Considering Catholicism
By Greg Smith
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Episodes: 466
Dale Butler
Feb 22, 2024
This podcast should be required listening for anyone considering converting to the Catholic Church. Greg, Corey, and Protestant Ed provide invaluable insight and do a wonderful job explaining the beauty and depth of the Church. 2 thumbs up!
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Catholic Church, faith, culture, and history are explained clearly and simply for anyone curious about historic Catholicism. Faithful to the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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The Sexual Subtext Behind So Many Anti-Catholic Arguments (#462)
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May 20, 2026 |
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Moral Theology, Part 3: Prudential Judgments (#461)
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May 18, 2026 |
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Moral Theology, Part 2: Tools and Norms (#460)
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May 11, 2026 |
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Moral Theology, Part 1: The Anatomy of Evil (#459)
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May 07, 2026 |
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10 Years Catholic: What We’re Grateful For, and What Still Surprises Us (#457)
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May 04, 2026 |
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Just How Depraved Are You? (#456)
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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"I Never Said You Stole His Money:" Why “Bible Alone” Doesn't Work (#455)
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Imago Dei in the Age of AI, Part 4: Our Destiny Lies Beyond the Machines (#454)
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Imago Dei in the Age of AI, Part 3: Will AI *Really* Change the World? (#453)
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Imago Dei in the Age of AI, Part 2: The Problems AI Can’t Solve (#452)
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Imago Dei in the Age of AI, Part 1: Why the Devil Envies You (#451)
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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The Real Reason the Catholic Church Ordains Only Men (#450)
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Elders or Priests? Why Catholic Authority Isn’t Earned—It’s Entrusted (#449)
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Blessed Triduum 2026: Gratitude, Love, and a Peek at What's Coming (#448)
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Holy Week in Jerusalem: Walking Where the Gospels Happened (#447)
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Easter in Jerusalem: The Garden Tomb vs. the Real Empty Tomb (#446)
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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From Babel to Pentecost: Why We Still Need Latin at Mass (#445)
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Irish Guilt vs. Italian Joy: Why Catholicism Holds Both Sin and Forgiveness Perfectly (#444)
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Livestream: Walking the First Holy Week in Jerusalem – Sunday March 22 | 7 PM EST
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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OCIA: The Bridge to Rome — Easter Vigil Mass (#443)
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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OCIA: The Bridge to Rome — The Sacraments of Initiation (#442)
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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The End of Ed the Protestant (#441)
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Done with Church? (#440)
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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When No Means Yes: The Ancient Case for Lent (#439)
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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The Sacrament That Ends the Secret: Talking Confession with Ed (#438)
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Stylistic Differences at Mass: Chant, Contemporary, Traditional, and Everything In Between (#437)
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Mass Anywhere: Exploring Parishes, Oratories, Campus Chapels, and Missions (#436)
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Stuff Jesus Never Said (#435)
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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OCIA: The Bridge to Rome – Trusting the Church, Part 2: Submission of Intellect and Will (#434)
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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OCIA: The Bridge to Rome – Trusting the Church, Part 1: The Profession of Faith (#433)
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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OCIA: The Stations of the Cross (#432)
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Coming Feb 15: Our First Live Webinar – Egeria’s Epic Pilgrimage Proves the Early Church Was Catholic!
