Hello and welcome to Catholic Answers live. I'm Cy Kellett, your host,

Carlo Bussard, our guest, both hours.

8883187-884 is the number.

Dr. Broussard going to tackle the whys.

Why?

Why do Catholics believe what we believe?

So the whys of Catholic belief, if you have a why question, you know, Catholics believe a lot

of stuff, and a lot of it is written down so you can

look it up, but then you might say to yourself, well, why? Why do we believe that? Why do we believe in

the Trinity? Why do we believe Mary is the mother of God? Why do we believe in the sacraments?

Whatever the doctrine might be, if there's something the Catholic Church teaches and asks its members to believe, then you might be. If there's something the Catholic Church teaches and asks its members to believe,

then you might want to ask a why question about it. Whether you're Catholic or not, you're welcome.

888-3187-884. Why do we believe in God? Why do we believe that Jesus is God? I mean, go on and on with

these. Look, I'm helping you out. Just dial the phone, and I'm giving you all these clues. I mean, ideas for good questions. 8883187-884. Dr. Carlo Bussard is the author of a whole bunch of books, including meeting the Protestant challenge and meeting the Protestant response, where he dialogues with some of the

best thinking and clearest thinking and most challenging thinking among Protestants from a Catholic

perspective. Lots of other books as well, including purgatory is for real. Good news about the afterlife

for those who aren't perfect yet. And the new one, the Saints pray for you. Dr. Bursard,

welcome. Cy Kellett, thanks for having me, my friend. It's great to be on with you. It's been a

while. Happy New Year to you. Happy New Year. Thank you. And still Merry Christmas.

It's very confusing to me as a Catholic person, when does Christmas end?

It is my understanding that it ends, the season ends with the baptism of our Lord.

So that's like February 2nd or something like that?

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