by Karlo Broussard | Aug 10, 2020 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
When it comes to the saints, one of the most common questions Catholics get is, “Why would I seek the help of saints when I can go straight to Jesus?” There are two ways that we can answer this question. The first is to address the problematic assumptions. The second...
by Karlo Broussard | Jul 13, 2020 | Articles, Sexual Ethics
There’s yet another uproar over Catholics opposing the celebration of same-sex sexual activity. Recently, Fr. Andre Metrejean, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Erath, Louisiana, criticized the New Orleans Saints for their decision to light up their...
by Karlo Broussard | Jul 16, 2019 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Several Catholic Answers writers, including myself, have responded to Protestants who challenge the Catholic practice of asking the saints in heaven to intercede for us. Can the saints, they ask, even hear our prayers? Needless to say, many of these brothers and...
by Karlo Broussard | May 21, 2019 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
The Catholic practice of invoking the intercession of the saints assumes that the souls in heaven can know our interior thoughts. But for some Protestants this is a problem because it attributes to the saints a power that the Bible says belongs to God alone. 2...
by Karlo Broussard | Mar 19, 2019 | Articles, Dogmatic Theology/Apologetics
Previously, we considered two rebuttals that some Protestants make against Catholics’ use of Revelation 5:8 in support of the doctrine of the intercession of the saints. And we saw how both don’t work. But there are other counter-arguments that a Protestant may spring...