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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OCIA: The Scrutinies and Mass Dismissals (#431)
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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OCIA: Lent (#430)
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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When You Oppose the Pope's Poltics, Part 3 (#429)
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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When You Oppose the Pope's Politics, Part 2 (#428)
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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When You Oppose the Pope's Politics, Part 1 (#427)
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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From the Vault: Can Catholics Be Patriotic? (#426)
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Why Three Little Words Have Split Christianity for 1,000 Years (#425)
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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OCIA: Catholic Moral Theology (#424)
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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OCIA: The Liturgical Calendar (#423)
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Meet Jacob: A Millennial's Road to Rome, Part 2 (#422)
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Meet Jacob: A Millennial’s Road to Rome, Part 1 (#421)
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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From the Vault: "Our Duty to Improve (#420)
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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How a 16th-Century Pope Saved New Year’s Day (#419)
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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The Star, the Gifts, the Surrender (#418)
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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Greg's Christmas Message 2025
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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The Ox, the Donkey, and the Baby Jesus (#417)
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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The Real Christmas Starts in a Womb: the Annunciation Over the Nativity (#416)
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Debunking the "Christmas is a Pagan Holiday" Meme (#415)
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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The Pope vs. the Shriners: What’s the Real Problem with Freemasonry? (#414)
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Fractal Equations and the Creator Who Signed His Work (#413)
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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The Green Book (#412)
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Divine Mysteries: The Immaculate Conception (#411)
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Dvine Mysteries: Theotokos (#410)
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Further Up and Further In (#409)
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Divine Mysteries: Logos, Christ, Pantoccrator, Returning King (#408)
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (#407)
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Divine Mysteries: The Incarnation (#406)
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Divine Mysteries: The Trinity (#405)
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Catholic Education Options for Parents (#404)
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Catholic Education: Goals and Challenges (#403)
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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OCIA: The Four Marian Dogmas (#402)
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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OCIA: The Communion of the Saints (#401)
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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400th Anniversary Episode: Big Plans for the Future! (#400)
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Why Proving God Misses the Point: A Fresh Look at Belief (#399)
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Catholic Social Teaching: Rorschach Test or Roadmap? (#398)
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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OCIA: Step Into Sacred Space – A Tour of the Catholic Church (#397)
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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OCIA: The Mass: A Portal to Eternal Worship (#396)
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Natural Law: Why the Church Cares About Your Past Vows (#395)
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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OCIA: Scripture and Tradition (#394)
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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What's Up With Ed the Protestant? (#393)
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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No Bad News = No Good News: The Cost of Soft-Pedaling Sin (#392)
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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OCIA: The Creeds, a Summary of the Gospel (#391)
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Holy Spirit Part 2: Catholic Mysticism and Miracles (#390)
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Holy Spirit, Part 1: Speaking in Tongues and Slain in the Spirit? A Catholic Take on Pentecostalism (#389)
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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OCIA: The Holy Spirit and the Seven Sacraments (#388)
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Noah's Ark to Peter's Boat: Typology in the Sistine Ceiling (#387)
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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OCIA: The Catholic Church (#386)
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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God's Finger: Are We Saved By Our Own Works? (#385)
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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Feminine Genius: Catholic Ideals for Bold Women (#384)
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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OCIA: Jesus Christ, the Main Character (#383)
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Steel and Sanctity: The Medieval Ideal of Christian Manhood (#382)
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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OCIA: The Gospel Story (#381)
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Dying in Grace: Sacraments, Prayers, and the Catholic Art of a Happy Death (#380)
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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The Art of Dying, Then and Now (#379)
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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OCIA: Basic Catholic Prayers (#378)
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Sep 13, 2025 |
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OCIA: The Catechism of the Catholic Church (#377)
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Out of the Cave, Into the Cathedral: Catholicism's Bigger Vision (#376)
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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OCIA: The Bridge (#375)
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Am I Going to Heaven? A Pamphlet, Protestants, and Catholic Truth (#374)
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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The Church and Her Fathers, Part 4: From Apostles to Fathers--The Church's Timeless Unity (#373)
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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The Church and Her Fathers, Part 3: Voices of the Early Church (#372)
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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The Church and Her Fathers, Part 2: Militant, Suffering, Triumphant—And What It Means for You (#371)
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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The Church and Her Fathers, Part 1: It's Called "The Church," So Say The Church (#370)
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Baptism, Part 2: Adults (#369)
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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Baptism, Part 1: Infants (#368)
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Old Progressives vs. Young Trads: Generational Battles in the Pews (#367)
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Kids in Church, Part 2: Discipline? Boredom? Learning? (#366)
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Hollywood's Catholic Caricatures: Fat Bishops, Mean Nuns, and the Big Con (#365)
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Hollywood's Hidden Script: How Media Warps Our View of the World (#364)
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Noble Savages and Black Legends: How Stories Stack the Deck Against Catholicism (#363)
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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Escaping the Argument Clinic: When Faith Debates Go Nowhere (#362)
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Judaism, Israel, and Catholicism: Addressing a Convert's Concern (#361)
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Kids in Church: Why Catholic Mass Beats Evangelical Entertainment (#360)
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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The Church's Messy Past: How a Thought Experiment Helped Me Convert (#359)
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Translation Traps? Manuscript Mysteries, Word Wars, and the Sola Scriptura Sinkhole (#358)
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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KJV Only? Debunking a Fundamentalist Myth and Discovering Catholic Bibles (#357)
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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The Cost of Discipleship, Part 2 (#356)
