#12134 Will the Pope Allow Women Priests or Same-Sex Weddings? - Karlo Broussard

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🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Some Catholics are concerned about recent changes to synod structures and future decisions. We take a closer look at Pope Paul VI’s vision for synods, the Church’s stance on women’s ordination and same-sex unions, and answer more on valid marriage, frozen embryos, and Mary’s sinlessness.

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Questions Covered:

14:40 – Why does the pope not follow Pope Paul VI’s understanding of synods only being made up of Cardinals? Will he allow women priests and homosexual weddings?
20:50 – What does the Church require for a marriage to be valid?
24:36 – Why doesn’t the Church have an articulated position on frozen embryos?
33:14 – Why does the Catholic moral belief prioritize the individual and neighbor over family and kin?
41:34 – Why does the Church believe in patron saints?
46:43 – If Mary was human, how was she sinless?
48:09 – Why aren’t the remains of a cremated loved one allowed to be kept in a home?
51:06 – Why do we believe in the God of the Old Testament?

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