5/13/25 - Fr. Michael Copenhagen - Pope Honorius I: A Valid Objection To The Papacy?

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 Bachelors of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome.

In Today's Show:

• Can you explain the difference between blessing yourself from left to right, versus right to left as some Orthodox do?
• How do you justify the Filioque to the Orthodoxy?
• Is there any heresy in the Byzantine/Eastern rite in contrast to the western Roman Catholic rite?
• Is it coincidence that the Great Schism and Protestant reformation both happened under a pope named Leo?
• ​​What is the Eastern rite view on toll house?
• Pope Honorius I: A valid objection to the papacy?
• Should a damaged scapular be burned or buried?
• ​​Who purchases the ring for a newly elected Pope, and why is it so expensive?

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