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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The Cost of Discipleship, Part 1 (#355)
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Protestant Games, Part 2: The Berean Gambit (#354)
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Protestant Games, Part 1: Why Play By Protestant Rules? (#353)
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Evangelicals and Israel, the Alamo and End Times (#352)
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Why Do Protestants Choose the Bible of the Rabbis Over the Bible of the Apostles? (#351)
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Why Evangelicals Choose Galilee Over St. Peter’s (#350)
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Who's View of Sex is Stranger? Catholic or Protestant? (#349)
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Burritos, Bridges, and Truth: Why Catholicism Isn’t a House of Cards (#348)
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Is The Mass Just "Going Through the Motions?" (#347)
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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What is Heaven? Part 6: New Heaven, New Earth, New Us (#346)
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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What is Heaven? Part 5: The Resurrection (#345)
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Sublime or Subjective? A Tale of Two Services (#344)
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Raging Tacos: Are We Too Hard on Protestants? (#343)
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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What is Heaven? Part 4: Three Destinations (#342)
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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What is Heaven? Part 3: We Will Be Judged (#341)
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Killer Rabbits and Gargoyles: What Medieval Art Teaches Catholics Today (#340)
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May 29, 2025 |
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What is Heaven? Part 2: The Moment of Death (#339)
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May 26, 2025 |
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What is Heaven? Part 1: Checking Our Vocabulary (#338)
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May 22, 2025 |
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Peter’s Keys, Leo’s Tears: The Joy of a New Pope (#337)
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May 19, 2025 |
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Is "Reformed Theology" Just Tweed-Coated Evangelicalism? (#336)
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May 15, 2025 |
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Is Pope Leo XIV Red or Blue? Why That’s the Wrong Question (#335)
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May 12, 2025 |
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Habemus Papam! Why I’m Loyal to the Church Under Leo XIV (#334)
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May 09, 2025 |
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Tartaria or Catholicism? Rediscovering a Lost Civilization (#333)
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May 07, 2025 |
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Cosplay or Catholicism? Are Sacred Things Really Sacred? (#332)
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May 06, 2025 |
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What I Don't Want in a New Pope (#331)
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May 01, 2025 |
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Inside the Conclave: The 60-Year Fight Over the Church’s Vision (#330)
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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One Church, One Leader: Why the Pope’s Funeral Stopped the World (#329)
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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A Pope's Funeral and Rome's Hidden Gem (#328)
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Thoughts on the Death of Pope Francis (#327)
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Holy Land (and Holy Week) Diary, Part 2: Jerusalem (#326)
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Holy Land Diary, Part 1: The Galilee Region (#325)
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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From the Vault: Easter in a World Gone Trans? (#324)
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Confirmation: A Gift, Not a Checkbox (#323)
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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The 2.3 Tipping Point: the Cost of Chasing Prosperity Over Purpose (#322)
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Catholics, Contraception, and Happiness? (#321)
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Road to Rome? A New Twist on a Familiar Tale (#320)
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Will We See Our Dogs in Heaven? (#319)
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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"Election" in Catholicism vs. Calvinism (#318)
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Catholics and Politics (#317)
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Can You Be Patriotic and Catholic? (#316)
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Asceticism: When No Means Yes (#315)
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Myth-Busting Lent (#314)
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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When a Pope Passes, Part 2 (#313)
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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When a Pope Passes, Part 1 (#312)
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Faith or Works? Part 10: Is the Church a Real Thing? (#311)
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Faith or Works? Part 9: Locked In or Left Guessing? The Truth About Eternal Security (#310)
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Faith or Works? Part 8: The Mystery of Merit (#309)
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Faith or Works? Part 7: Indulgences (#308)
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Faith or Works? Part 6: Purgation (#307)
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Can Suffering Have Value? (#306)
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Faith or Works? Part 5: Types of Sin and Whether We Can "Work Them Off" (#305)
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Faith or Works, Part 4: A Call to Growth (#304)
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Faith or Works? Part 3: Where to Begin—Jesus or Paul? (#303)
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Faith or Works? Part 2: Biblical Examples (#302)
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Faith or Works? Part 1: Bringing the Receipts (#301)
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Arguing with Protestants, Part 3: Proof Texting Proves Nothing (#300)
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Arguing with Protestants, Part 2: What Came First, the Bible or the Church? (#299)
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Arguing with Protestants, Part 1: "The Early Church Wasn't Roman Catholic!" (#298)
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Finishing the Race (#297)
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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What's the Greatest Thing You Can Love on This Earth? (#296)
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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The Twelfth Day of Christmas: Epiphany (#295)
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Starting the Year on the Right Foot: The Feast of Mary, the Mother of God (#294)
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Mary and the Messiah (#293)
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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A Considering Catholicism Classic: What Happened to Christmas Carols? (#292)
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Traditional Catholic Christmas Celebrations (#291)
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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What's Going On With This Podcast? (#290)
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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The 12 Days of Christmas? (#289)
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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What is a "Year of Mercy?" (#287)
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Our Lady of Guadalupe (#288)
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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What is the "Immaculate Conception?" (#286)
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Pursuing (or Ignoring?) "Truth, Goodness, and Beauty" (#285)
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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What Is, or Are, "Truth, Goodness, and Beauty?" (#284)
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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What is the "Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe?" (#283)
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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What is the "Sacred Heart of Jesus?" (#282)
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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From the Vault: What is Hell? (#281)
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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From the Vault: What is Purgatory? (#280)
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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From the Vault: "What is Heaven?" (#279)
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Where Did the Catholic Mass Come From? (#278)
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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How Are Catholic Funerals Different? (#277)
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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From the Vault: Unhappy Reformation Day!
