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#12034 AMA: Explaining Papal Authority, Religious Tattoos, Judas’ Death, and More - Tim Staples

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🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Questions Covered: 02:00 – I’m in a Monday night Ignatius Bible study. We’re talking about the giving of the keys to the kingdom. I’ve looked at Scripture and the Catechism; what is the limit of the pope’s authority?  10:28 – I’m Catholic and have numerous hidden tattoos that are religious in nature. What is the Church’s opinion/teaching on this?  13:07 – There seem to be some conflicting verses; death of Judas in Matt vs. in Acts. Joseph’s father being Jacob vs. Hele. Are these misprints or contradictions, or is there an explanation for this?  23:56 – In terms of purgatory, there’s a lot of differing opinions. Popular position / Cardinal Ratzinger said that they’re so engulfed in love with Christ and encountering Him that they’re burning and being purified. Since they’re encountering Christ, our prayers don’t do anything?  38:01 – Are canonizations of the Saints considered infallible?  44:14 – Can we only assign moral values to actions? What can we call bad?  50:29 – Some people use MT 10:28 to teach the idea of annihilation. How do I counter this? Would Rev 14 be a good rebuttal?  …

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I am Sykelet, your host.

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As promised, Tim Staples here with us.

0:39.2

And much to my chagrin, he's a really cool shirt which bothers me. I don't like it. I'm envious of your cool shirt.

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Do you know what happened to me yesterday? What's that? Oh, we're doing the show, Carlo's on.

0:49.3

And people all the time, you know, comment on how in shape Carlo is and all. But it wasn't that. The guy said,

0:55.3

and he wasn't being mean. He would just say, this was just the way he saw it. I really like

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Carlo's shirt. And I don't like yours. He didn't like my shirt. And it was just a regular

1:04.4

shirt. And then Darren told me it was a boring shirt. So I tried to wear an exciting shirt today.

1:08.9

See how exciting this shirt is? I think that's a shirt. Come on, man. And then Father Keller last hour, I tried to get him to

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compliment my shirt. And he goes, is that a shirt? He thought it was a jacket. So, all right,

1:24.4

whatever. So then you walk in here wearing a new fancy shirt. All right.

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a practical how-to guide to evangelization.

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And you are welcome to ask them whatever question you want, but you can't do it right now because every single line is full. I think we better just get to calls, Tim.

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Let's do it.

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All right, let's go to Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Debbie, listening on Sacred Heart Radio.

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