#12444 Is My Understanding of Faith Compatible With Catholicism? Suffering and Burial Practices - Tim Staples
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🗓️ 5 November 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“Is my understanding of faith compatible with Catholicism?” This episode explores the nuances of faith within the Catholic tradition, while also addressing questions about burial practices in Buddhist cemeteries and the role of suffering in God’s plan for greater good. Tune in for a thoughtful examination of these important topics.
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Questions Covered:
- 05:34 – Is my understanding of faith compatible with Catholicism?
- 18:15 – Is it permitted to be buried in a Buddhist cemetery?
- 34:36 – Can God bring greater good without suffering?
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| 0:35.2 | Tim Staples is here, and we are ready to go. |
| 0:38.5 | And thank you to everybody who called and helped to fill the phone lines up before we went to the |
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| 0:48.7 | but they come in somewhere between pretty good and excellent. Tim Staples, senior |
| 0:53.3 | apologists here at Catholic Answers, |
| 0:54.7 | thank you for being here. It is wonderful to be with you. And man, this thing is popping. |
| 0:59.8 | The microphone? Yeah. Yeah, it is kind of. Yeah. Or maybe you are. Maybe you just are in |
| 1:04.7 | great voice today. Yes, it's great to be here because you know I just love to raise money |
| 1:10.7 | to propagate the gospel of Jesus Christ. |
| 1:14.1 | There is nothing better to spend your money on zero. There is nothing. Even your dinner tonight |
| 1:22.3 | is not as important. Amen. And look who you're talking to. And I'll even say amen to that. |
| 1:26.7 | Look who you're talking to and I'll say amen say amen to that. Look who you're talking to and I'll say |
| 1:28.5 | amen. Amen to that. Because we're talking about spiritual food from heaven that Jesus talked about. I have |
| 1:34.8 | me to eat that you know not of. And what was he speaking about the word of God and the ultimate |
| 1:42.9 | experience of the word of God in the Eucharist |
| 1:46.8 | that we as Catholics are able to share in the very life of God day in and day out. |
| 1:53.6 | Every day, Sey Kellett, those who can. |
| 1:56.3 | But if not, we have the greatest gift in the universe in the source and summit of our faith, the Eucharist, |
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