#12588 Could the Pope Crown a New Holy Roman Emperor Today? - Jimmy Akin

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🗓️ 14 February 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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“Could the Pope Crown a New Holy Roman Emperor Today?” While the papal authority in this regard has evolved, the discussion touches on the historical significance of such ceremonies. Other intriguing questions include whether zombies could get married and what argument one might use to convince a medieval king of time travel. Additionally, the conversation explores the limits of a priest’s ability to bless water.

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Questions Covered:

01:20 – Could zombies get married?
12:04 – What person does Jimmy consider a healer
21:45 – Does the Pope still hypothetically have the power to crown a Holy Roman Emperor?
28:47 – If you were cast back in time, let’s say to medieval Europe. You are captured upon the moment that you materialized in the past and were brought before the King immediately. You have one argument that you can present to the King to prove that you are a time traveler (and not say a witch). What argument could you use to convince the king that you time travelled? If you fail at the argument you’re burned at the stake. Those are high stakes!!
37:12 – Is there any evidence that ancient humans may have reached a level of technological advancement similar to, or even higher than, ours, and that this knowledge was somehow lost after the fall or after the great flood?
51:20 – How much water can a Priest bless in one time? Presumably they cannot bless the whole ocean so how far is their reach in this regard?

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0:11.5	Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Welcome back to Catholic Answers live. I'm Scykelet, your host. That's a little bit of, it's not groovy music.
0:44.0	Groovy music's a different thing. That's the weird questions with Jimmy Aiken music.
0:49.4	Every now and then, we get Jimmy in and give him a whole pile of weird questions and you know Jimmy he's happy
0:57.2	to answer him he's got answers for him so we'll get back to that Jimmy thanks for being back for
1:01.2	another hour yeah no problem it's like the old days you doing four straight hours with us I remember you
1:06.7	used to be kind of regular for you sometimes yeah well, well, I enjoy doing radio, so always happy to.
1:13.6	Well, back to the weird questions we go then.
1:17.1	And this one comes from Subtrick 432.
1:22.0	Could zombies get married?
1:24.4	Well, it's going to depend on the type of zombie you're talking about.
1:27.8	One of the things that's required for matrimony is the ability to make a rational choice.
1:40.0	And there are some zombies, especially fantasy zombies, the kind that don't really exist, that clearly cannot make rational choices.
1:51.1	Now, I know there have been, and I'm blanking on the name of it, but I know there have been like zombie rom-coms, you know,, someone falls in love with a zombie or they fall in
2:03.2	love with a girl or something.
2:05.4	But I don't, I know those exist.
2:08.2	I've seen posters from them.
2:09.3	I've never watched a zombie movie like that.
2:12.9	But I have seen at least a few episodes of the Walking Dead, some of the early first season ones.
2:20.7	And I'm pretty sure, yeah, the zombies in that, they're not capable of making a rational choice to embrace a partnership of the whole of life oriented towards the good of the spouses and the procreation
2:35.8	and education of offspring. So they can't choose marriage, and thus they could not get married.
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