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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From the Vault: Can We Celebrate Halloween?
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Is There Salvation Outside of the Catholic Church? (#276)
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Catholicism and Other Religions (#275)
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Anointing the Sick (#274)
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Heresies Recycled (#273)
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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From the Vault: The 'Five Solas' of Protestantism (#272)
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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From the Vault: Explaining Confession to a Protestant (#271)
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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"I'm Spiritual, Not Religious!" Part 2 (#270)
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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"I'm Spiritual, Not Religious!" Part 1 (#269)
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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The Pope Says We Should Read Novels (#268)
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Has the Virgin Mary Been Appearing in Bosnia? (#267)
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Does Science Disprove Religion? (#266)
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Should You Go On a Spiritual Retreat? (#265)
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Beware The Noontime Demon! (#264)
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Why Don't People Go To Church? Part 4: Have You Invited Them? (#263)
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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IVF: Catholicism and In Vitro Fertilization (#262)
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Updates on the Podcast (#261)
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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It Has to Matter, Part 2 (#260)
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Why Are Young Catholic Women Wearing Chapel Veils? (#259)
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Why Don't People Go To Church? Part 4: Talking About Theology (#258)
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Why Don't People Go to Church? Part 3: It Has to Matter (#257)
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Listener Questions: Tabernacles? Anglicanism/Episcopalianism? (#256)
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Listener Questions: Dreams? Catholic Continuity? (#255)
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Why Don't People Go to Church? Part 2: Attachments (#254)
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Why Don't People Go to Church? Part 1 (#253)
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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The "End Times?" Catholic Eschatology, Part 2 (#252)
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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The "End Times?" Catholic Eschatology, Part 1 (#251)
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Can Our Pain and Suffering be Redemptive? (#250)
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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What Do Protestants Believe? (#249)
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Book Club: "Les Miserables," Part 2 (#248)
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Book Club: "Les Miserables," Part 1 (#247)
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Catholicism and the Bible, Part 9: Hearing and Knowing (#246)
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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"The Sex Talk" (#245)
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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The Unseen World (#244)
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Catholicism and the Bible, Part 8: Vernacular Translations (#243)
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Questions: Mary the Mother of God? Praying to Saints? Sacramental Records? (#242)
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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“But the Catholic Church is Corrupt!” Part 2 (#241)
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Catholicism and the Bible, Part 7: The "Rules" for Bible Interpretation (#240)
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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"But the Catholic Church is Corrupt!" Part 1 (#239)
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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When Friends and Family Don't Understand (#238)
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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How is Mary the "Queen of Heaven?" (#237)
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Listener Questions: Mary's Free Will, More About Birth Control, and Baptists vs. the Nicene Creed (#236)
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Catholicism and the Bible, Part 6: How to Read the Bible (#235)
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Contraception vs. Catholicism (#234)
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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How Was Tradition Transmitted in the Early Church? (#233)
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Catholicism and the Bible, Part 5: The Old Testament in Catholic and Protestant Bibles (#232)
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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The Miracle of Transubstantiation (#231)
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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What is the Eucharist and Why is It So Important to Catholics? (#230)
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Catholicism and the Bible, Part 4: The New Testament and Protestants’ "Sola Scriptura" (#229)
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May 31, 2024 |
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If God is Good, Then Why Do We Suffer? (#228)
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May 29, 2024 |
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"Predestination?" Does God Make People for Heaven or Hell? (#227)
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May 27, 2024 |
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Catholicism and the Bible, Part 3: The Deposit of Faith (#226)
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May 24, 2024 |
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Inviting Non-Catholics to Mass (#225)
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May 22, 2024 |
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Ed Visits His Old "Girlfriend" (#224)
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May 20, 2024 |
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Catholicism and the Bible, Part 2: Before the Bible? (#223)
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May 17, 2024 |
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Why Does the Pope Have His Own Country? Part 2 (#222)
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May 15, 2024 |
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Why Does the Pope Have His Own Country? Part 1 (#221)
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May 13, 2024 |
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Catholicism and the Bible, Part 1: What is "God's Word?" (#220)
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May 10, 2024 |
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Listener Questions: Traditional Latin Mass? Priests in Cassocks? (#219)
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May 08, 2024 |
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Listener Questions: Becoming Catholic, Baptizing Grandchildren, Parish Shopping (#218)
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May 06, 2024 |
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Podcast News: Friday Deep Dives! (#217)
