Catholic Answers Live - Open Forum Part 2 - 7-17-18

The 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:

• 02:28 - How did you deal with talking to family and former church friends when you converted from Assembly of God to Catholicism?
• 14:28 - Is it okay to be motivated not to sin because I don’t want to keep coming back to the confessor?
• 18:21 - What is the basis for our knowledge of the war in Heaven when Lucifer was cast out?
• 21:50 - If a patient chooses to undergo a medical procedure that puts them in a lot of pain, are they obligated to continue undergoing the procedure if discontinuing it will kill them? Would it be suicide to choose to stop?
• 29:56 - What exactly is the Catholic interpretation of taking the Lord’s name in vain?
• 36:16 - If a large number of Protestants decided they wanted to become Catholic, but still wanted their own liturgy or to let their priests marry, would it be possible for the Church to let them in as a unique rite?
• 42:10 - How do you respond to the President of the Philippines’ comments on Original Sin being “stupid?”
• 48:20 - How does redemptive suffering work?

Resources Mentioned:

• http://www.scborromeo.org/