# AMA: Non-Catholics w/ Tim Staples | Catholic Answers Live | September 30, 2024

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Language: en

Published: 2024-10-01T00:08:28+00:00

Source creator: Catholic Answers Live

Duration: 7038 seconds

## Description

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TOPIC: Ask Me Anything: Catholicism
GUEST: Tim Staples

QUESTIONS COVERED:
00:00:00 - Waiting Music
00:02:10 - Introduction
00:09:58 - My wife and I aren't confirmed yet. Does practicing do anything yet since we’re not fully initiated into the Church? 
00:27:20 - I’m Jewish. What is the Catholic interpretation of Psalm 110? 
00:38:42 - Why can't we have premarital intercourse? 
00:52:24 - Why does the show prompt there’s a non-optional requirement to be Catholic? Why does the Church think that it bears any weight in an individual's relationship with God? 
00:57:10 - 5-Minute Break
01:03:31 - I’m a Baptist.  If I attend a Catholic service why can't I receive communion?
01:19:11 - How do we harmonize intercession of the saints and purgatory?
01:43:05 - It's hard for me to get over the idea of the Eucharist being the body and blood of Jesus as a nondenominational Christian, because I feel like I would deify the wafer. How can I get over this hurdle?
01:53:36 - I was told that some of the saints may be pagan gods and goddesses like St. Brigid. Is this true?

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