#12503 How Can Hell Be Loving? Annihilationism and Confession - Karlo Broussard

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🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“How can hell be loving?” This question opens a discussion on the nature of hell and its compatibility with God’s love, addressing concerns about annihilationism and the role of confession. Other topics include the implications of seeking forgiveness from a priest and the understanding of Satan’s presence in hell, providing a comprehensive look at these challenging theological issues.

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Questions Covered:

15:11 – The idea of going to a priest for forgiveness troubles me.
23:35 – Isn’t Satan already in hell? The St. Michael prayer asks God to cast him into hell since he’s roaming the world?
28:50 – How is hell consistent with God’s loving nature?
44:26 – Not being able to go to confession until I receive confirmation troubles me. I’m in OCIA.
50:55 – I’m having trouble. How do we partake in sacrificing the Eucharist? Jesus did it, what do we do?

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0:51.2	Our guest, both hours, is our very good friend, Dr. Carla Broussard,
0:57.0	and we are going to ask you which Catholic doctrine troubles you. And you can be Catholic or not
1:02.5	Catholic. Maybe you are not a believer of any kind, but there's something that the Catholic
1:07.3	Church teaches. That's what a doctrine is, something that the Catholic Church teaches, that is giving you trouble. And that trouble could be, I don't like it,
1:15.9	I reject it, or it could be, I don't understand it, I'm trying to integrate it into what I
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1:36.6	Carlo Roussard, longtime apologist here at Catholic Answers, and the author of a whole bunch of books,
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1:47.9	Dr. Carla Bursard, welcome.
1:50.2	Hey, Cy, great to be on with you, my friend.
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