#12498 Why Aren’t You Catholic? Abortion, OCIA, and Eastern Orthodoxy - Tim Staples
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🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“Why Aren’t You CAtholic?” This question opens a discussion on various concerns, including the perception that the Church allows abortion and lacks discipline. Other topics include the challenges faced by those seeking to enter OCIA classes and the complexities of choosing between Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, particularly regarding the Council of Florence.
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Questions Covered:
- 03:00 – I’m not Catholic because the Catholic Church allows abortion and sexual perversion. The Church doesn’t discipline people.
- 10:40 – I’m not Catholic because I grew up in a very protestant area.
- 28:45 – My wife and I have been trying to get into OCIA classes but it’s been difficult. What other options are available?
- 36:28 – I’m in OCIA. Should I wait to become Catholic until my wife is ready?
- 45:41 – I’m considering either Catholicism or Eastern Orthodox. I’m told very different things about the Council of Florence. Was it a truly unifying council?
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| 0:11.5 | Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Welcome back, Catholic Answers live. I'm Cy Kelly, your host. Tim Staples is with us, |
| 0:34.5 | as promise. We're always happy to see them. And that's good news for you, because if you're not Catholic, you can keep calling. Tell us why you're not Catholic. And you'll get to visit with Tim 8883187884. Of course, Tim Staples, senior apologist here at Catholic Answers. And the author of, well, quite a few things, but most prominently, |
| 0:55.6 | Behold your mother, a biblical defense, biblical and historical defense of the Marian doctrines. |
| 1:01.0 | Tim Staples, hello. |
| 1:02.3 | Hello, Sykele. |
| 1:03.5 | Happy Advent. |
| 1:04.5 | Happy Advent. |
| 1:05.5 | Man, and we got our Advent lights up, brother. |
| 1:08.5 | I know. |
| 1:09.2 | I know. |
| 1:09.3 | I heard, but you were telling me, I feel sad that Shirmie didn't make it this year. Yeah. Shermy and Rudolph. And now the abominable snow monster, you know, which really is so central to the message of the incarnation. Is it Matthew or Luke's Gospel? It has those three. It's actually in both. |
| 1:27.9 | It's in both. |
| 1:29.3 | No, but my wife's like, good. |
| 1:31.3 | She's glad to see Shermy Go. |
| 1:32.7 | All the most important things, like the two nativities and the Jesus is the reason. |
| 1:38.5 | None of that went out, Tim. |
| 1:41.5 | Well, that has protection on it. |
| 1:50.8 | It's an abominable, doesn't. 8883187-884. Since we've got so many people in the line, I think I'm just going to let you talk to people. Let's do that. I like talking to people. |
| 1:54.4 | People want to tell us why they are not Catholic, and it says pro-life is the name of this person. So pro-life in Idaho, I might be |
| 2:06.4 | reading that wrong. Is that what I was supposed to say? We should ask people when they're coming |
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