Marybel welcomes guest Bishop Thomas Dowd, from the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie. Bishop Dowd shared his journey of faith with all of us and he gladly answered some of the questions that you sent.
QUESTIONS
24;34 - How did original sin cause death, if there were animals before Adam & Eve that possibly died, like the dinosaurs?
30;36 - What do you do with your palm?
33;15 - How many times do you need to go to confession? I always confess the same thing? How does God forgive me when I redo the same mistakes?
41;28 - Can we pray for money?
45;56 - Can a catholic be cremated?
47;59 - As a catholic how does one deal with their child who was brought up catholic but ends up falling in love with someone who is not catholic but they decide to not get the catholic root?
51;49 - The new normal is not to get married and live together first to make sure it works out before they commit to each other. How is this seen from a Catholic point of view?
59;03 - saw in a confession post that masturbation is a sin but we teach the kids in school that this is totally normal to do. We see this everywhere.
1;07;42 - How do you deal with someone who is so negative and wants to bring you down or brings up past mistakes that you have done but made peace with and asked for forgiveness but this person is so angry at the world? How do you accept someone or try to make it work so the family can be at peace?
1;16;48 - What can we answer to people outside the Faith that say the Church is discriminatory towards women; women can’t be priests; can’t be bishops, cardinals and they can’t vote for the pope…