12/11/25 - Fr. John Brancich, FSSP - What Is Forgiveness?
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Fr. John Brancich, FSSP, is the pastor of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Nashua, New Hampshire. He was ordained into the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter in 2004.
In Today's Show:
- What is forgiveness?
- Can a host ever lose its presence?
- Did St. Thomas Aquinas affirm that the Blessed Virgin was conceived without original sin?
- Would making an imperfect contrition be enough for salvation?
- Why do Gregorian Masses cost money?
- Is there a cutoff time for Mass?
- Why was Jesus baptized?
- How did Jesus undergo temptation without the desire to sin?
- Why can't the deceased communicate with us or vice versa?
- Why did God create the tree of knowledge?
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