8/11/25 – Canon Stephen Sharpe, ICKSP - Understanding Genesis

Canon Stephen Sharpe, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at St. Joseph Shrine in Detroit, Michigan. He was ordained in 2020.

In Today's Show:

• Should I discourage a fallen-away Catholic friend from looking into Eastern Orthodoxy?
• When someone starts to suffer from severe memory loss due to dementia, how does that affect their need to go to confession? Does the precept to confess at least once a year still apply?
• If we are justified by grace through our faith in Him (CCC 1989, 1991, 1996), why then is the Sacrament of Confession mandatory for Catholics?
• Why is there no short prayer for the dead at the end of Compline, unlike every other canonical hour except Matins, which are/were supposed to be followed by Lauds)?
• Is it still required for Catholics to abstain from meat on Fridays outside of Lent?
• What can Catholics learn from Eastern Orthodox Christians?
• As a convert for the last 26 years, has my confirmed Protestantism been erased? Am I absolved by faith either way? Should I never receive the Eucharist because I am aware of so many sins even after confession?
• Canon, what do you miss most about Canada?
• Are Catholics permitted to eat Halal meat?
• Any advice for scrupulosity?
• Recommendations for reading to better understand the time between the year 33 and 100
• How should we understand Genesis considering modern fallible accounts that man might be only 200,000 years old?

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