Ask A Priest Live with Fr. Robert Healey - When Children Doubt God 8-29-25

Welcome Fr. Robert Healey to the show! Fr. Healey was ordained a priest on June 26, 2020, and served for two years as the associate pastor at St. Anne Catholic Church in Broken Arrow, OK, before entering into his second assignment at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Stillwater, OK.

In Today's Show:

How should parents respond when a child expresses doubts about God’s existence?

What advice and prayers can help someone battling recurring addiction and temptation?

Is there a shortened version of the absolution prayer, and should I provide priests with the full text?

Is it acceptable for Christians to say they hate the devil—or to say they hate anything at all?

How can a laicized priest still consecrate the Eucharist without faculties to minister?

Does God love Mary and the saints more than He loves the rest of us?

Since God is outside of time, can prayers today affect events in the past?

What is limbo, what happened to souls before Christ’s Resurrection, and how does it relate to heaven, hell, and purgatory?

Was Mass ever celebrated in the vernacular in the early Church, or has it always been in Latin in the West?

Do angels know our interior thoughts, and how do guardian angels influence us without violating free will?

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