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#12730 AMA: Catholicism - Joe Heschmeyer
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- Catholic Answers Live
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- May 23, 2026
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Summary
Questions Covered: 02:20 – How culpable are people of other religions when it comes to not following Jesus? 09:42 – How did the Church select the popes before conclaves? When did it fall on the shoulders of the college of cardinals? 13:50 – Why do we have the books in the bible that we do? Why did they remove those books in the reformation? 21:57 – Which Church Father writings about Mary would you recommend for a Protestant? 23:47 – Why do Catholics believe that both species contain the body, blood, soul and divinity if the consecration separates them? 29:00 – If the Jews couldn’t kill Jesus, forcing them to send Jesus to be crucified, then why did they stone people? 41:07 – How is it that the Orthodox Church is considered in schism, but the Anglican Church is not? Seems like they have similar issues with unity with the Catholic Church. 48:42 – Do we know when St. Joseph died? Is there anything in the bible? 49:23 – On what level of reality does the eucharist change? 50:32 – What do you think are the weirdest things that Jesus taught?