Catholic Answers Live - Ask a Priest

Questions Covered:

 

• 13:15 - A lot of people are scared to go to confession because they are afraid that the priest is judging them and remembers all their sins. Is this the case? 
• 18:35 - Pope Benedict’s changes in the liturgy some years ago changed most of the uses of the word ‘cup’ to ‘chalice’. But the word cup is maintained in the memorial at the acclamation. Why is that? 
• 20:56 - A lot of people tell me that you don’t have to do good works to get out of purgatory. How does one get out of purgatory? 
• 31:10 - Who or where do we look within the Church to speak to such matters as the covid vaccine? 
• 36:12 - What is the Catholic perspective on the first commandment in light of idolatry compared to how Protestants view it? 
• 40:28 - My coworker is a Lutheran and he often tells me that the Church is wrong. Today, he gave me Romans 8:1-8. How do Catholics view these verses? 
• 44:30 - How can I be sure that the absolution I received on Saturday is valid? It was not the traditional, “God the fathers of mercy…” 
• 48:35 - Simeon’s prophecy to the blessed Mary confuses me, he says, “The thoughts of many hearts will be revealed.” What does this mean? 
• 50:21 - Can a dogma be changed?