2/27/26 - Fr. Michael Duesterhaus - Does Catholicism Fully Reject the Death Penalty?

Fr. Michael Duesterhaus was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Arlington in 1991. He spent 27 years, Active and Reserves, as a Naval Chaplain, mostly serving with units of the U.S. Marine Corps. Father has presented over 125 formal cases before Tribunals of seven dioceses of the United States. He currently serves as Parochial Vicar at St. John the Baptist Parish in Front Royal, Virginia.

In Today's Show:

• How do saints become the patrons of specific things?
• Is Mark 10:25 meant to be taken literally or as a warning?
• When an adult is baptized, is all sin removed?
• Does the Catholic Church fully reject the death penalty? 
• Are the General Intercessions at Mass supposed to address particular situations?
• Can priests lay "curses" on objects?
• What's the Catholic perspective on euthanasia?
• Why did Jesus tell some people not to tell others he healed them? 
• Can a cross that's not a crucifix be blessed by a Catholic priest?
• Could our general judgment be different from our particular judgment?
• And more!

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