2/21/25 - Fr. Michael Copenhagen, Melkite - How Should a Catholic Deal with an Ectopic Pregnancy?

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

In Today's Show

• Welcome back and Father's recovery.
• Can Catholics buy icons from Orthodox shops?
• How does repentance and confession differ in the Eastern Rite from the Western Rite?
• If there is an ectopic pregnancy, the baby cannon survive, are there morally permissible ways to preserve the life of the mother?
• How was the Eastern Church affected by the liturgical reforms of the 1960s?
• How do I explain that there is no salvation outside the Church to a lapsed Catholic?
• Are there any Saints that are tied to the Melkite Church?
• How does God let you know what His plans are for you?
• Why aren't miracles/apparitions restricted to the Catholic Church, how come there are some in the Coptic or Orthodox churches?

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