#12532 How Do I Respond to Protestants on Confession and Sin? - Karlo Broussard
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🗓️ 6 January 2026
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“How do I respond to Protestants on confession and sin?” This question opens a discussion on the necessity of confessing sins to a priest, addressing common misconceptions. Other topics include the Church’s role in disciple formation, the understanding of mortal sin, and the challenges faced by Catholics in applying Church teachings in everyday life.
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Questions Covered:
- 18:09 – How do I respond to a protestant when they ask why I feel a need to confess my sins to a priest?
- 24:14 – Why do we not spend more time in the church forming disciples?
- 31:57 – Why do we say it’s impossible not to know if you’ve committed a mortal sin?
- 38:20 – Why does there seem to be a vast difference in the teaching the Church has preserved and the practical application and knowledge of your average Catholic?
- 46:16 – Why can’t a parent take communion if they have a child who is living at home with a boyfriend or girlfriend?
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| 1:18.6 | Catholic Answers live, Dr. Carlo Broussard, our guest, podcaster, YouTube channeler. |
| 1:24.8 | I don't know, no, oh, YouTuber, that's what you're supposed to say, YouTuber. |
| 1:32.3 | He's like a big deal now, big Mr. Carlo Broussard, big Dr. Carlo Boussard, |
| 1:38.8 | because he's got the new website, Dr.carlo.com, and he's got the new YouTube channel, |
| 1:43.7 | all of which drops officially on Monday. So check it out on Monday. There'll be new stuff there. And then Wednesdays |
| 1:45.5 | after that, right? That is correct. Yeah, we're shooting to go live with the YouTube channel |
| 1:51.3 | and the Patreon page on Monday of next week. That's, I think, January 12th. And then after that, |
| 1:59.1 | new episodes will drop on YouTube, on the YouTube channel |
| 2:03.0 | every Wednesday evening. That's what we're going to shoot for. And so I'm looking forward to it. |
| 2:08.1 | The first episode that'll be dropping or going live with the channel next week is should we ditch |
| 2:14.4 | apologetics? Some people have a... I know what side you're going to come down on that. I already know |
| 2:19.0 | which side you're coming down on. Yeah. So some people have a negative response to apologetics and a |
| 2:27.2 | negative reaction, a negative view. And I understand why. They've had bad experiences with apologetics in the |
| 2:33.8 | past. The combative rhetoric turns them off and so |
| 2:38.0 | what i hope to do in that first episode is to of course answer the question no i don't think we should |
| 2:43.2 | ditch it but to sort of respond to the common reasons why people think we should ditch it and offer |
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