#12173 What’s the Origin of Confession in the Catholic Church? - Karlo Broussard

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🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Where did the practice of confessing sins to a priest come from? We explore the biblical and historical roots of the sacrament of reconciliation, along with clarifying Catholic teaching on statues, baptism, the papacy, and prayer to the saints.

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Questions Covered:

06:49 – How is kneeling before a statue not worship?
14:04 – I don’t understand the origin of Confession.
18:25 – Can you clarify about the super substantial bread in Matthew 6:11?
22:30 – Why would a Protestant not need to be Baptized again in the Catholic faith?
32:58 – If the logic of the Papacy was consistent, why don’t the other apostles have their own apostolic sees?
44:13 – I struggle with the Catholic church annulment process.
52:25 – How do Catholics justify praying to Saints?

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0:31.8	My name is Edgar Luano, producer for the show, filling in for Sykelet today.
0:36.7	It's going to be a great day. Two full hours of
0:38.9	an, not an asking me anything. The theme is, why do you think Catholicism does not make sense?
0:45.6	Why don't you think Catholicism makes sense? Two full hours with Dr. Carlo Broussard. So if you
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0:59.5	list. So call us at 8883187-884. That's Triple-831-Truth to get on the air with Dr. Carla Broussard. Dr. Carla Broussard, welcome to the show.
1:12.4	Hey, Edgar, it's great to be on with you, my friend.
1:14.8	Likewise, likewise.
1:15.6	A lot going on in your world.
1:17.5	And per usual, your podcast is still going on, the Sunday Catholic Word.
1:22.3	And it's, I can't believe it.
1:23.8	It's getting close to the end because we're already on Year C.
1:27.3	Well, yeah, we're almost halfway through year C. I don't think we're quite halfway through it yet.
1:33.1	So, but we're trekking towards the finish line of this year, year C. And this upcoming Sunday's
1:41.7	Liturgy of the Word will be for the third Sunday of Easter Year C.
1:46.8	I take a look at the first reading from Acts Chapter 5, verses 27 through 32, and 40 through 41.
1:54.2	And there are certain details in that biblical passage that relate to the topic of justified civil disobedience. So that issue is raised there, given what we read in Acts Chapter 5. We have the leadership of St. Peter. So I argue. And also ways in which we can refute the conspiracy theory, that theory that alleges the apostle stole the body of Jesus to account for the empty tomb and then lied about the post-mortem appearances. So there are details in that first reading that enable us to refute that conspiracy theory. And then I also look at a couple of details in Revelation chapter 5, verses 11 through 14, which is the second reading for this upcoming Sunday Mass readings.
2:40.1	And the related topics there are the intercession of the saints and the sacrifice of the mass.
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