#12291 What Happens If Someone Confesses to Murder, Purgatory, and Indulgences - Fr. Paul Keller O.P.

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🗓️ 21 July 2025

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Summary

“What happens if someone confesses to murder?” This episode explores the complexities of confession and forgiveness, alongside questions about processing unconfessed sins and the requirements for receiving a plenary indulgence during a visit to Rome. Join us as we delve into these important topics and more in this thought-provoking discussion.

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Questions Covered:

03:41 – What happens if someone confesses to murder?
15:36 – How do I process unconfessed sins that I haven’t thought of?
20:42 – What do I have to do to receive a plenary indulgence for my visit to Rome?
23:35 – Was Jesus ordaining the disciples at the washing of the feet?
30:22 – If God doesn’t weigh our deeds, what’s the point of Jesus weighing our deeds at the last judgement?
35:46 – Is it ok to publicly use a rite or celebrate a mass of a defunct rite?
38:04 – If a person has dementia, would that person still remember the people they met after dying while in purgatory?
43:02 – Regarding last Sunday’s readings? Who were the 3 men Abraham met outside his tent?
47:01 – Why do we not read about gentiles believing in God until Jesus? Did the Jews not allow them to follow God?
50:18 – What happens at death? Do we sleep until the resurrection or do our souls move to either heaven or purgatory?
53:25 – Can people in purgatory pray for us?

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0:39.2	finishing your work week, I mean, your work day today, given that it's, you know, in most
0:46.4	places, about that time of the day, but we're happy you're here with us. Thank you for taking
0:49.8	the time with us. We got a good show for you. Second hour, we had Dr. Greg Bataro on a psychologist,
0:56.2	Dr. Greg Pataro, former Franciscan fryer, and talking about the intersection between psychology
1:04.7	and the spirit, the mind and the spirit, so to speak, and we'll do that again, second
1:10.6	hour today. First hour,
1:11.8	our very good friend, very good friend, Father Paul Jerome Keller, is our guest, and it's going
1:18.9	to be ask a priest. You can ask him whatever you like, 8883-187-884. Already we're down to four
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1:34.3	They talk to other people, too. So 888-3187-884 is the number.
1:41.5	Father is in the Diocese of Columbus where he's the director of divine worship.
1:47.0	Did I get it right? I was gonna- You got it right. I almost said divine liturgy, but I was like, no, that doesn't sound like Catholic entirely. That sounds like a
1:56.0	That's a little more Eastern. Eastern, yeah. Well, he could be Catholic, yeah, but not Latin.
2:01.6	Right, right, right.
2:03.6	And you're singing the praises of Columbus, Ohio,
2:07.6	the home of the Ohio State University today.
2:11.6	You like being where you are.
2:13.6	I do. I do. I take some guff for being from Michigan, but then again, you know, that's life. I give it
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