Patrick answers Catholic questions head-on, opening with the tension between catechism updates on the death penalty and the unchanging core of Church teaching. He fields raw listener concerns about abortion laws, whether women should face prosecution, apologetics on purgatory and indulgences, and even the lasting impact of MTV’s provocative videos, before wrestling with mysteries like God’s presence in the Old Testament.

• Tony – You say we have to agree with the Catechism. Which paragraph do we agree with when it comes to the death penalty? (00:55)
• Becky – We are voting on repealing abortion in Missouri. I heard that we should vote no on this because it doesn’t completely repeal abortion. (09:15)
• Kip (email) – My friend says purgatory is nowhere in the bible and indulgences were made up by Catholics to get rich (21:03)
• Bob – If God is present to all time was one of the three visitors to Abraham, Jesus? (27:35)
• Richard – MTV was the most immoral stuff on television. I don’t know what you are talking about. (36:20)
• Mike – If we support the death penalty and an innocent person is executed, are we morally culpable? (40:44)
• Efrank – Today is the last day of the 40 days of Lent. Could I just pray during Holy Week without going to Mass? (47:42)

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