12/30/25 – Fr. Michael Copenhagen - Can We Pray for those Suffering to Die?

Fr. Michael Copenhagen is a Melkite (Eastern Catholic) priest, husband, and father at St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Melkite Catholic Church in Gates, New York. He holds a Bachelor's of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome.

In Today's Show:

• Is it okay to pray for those suffering to die?
• How did the population come to be with only Adam and Eve?
• Are we required to welcome those we forgive back into our lives?
• Is there any forgiveness for those who die in a state of mortal sin?
• What is the annulment process like in the Eastern Rite? 
• Could an Eastern Catholic theoretically receive every sacrament at once, including marriage? 
• And more.

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