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May 03, 2024 |
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Catholicism Meets Modernity (#216)
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May 01, 2024 |
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How Catholicism Overcame Paganism (#215)
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Bible Study of Genesis, Part 10: Into Egypt (#214)
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Why Is It So Hard to Join the Catholic Church? (#213)
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Do "Good Works" Get Us to Heaven? (#212)
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Bible Study of Genesis, Part 9: Wrestling with God (#211)
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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The "Vision Thing" (#210)
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Are Catholics "Born Again?" (#209)
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Bible Study of Genesis Part 8,: A Father's Faith (#208)
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Why Didn't I Choose Eastern Orthodoxy? (#207)
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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What is "Eastern Orthodoxy?" (#206)
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Bible Study of Genesis, Part 7: The Patriarch (#205)
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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From the Vault: Easter and "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" (#204)
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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From the Vault: Easter in a World Gone Trans? (#203)
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Bible Study of Genesis, Part 6: The Nations (#202)
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Resistance and Rejection on the Road to Rome (#201)
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Did Jesus Establish the Catholic Church? (#200)
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Bible Study of Genesis, Part 5: Noah's Ark (#199)
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Warrior Monks?! (#198)
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Those Who Work, Those Who Fight, and Those Who Pray (#197)
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Bible Study of Genesis, Part 4: The Kids Are Not Alright (#196)
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Why is Catholicism Hierarchical? (#195)
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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From Satanism to Catholicism (#194)
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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Bible Study of Genesis, Part 3: The Fall of Man (#193)
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Mysteries of the Faith, Part 2 (#192)
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Mysteries of the Faith, Part 1 (#191)
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Bible Study of Genesis, Part 2: In God's Image (#190)
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Bible Study of Genesis, Part 1: Seven Days (#189)
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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"Star of the Sea?" (#188)
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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What is the Bible About? (#187)
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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Pastors and Priests, Part 2 (#186)
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Pastors and Priests, Part 1 (#185)
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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How to Join the Catholic Church (#184)
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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From the Vault: Explaining Lent to a Protestant (#183)
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Annulments, Part 2: Process (#182)
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Annulments, Part 1: Grounds (#181)
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Myths About Catholic Marriage (#180)
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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How is Catholic Marriage Different? (#179)
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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What About Weed? (#178)
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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AI, Robots, and Reality (#177)
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Is the Catholic Church Still Catholic? (#176)
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Speed Bumps on the Road to Rome, Part 3: Doctrinal Questions (#175)
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Speed Bumps on the Road to Rome, Part 2: Historical Baggage (#174)
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Speed Bumps on the Road to Rome, Part 1: Cultural Barriers (#173)
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Catholicism vs. Communism (#172)
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Three Questions About Baptism (#171)
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Armor for the Battle (#170)
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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My Story and the Purpose of this Podcast (#169)
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Snapshot: Is Mary Really the ”Mother of God?” (#168)
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Snapshot: Is the Christian Life Worth It? (#167)
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Christmas Snapshot: Mary’s Place in the Manger (#166)
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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New Age But the Same Old Devil (#165)
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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From New Age Nashville and On the Road to Rome (#164)
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Snapshot: Is Christianity Impractical or Impossible? (#163)
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Snapshot: Is Christianity Crazy? (#162)
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Searching for a Christmas Playlist (#161)
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Good Popes, Bad Popes, Mostly Average Popes (#160)
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Snapshot: Discover Advent (#159)
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Snapshot: Stuff Jesus Never Said (#158)
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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The Crusades (#157)
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Snapshot: Christ the King (#156)
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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Snapshot: The End of Ordinary Time (#155)
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Charity and Social Justice (#154)
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Listener Questions, Part 2 (#153)
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Demons (#152)
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Snapshot: ”God, Country, Notre Dame” (#151)
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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What is Evil? (#150)
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Snapshot: Taking Death Seriously (#149)
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Snapshot: (Un)Happy Reformation Day! (#148)
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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The Pursuit of Happiness (#147)
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Snapshot: More About UFOs (#146)
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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Listener Questions, Part 1 (#145)
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Our Duty to Improve (#144)
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Revisiting an Evangelical Protestant Church (#143)
