2022-01-21 - Mailbag!

Your e-mails and listener comment calls are answered on a special mailbag episode of Open Line Friday with EWTN V.P. of Theology Colin Donovan. (This is an encore of the 05/01/20 show.)

2022-01-14 - In What City Did Jesus Build His Church?

In what city did #Jesus build His #Church?, is Catholicism just a style?, can you get annulment before getting a #divorce?, how aware are souls near or at #death?, and am I required to take punitive action against employees who wont take the #Covid19 #vaccine?

2022-01-07 - Duty Over Everything

What is the validity of consecration if a priest misspeaks?, Is taking a pilgrimage more important than visiting family?, Is missing Mass a mortal sin or a grave offense?, Who is God?, and more on today's Open Line Friday with Colin Donovan.

2021-12-31 - The Eternal Priesthood

Does Te Deum need to be prayed in public?, Why was Jesus referred to as being from the "shoot of Jesse"?, Can you explain the Trinity?, How is the priesthood eternal but not marriage?, and more on today's Open Line Friday with Colin Donovan.

2021-12-17 - Adam and Eve...Saints?

My pastor is avoiding pronouns when discussing God, is that permissible?, Is the Eucharist an indulgence?, Where is the biblical support for praying to the saints?, and more on today's Open Line Friday with Colin Donovan.

2021-12-10 - The Unforgivable Sin

What is the unforgivable sin?, What is the inviability of conscience?, Where did Jesus get his chromosomes?, and more on today's Open Line Friday with Colin Donovan.

2021-12-03 - Retreats

On a special mailbag show, Colin gives us a lesson on retreats, Is the Eucharist necessary for salvation?, Does one mortal sin, unrepented, send you to Hell?, and more on today's Open Line Friday with Colin Donovan.

2021-11-26 - Mailbag!

Your e-mails are answered on a special mailbag edition of Open Line Friday with Colin Donovan.

2021-11-19 - Relics and Maccabees

Colin discusses the recent US Bishop's Conference, the changing of RCIA to OCIA, Should laity have first class relics and how should they be kept?, Why are the Books of Maccabees in our Bible?, and more on today's Open Line Friday with Colin Donovan.

2021-11-12 - Motu Proprio: Guardians of the Tradition

Colin discusses the motu proprio, known as Traditionis custodes (“Guardians of the tradition”), What is acceptable tithing?, Can we still have the Latin Mass?, How is the Mass a sacrifice?, and more on today's Open Line Friday with EWTN V.P. of Theology Colin Donovan. (This is an encore of the 07/16/21 show)

2021-11-05 - God's Pronouns

I understand that the Catholic Church teaches that the Eucharist is an unbloody sacrifice. If that's true, how can the wine be transformed into blood?, Should we avoid using God's pronouns?, Does a crucifix above doorways keep away evil or is that superstition?, and more on today's Open Line Friday with Colin Donovan.

2021-10-29 - Saints and Souls

Is Catholicism a denomination?, Who wrote the Gospel of Matthew?, Can non-Catholics go to heaven?, and more on today's Open Line Friday with Colin Donovan.

2021-10-22 - The Synodal Path

Colin explains what the Church is up to with the Synodal Path, Should Catholics celebrate Halloween?, What is the role of chancellor in an archdiocese?, and more on today's Open Line Friday with Colin Donovan.

2021-10-15 - Excommunication and Wielding That Power

How can the Catholic Church differentiate an immortal soul and a non-rational animal soul? Aren’t all souls immortal?, How can the saints be our intercessors and how can Mary protect us?, At the Transfiguration, where did Moses and Elijah come from, since they weren’t in Heaven?, and more on today's Open Line Friday with Colin Donovan.

2021-10-08 - Does Our Prayer Change God's Mind?

Does our #prayer change #God's mind and what's the point of praying if it doesn't?, why are saints called by different names in different publications?, and how dogmatic are Pope Francis's words on the death penalty?