Protestants often say that Catholics worship Mary in their pious acts, such as when they bow before a statue of Mary. But this objection assumes that the act of bowing is necessarily an act of worship. In this Ready Reasons video, Karlo explains why this assumption is false and why Marian piety is not idolatrous.
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Is Consent Alone Sufficient for Evalu...
As lax as our culture is when it comes to sex, it still sees consent as a necessary condition for appropriate sexual behavior. But is consent the only moral criterion for evaluating sexual behavior? In this Ready Reasons video, Karlo explains why it's not.
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How Do We Know the Tomb Was Empty?
Critics of Christianity often try to explain away the early Christian claim that Jesus rose from the dead by saying they either hallucinated or had visions of the dead Jesus. In this video, Karlo explains why the historicity of the empty tomb deals a lethal blow to these objections.
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Must Bishops Be Married?
Some Protestants quote 1 Timothy 3:2 as proof that the Catholic discipline of celibate bishops is contrary to the bible. But does this text show what Protestants think it does? In this video, Karlo explains why it doesn't and what Paul really meant.
