Catholic Answers Live

#12899 Weird Questions - Jimmy Akin

September 18, 2026
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Questions Covered: 03:38 – Did the Virgin Mary invent chili? I first heard of this on an episode of Tasting History with Max Miller. He talked about Sister Mary of Agreda who was reported to be bilocating from her convent in Spain to the Jumanos Indians in New Spain. All I’ve been able to learn about her is from Wikipedia where it says she is a venerable of the Church from the 1600s. Apparently the Jumanos Indians reached out to friars in the area that they had been visited by a “lady in blue” to seek help, and according to Max Miller the lady in blue also gave them the recipe for chili. According to Wikipedia Sister Mary also wrote books about the Virgin Mary, so I was thinking maybe the Virgin Mary gave Sister Mary the recipe for chili to give to the Indians. It makes my heart warm thinking that the Virgin Mary gave us chili. 12:00 – Mentalese 22:12 – What evidence do you find that UAP’s or UFO’s are not from outer space, but from earthly beings that are far advanced compared to us? 28:50 – Do animals praise God in their own way? 44:47 – Are sightings of cryptids, ufos, ghosts, etc all thought projections, or real?

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