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#12090 AMA: Catholicism - Jimmy Akin

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 1 March 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Questions Covered: 02:52 – What would obligations for Sunday Mass be if you were in a Ground Hog’s Day scenario? 08:38 – Do we jump around with the readings at Mass? 14:13 – How do I know the difference between a bishop, archbishop, and a cardinal? 20:39 – When did Jesus mean by “taking up your cross” when he wasn’t crucified yet? Also, I’m writing a Catholic history book in Spanish; do I need an imprimatur? 20:39 – When did Jesus mean by “taking up your cross” when he wasn’t crucified yet? Also, I’m writing a Catholic history book in Spanish; do I need an imprimatur? 36:10 – Why does God give us suffering when it feels like there’s no purpose? For example, a break-up. 45:50 – Why does St. Irenaeus say that the Church was founded and organized in Rome by Peter and Paul? 49:15 – What are the rules on working on Sunday? …

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0:32.2

Jimmy Aiken is our guest.

0:33.8

It's Ask Me Anything and lots of folks on the line. So we've got a great hour coming up this hour.

0:41.4

And when Jimmy's here, ask me anything means anything. So if you've got a question, get in the Q, 8883187-884,

0:48.7

AAA-3-1-8-8-4. I don't know. I was a kid growing up here in America, nobody ever said Q when I was a

0:55.7

kid. I don't even think I knew what a Q was until I was like 25 years old. Were you exposed to the

1:00.7

word Q, Jimmy as a child? Yeah. You were? I don't know how I missed it. I don't remember when I,

1:05.9

I mean, Q has several meanings that I was aware of as a young person. It can refer to a line,

1:13.9

you know, getting in a queue. It can refer to a kind of braided piece of hair in a person who may have otherwise shaved their head,

1:29.9

but if they've got like a single braid, let's say they're otherwise bald,

1:34.3

but they've got a single braid, that's a cue.

1:36.5

Oh.

1:37.9

Pool.

1:38.8

That might be spelled differently, though.

1:40.3

I don't know.

1:40.7

That's spelled with a C.

1:42.1

Oh, yeah.

1:42.8

But it's a homophone.

1:45.1

It sounds the same.

1:46.4

Right.

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