#12192 Why Do Non-Catholics Have to Go Through OCIA Before Joining the Church? - Karlo Broussard

<p><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">If </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">someone </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">wants </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">to </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">become </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Catholic, </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">why </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">not </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">just </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">let </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">them </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">in? </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">We </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">explain </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">the </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">purpose </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">of </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">OCIA, </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">its </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">roots </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">in </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Church </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">tradition, </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">and </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">how </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">it </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">helps </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">prepare </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">hearts </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">and </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">minds </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">for </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">full </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">communion </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">with </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">the </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Catholic </span><span class="_fadeIn_m1hgl_8">Church.</span></p>
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<p><strong>Questions covered:</strong></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">04:54 &#8211; Why do non-Catholics who want to join the Church need to go through OCIA instead of just joining immediately?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">14:33 &#8211; How is the Catholic Church’s apostolic succession compare to what other churches believe?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">21:43 &#8211; How does the intercession of the saints work when the Bible says that men are appointed to die once, and then face judgement?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">28:53 &#8211; I go to church every once in a while with my family and I take communion, but I heard that I’m not supposed to do that. What are the rules?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">40:30 &#8211; Is Jesus’ renaming of Simon the reason why the pope takes a different name?</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">44:09 &#8211; I have a hard time accepting the perpetual virginity of Mary. I don’t think she’d want to refuse giving Joseph as many sons as possible, and John’s Gospel clearly mentions brothers of Jesus.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
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