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#11046 The Why’s of Catholic Belief - Karlo Broussard

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🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Questions Covered: 01:47 – Why do Catholics believe you can pray to the dead when the bible says the opposite? 12:22 – Why does the Church believe that Mary is sinless? 18:08 – Were the Assumption of Mary and JP2’s declaration on the male only priesthood fall under ex cathedra? 23:00 – Could you help explain why we use relics? 32:32 – Why do we use the phrase “Mother of God” instead of “Mother of God Incarnate” in the Hail Mary prayer? 43:23 – If you’re in a relationship with someone who is going through RCIA, why do you have to be married to them to be their sponsor? 51:52 – Why do we Catholics find it easier to accept scientific discoveries over protestants if we have a lot of the same materials? …

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Catholic Dance with Live. I am Cycle at your host, Encarlo Sto with

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us, Carly Broussard here for another hour of the wise of Catholic belief, not the wives

0:28.1

of Catholic belief, not the wives, W-I-S-E, the wives, W-H-Y-Z. Oh, you said S-E. I thought

0:37.6

you said wives. That's the first thing I said. Oh, because sometimes I feel like it, and

0:42.2

I think Darren said it sounds like it when I say it, sometimes, did you say that Darren?

0:45.4

It sounds sometimes like it's the wives of Catholic belief, but it's, I'm trying to say

0:49.8

the wives. Why? Plural. Why S? Why do we believe the stuff that we believe? If you want

0:56.2

to ask about that, at any level, whether you are a complete non-believer and you're like,

1:01.0

why do you believe any of this stuff? You can call and ask that. That would be a great question.

1:05.1

Why do you believe any of this stuff? Go ahead, call and ask that, or it might be a very specific

1:09.8

question. I am a Catholic, and I don't know why we believe in the Immaculate Conception or the

1:16.4

Assumption of Mary, or something like that. 888-318-7884. Triple 8, 318-788-4, if you want to get

1:24.7

in line and talk to Carlo with your question, we'd love it if you would. Triple 8, 31 truth.

1:31.0

Carlo, there's just a ton of people on the phones. Do you feel like going right back to calls?

1:34.4

Is that all right with you? Yeah, sure. Let's give it a shot. We've been busy in Ohio today.

1:38.6

All right. Ohio, bringing it. Julian's in Cincinnati, watching on YouTube. Julian, we're glad you're

1:44.5

here. Go ahead with your question for Carlo. Hey, guys, thanks for taking my call again.

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So why do Catholics pray to the dead? When the Bible clearly says in Isaiah chapter 65 and verse 17,

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for the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and there is no more reward for

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the memory of them is for God. All right. Julian, great question. First of all, I would recommend you

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check out our website, catholic.com, and type in the search engine, dead know nothing, and we have

2:21.5

several resources that address this specific question. I actually have a chapter on it,

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