christian. Does that mean that I cannot be saved? 
• 12:44 - Why aren’t the Eucharistic miracles used as evidence in arguments for the True Presence? 
• 19:22 - I recently received a beaded bracelet from my friend who said it was blessed by a monk. Is it okay for me to wear such a thing as a Catholic? 
• 21:52 - What are some things that I can do to grow in my faith, even though I can’t become Catholic yet? 
• 29:30 - Mary and Joseph lost Jesus and had to find him in the temple. Why did Jesus remain behind and make his parents look for him? What was the meaning of this? 
• 33:15 - Sirius XM 130…Recently, my wife and I have had some ectopic pregnancies. How can I love my wife through this very difficult time? 
• 43:25 - How can we respond when people say that the Latin Mass is the real Mass and that the Novus Ordo is not? 
• 49:19 - Why does the Catholic accept all the orthodox sacraments as valid? Why isn’t the patriarch of Antioch as special as the Pope of Rome?