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Questions Covered:

  • 2:45 – What are we to make of the pope’s comments on civil unions?
  • 17:48 - How do you explain purgatory to Catholics that are rejecting it and how can I defend my faith against my born again brother when they reject prayers to Mary and purgatory?
  • 21:44 - Are we still going to be judged after we are released from purgatory or are we judged before we enter purgatory?
  • 34:33 - I have been a Catholic my whole life and what happened today with the pope has made me lose a lot of hope. What advice can you give on how to deal with this?
  • 43:45 - When Catholics who say statements that are not “catholic,” why can they receive communion and how can they get excommunicated?
  • 47:55 - How much longer can we be Catholic with all the scandals going through the church?
  • 52:41 - How do we pray for a close friend who has passed away suddenly, and we don’t know where they are with God?
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