How and why is eastern Catholicism different and the same as Catholicism in the west?
Questions Covered:
15:57 – When a Byzantine liturgy is celebrated, why are candles carried around by the servers and what are those sticks with the sunbursts on top?
21:27 – I recently attended a Ukranian Catholic wedding and the priest said that marriage is forever, even in heaven. In the Roman Church, they say marriage ends at death. How can these both be true?
28:38 – When I was in Ukraine to adopt my daughter, we attended a Mass there. People made the sign of the Cross throughout the entire liturgy, and it doesn’t seem to have a rhyme or reason. Why do they do this?
37:40 – Why do you think there is so much liturgical churn in the western Church about various liturgical practices, but the east seems very peaceful and stable?
44:44 – My son is in the seminary, in his fourth year in the western Church. How do you feel about having a family and being a priest? Do you feel pulled in too many directions?
52:40 – Is it true that Eastern Catholics believe that there will still be more children born in heaven after the Second Coming?
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