#12542 Why Do Catholics Have a Pope? Saints and Original Sin - Karlo Broussard

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🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“Why do Catholics have a Pope?” This question opens a discussion on the role of the papacy in the Catholic Church, alongside inquiries about the participation in receiving the blood of Christ at Mass and the certainty of a saint’s canonization. The episode also touches on the differences between Protestant and Catholic views of original sin, providing a well-rounded exploration of key Catholic beliefs.

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Questions Covered:

05:09 – Why do folks not participate in receiving the blood of Christ from the chalice at Mass?
15:30 – Is the Catholic Faith a religion of prayer and faith building?
22:59 – How can the Catholic Church be certain that a saint is in Heaven when they are canonized?
28:55 – How can I explain to my Orthodox friend that the Filoque is an item of separation and why is it that he can receive communion in the Catholic Church?
39:21 – What is the difference between the Protestant and Catholic views of original sin?
46:00 – Why do Catholics have a Pope?
49:34 – How does the liturgical calendar work?
52:09 – What is an appropriate posture for saying the Lord’s prayer during Mass?

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0:40.1	And I don't know.
0:41.4	Is it up or is it not up?
0:42.6	Did you have to check during the break to see if it's up and running, Carlo?
0:46.9	Yes, it is up and running.
0:49.4	The search engines, because it's just just went up, the search engines aren't catching it quite yet.
0:54.9	So if YouTube.com slash at Dr. hyphen Carlo, it should take you straight there.
1:02.3	Hopefully if we flood the channel tonight for all our listeners and viewers, the search engines
1:08.3	will start catching it to where when people type in just simply dr carlo
1:12.1	youtube and the google search it'll come up but yeah it's dr dr d r it's abbreviated so at d r hyphen
1:19.9	carlo so that would be youtube.com slash at d or hyphen carlo uh for the ural yeah, so that's my new Dr. Carlo YouTube channel.
1:29.4	We have an introductory video there explaining what I'm going to be all about there at the channel.
1:34.8	And then also episode one entitled, should we ditch apologetics, where I basically answer no.
1:41.0	And I give some reasons why we should engage in apologetics, especially in light
1:46.7	of people who think, well, arguments don't really work, and that's not really what converts
1:51.7	people, or somebody might say, well, we shouldn't really focus on argumentation, we need to focus
1:56.9	on love, as if reasoned argumentation is incompatible with love. I dispel that notion.
2:04.0	I refute that notion. And then for some, people have a hard time thinking, you know, why should we
2:09.9	engage in apologetics when the church teaches us possible for someone to be saved outside the visible
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