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#11596 Open Forum - Karlo Broussard

Catholic Answers Live

Catholic Answers

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Questions Covered: 01:43 – What exactly are Catholics bound to follow? letters, encyclicals, ex-cathedra declarations, etc. 06:02 – What exactly is the authority carried by the nihil obstat? 11:57 – If I believe in everything the Church teaches but I also believe in reincarnation and continual revelation. Can I become Catholic? 22:45 – If you have to be in the state of grace to enter heaven, does that mean your last confession is the only one that matters? 31:17 – I’m a convert. How can I go about receiving the spiritual benefits of the eucharist if I have a hard time believing in the real presence? 37:36 – Are there any writings of papal authority being passed on in the early Church? 46:02 – Can you explain the difference between venial and mortal sin? 52:11 – Why can’t you go to confession over the phone? …

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0:00.0

I'm going to Welcome back to Catholic Answers Live.

0:16.8

Carla Broussard, our guest and we continue with a Drop Call's show.

0:20.5

We save up the drop calls and give him to Carlo from time to time and it's a very

0:26.2

it's a nice opportunity to have Carlo with us but it's also a nice opportunity to kind of not just

0:31.2

let questions that we kind of liked disappear into the ether and never come back.

0:36.7

And so what we've gathered them up here and Carlo, of course, is an apologist here at Kathy

0:41.6

Answers, soon to be Dr. Carlo or what would

0:45.6

you prefer I call you when you have when you have completed the defense of

0:50.5

your dissertation? Dr. Carlo or Dr Bousard.

0:54.0

What would you prefer?

0:55.0

Man, I don't know.

0:57.0

Or maybe...

0:59.0

I prefer not to think about that.

1:01.0

Let's just make sure I pass first. Oh, I didn't mean to add to your stresses. I didn't think about that.

1:07.9

Yeah, I don't feel I guess because I feel no concern about it myself. It seems like a fait accompli as we say in French.

1:16.1

Those of us who are French speakers.

1:18.4

Sorry about that though if I added to your project.

1:21.8

To your pressure. No we'll see what comes natural right? It might just be

1:27.5

Sam O Carlo man. No no way there's no way I'm just gonna to call you say Mo Carlo. Well, I suppose if you insisted upon it, but all right, let's go back to the questions. These questions, as I said, were drop calls and Ellie was on the line from Mississippi and she said what exactly are Catholics bound to follow

1:47.8

letters encyclicals ex-cathodra declarations etceter

1:51.9

etc.

1:54.0

Yeah, well it kind of means, it kind of depends upon what

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