Catholic Answers Live - Open Forum

Questions Covered:

 

• 01:19 - Is St. Thomas More’s “Dialogue of Comfort” consistent with the Catholic Church’s teaching on suffering today?
• 05:12 - Is everyone in heaven a saint?
• 07:14 - Is it safe to call St. Peter the Bishop of Pentecost?
• 12:20 - When the priest mentions “Those who sleep in Christ” during Mass, is that a different state from heaven, hell, and purgatory?
• 17:10 - I often read that some saints went to confession weekly. I thought you only went to confession when you committed a mortal sin. Does that mean these saints were committing mortal sins all the time, or is it ok to go to confession just for venial sins?
• 19:59 - Can thoughts be mortally sinful?
• 22:54 - How should I confront or correct priests who change things in the liturgy or teach things that aren’t correct?
• 29:01 - What can I do if I want to visit a seminary but they don’t want to allow exemptions for the COVID vaccine?
• 36:39 - How could anybody get the idea that Mother Teresa was a bad person?
• 44:23 - My non-Catholic family member was recently hospitalized. If he doesn’t make it, is there hope for him to reach heaven?
• 52:03 - What’s more important: theology or God?