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audio • Catholic Answers Live

Open Forum

Joe Heschmeyer • 6/20/2022

Questions Covered:

04:43 - Is it unchangeable teaching that women can’t priests, and same sex marriages can’t be blessed?
14:51 - Was the public school system created by the Catholic Church? Do you have resources on this topic?
19:04 - I’m in conversion with a missionary of the LDS Church. I’ll be sitting down with him soon. What questions and topics should I bring up to be a good representative of the Catholic Church?
24:13 - Mk 15 on Jesus’ death. What is the meaning of the tearing of the curtain in the temple in two?
33:35 - It’s important to have Juneteenth. We need to keep in mind that white people were not the only ones to own slaves.
44:13 - Is it a mortal sin to not believe that Mary is a perpetual virgin? Where does the Catholic Church get the importance of this teaching?
49:49 - Hebrew 8:6-8. How do I explain that God didn’t want us to fail but accounted for us failing?

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