Catholic Answers Live - Open Forum

Questions Covered:

• 4:30 – A friend told me it’s more merciful for someone to exist in hell than to not exist at all. Is that true, and if so, why is it? 
• 8:20 – If someone committed a mortal sin, and forgot about it at his next confession but still made a good confession, would he still have to confess it once he remembered it? 
• 16:48 - Do the Church Fathers, in their discussion of the Eucharist, ever use the term metaousious? 
• 20:51 - How could it be just for God to give an eternal punishment for finite sins? 
• 28:30 - I heard a deacon say that they had a cross (not crucifix) in their church because we want to remember Jesus’ resurrection, not his death. Is that a new idea? Should we be wary of it? 
• 31:15 - Can canon law be changed before the next edition? 
• 35:50 - Since the Eucharist is the source and summit of our faith, why isn’t it mentioned in the Apostolic creed? 
• 41:42 - I’ve seen multiple priests, when I go up to receive communion, have one host at the ready but then switch it out for another when I receive. Why would they do that? 
• 45:20 - If Adam and Eve had not sinned, would we be in need of heaven? 
• 50:45 - When the priest’s hands are consecrated, can that consecration be passed down to a layperson?