#12638 Why Arent You Catholic? Purgatory, Indulgences, Salvation - Joe Heschmeyer
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🗓️ 20 March 2026
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Summary
“Why aren’t you Catholic?” This question opens a discussion on the complexities of faith, including the roles of purgatory and indulgences in salvation. Other topics include the significance of the feast of Saint Joseph and the challenges faced by those considering the SSPX. The conversation also touches on perspectives from Anglo-Catholics regarding papal infallibility.
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Questions Covered:
- 03:00 – The feast of Saint Joseph
- 11:39 – I’m not Catholic because I don’t understand purgatory and indulgences and how they relate to salvation.
- 29:03 – My father was one of 13 and all the boy’s middle name was Joseph.
- 33:37 – I am Catholic but 3 women in my life are SSPX and are very convincing. Why should I not join?
- 45:44 – I’m an Anglo-Catholic. I’m not convinced of Papal Infallibility.
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| 0:11.5 | Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Welcome back. Catholic Ansel's live as promised Joe Heschmire here with us, and why aren't you Catholic is our topic. |
| 0:35.9 | If you're not a Catholic and you'd like to |
| 0:38.8 | call and tell us why you're not Catholic, you're very welcome here. And you can be, you can give us |
| 0:43.2 | a stern talking to about your disagreements with the Catholic Church or maybe you have a reason. |
| 0:51.0 | Sometimes people share a joyful reason with us. But this counts, but they'll be like, |
| 0:55.5 | I'm not Catholic because I haven't made it into the church yet at Easter. And then, okay, then we have a |
| 1:01.1 | good conversation. So these might be tough calls. These might be fun calls, whatever. But if you're |
| 1:05.3 | not a Catholic and you would be willing to talk with Catholics about why you're not, the number is |
| 1:10.6 | 8883187-884. |
| 1:14.7 | As I said, our guest is Joe Heschmeier. |
| 1:17.5 | And you may not know this. |
| 1:18.9 | Many people don't, but Joe is short for Joseph. |
| 1:21.8 | And today is the feast of St. Joseph. |
| 1:24.8 | And Joe is not an officianto, a devotee. I'm not sure what the strong enough |
| 1:31.1 | word is of St. Joseph. As a matter of fact, he wrote a book called a man named Joseph, |
| 1:39.2 | guardian for our times. So I have to say, happy feast day, Joe. Thank you very much. It is a real joy. I had the |
| 1:47.2 | great joy yesterday. I was at a dinner. And I was kind of mingling before the dinner. There was |
| 1:53.7 | kind of a social hour. And it turned out, I was actually talking to two priests, and one of them |
| 1:58.7 | was named Joseph, and then one, his middle name was Joseph. |
| 2:03.6 | So it was a very happy occasion all around. |
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