Italian Catholic Guy Believes The Bible Is Incomplete, Believes In Purgatory & Mary Was Sinless

This Episode features Lachy a devoted Catholic guy from Perth, Western Australia. We discuss Mary mother of Jesus, The existence of purgatory, and infant baptism.

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Do Catholics Worship Mary?
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “This very special devotion [to the Virgin Mary] differs essentially from the adoration which is given to the incarnate Word and equally to the Father and the Holy Spirit” (CCC 971).
Catholics believe that adoration and worship are due to God alone. When Catholics pray to a specific saint, such as the Virgin Mary, they do so asking the saint to intercede for them on their behalf before the throne of God in heaven. The prayer is not meant to be a type of “sacrifice” directed to the saint, but a simple request made between two creatures.
What is Purgatory?
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, it defines purgatory as a “purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven,” which is experienced by those “who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified” (CCC 1030). It notes that “this final purification of the elect . . . is entirely different from the punishment of the damned” (CCC 1031).

According to The Catholic Church, purgatory is very simple: “The souls of the just which, in the moment of death, are burdened with venial sins or temporal punishment due to sins, enter purgatory.” Our belief in purgatory is based on a passage from 2 Maccabees, in which the Jewish hero, Judas Maccabeus, orders prayers and sacrifices for slain patriots, that their sins might be forgiven. The Catholic Church believe that Jesus, too, speaks of the possibility of forgiveness after death when he teaches, “Whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven … in this age or in the age to come” (Matthew 12:32). They teach that: purgatory is not a “second chance”; it is the final step for righteous individuals who, before death, lacked an opportunity to atone for venial sins or do sufficient penance for serious sins already confessed.
What is infant baptism?
Infant baptism is the practice of baptising infants or young children. Infant baptism is also called christening by some faith traditions. Some Christians belong to denominations that practice infant baptism. Water is poured on the head of an infant held over the baptismal font of a Roman Catholic church.