Catholic Answers Live - Open Forum

Questions Covered:

• 02:12 - What is a good place to learn Latin? I became Catholic in June and have been attending the Latin Mass, but I don’t know any Latin. 
• 08:05 - Why aren’t Catholics allowed to join a Masonic Lodge? 
• 15:46 - My mother is a fundamentalist Christian, and I am Catholic. She asked me what Catholics believe about the dual theory of salvation. How can I answer her? She is not a scholar, so I want to explain simply. Send Drama of Salvation 
• 23:29 - Why can’t there be no God? Isn’t it possible that it’s just atoms out there and this is it? 
• 28:34 - What exactly is papal infallibility? 
• 31:42 - How do I explain to my friend that the orthodox church split from the Catholic Church and not the other way around? 
• 40:27 - Why didn’t you include an index in your book, “The Bible Is a Catholic Book”? 
• 42:10 - There are three sixes consecutively in my phone number. Is my phone number evil? Do I have to change it? 
• 44:41 - I heard on a Catholic radio show recently that between September 21-December 21 will be the worst of the pandemic, guaranteed, and that we must spiritually prepare ourselves. Is this Church teaching? 
• 50:50 - What is the best argument to convince someone of theism? 

Resources Mentioned:

 

• William Whelan – Christianity and American Freemasonry https://amzn.to/3mOSw2l
• Why I am not Eastern Orthodox by Jimmy Akin
• Teaching with Authority by Jimmy Akin
• The Fathers Know Best: Your Essential Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church by Jimmy Akin
• Why Be Catholic and Exercise for Evangelicals by Jimmy Akin