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Questions Covered:

• 02:26 - On what grounds does the Catholic Church accept the Apocrypha, when almost no other denomination does? 
• 10:58 - My wife needs to reconcile with her dying brother. How can I help her to forgive him? 
• 16:00 - How can we know that Mary was assumed into heaven? Where do Catholics get this idea? 
• 24:10 - The Holy Spirit enters us permanently at Baptism and Confirmation. Does that mean that Christ goes to hell with a soul that has been baptized? 
• 31:15 - What is the Catholic view of justification? 
• 35:35 is there any way to trace if the Virgin Mary was a descendant of King David, also? 
• 36:30 - A Protestant told me that they believe the Catholic Church is influenced by Satan. How can I respond to this? 
• 44:51 - Is it true that when our loved ones die, they are still on earth for 7 days? My brother with down-syndrome died recently.
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