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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Can We Participate in Halloween? (#140)
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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What are Angels? (#142)
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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UFOs: Aliens, Angels, or...? (#141)
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Why Does the Church Baptize Infants? (#139)
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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How to Choose a Church (#132)
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Is Catholicism...Spooky? (#138)
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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What Do Catholics Have to Believe? (#137)
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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The Eldest Daughter of the Church (#136)
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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What is Faith? (#135)
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Is the Bible the Word of God? (#134)
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Where Did the New Testament Come From? (#133)
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Catholic vs. Protestant Bibles? (#131)
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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Do It Again (#130)
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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The Galileo Myth (#129)
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Is Catholicism Anti-Science? (#128)
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Catholic vs. Protestant Views on Creation and Evolution (#127)
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Mission? Vocation? How Should I Organize My Life? (#126)
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Why Go to Church? (#125)
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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”Binding and Loosing?” (#124)
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May 29, 2023 |
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Finding Friends in a Catholic Parish, Part2 (#123)
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May 18, 2023 |
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Finding Friends in a Catholic Parish, Part 1 (#122)
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May 15, 2023 |
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Seven Deadly Sins: Lust (#121)
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May 11, 2023 |
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Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony (#120)
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May 08, 2023 |
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Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth (#119)
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May 04, 2023 |
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Seven Deadly Sins: Greed (#118)
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May 01, 2023 |
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Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath (#117)
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Seven Deadly Sins: Envy (#116)
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride (#115)
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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The Seven Deadly Sins: Introduction (#114)
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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Book Club: ”Frankenstein” (#113)
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Easter and ”Brother Sun, Sister Moon” (#112)
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Holy Land Diaries, Part 2: Jerusalem (#111)
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Holy Land Diaries, Part 1: The Sea of Galilee (#110)
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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Does the Virgin Mary Really Appear to People? (#107)
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Why Do Catholics Go On ”Pilgrimages?” (#106)
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Movie Club: ”The Sound of Music” (#105)
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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The “H-Word” (#109)
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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How Far Can the Faith be Bent? (#108)
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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When Isn’t it Christianity Anymore? (#104)
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Does Doctrine Even Matter Anymore? (#103)
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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A Protestant Asks, ”Why is Catholic Art...Weird?” (#102)
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Explaining Lent to a Protestant (#101)
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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What is Hell? (#100)
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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What is Purgatory? (#99)
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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What is Heaven? (#98)
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Funerals, Families, Food, and Sex, Part 2 (#97)
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Funerals, Families, Food, and Sex, Part 1 (#96)
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Movie Club: ”The Mission” (#95)
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Common Decency (#94)
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Is This All There Is? (#89)
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Sex, Personal Morality, and Catholicism (#88)
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Why Not “Mere Christianity?” (#93)
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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How to Read the Bible (#92)
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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The Dictatorship of Relativism (#91)
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Faith and Reason (#90)
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Will I Be Judged? (#86)
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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A Good Death? (#85)
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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The Year Zero Problem (#84)
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Pop Culture and Catholicism (#83)
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Book Club: A Canticle for Leibowitz (#82)
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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Why Am I A Catholic? Part 2 of 2 (#81)
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Why Am I A Catholic? Part 1 of 2 (#80)
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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Whatever Happened to Christmas Carols? Part 2 (#87)
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Whatever Happened to Christmas Carols? Part 1 (#86)
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Mary and the Messiah (#84)
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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How Catholic Can I Be Without Being Catholic? (#71)
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Do I Have to Go to Church on Sunday? (#45)
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Lent in the Footsteps of Jesus and the Apostles (#85)
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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The Eucharist vs. Guardian Angels? (#75)
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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A Protestant Goes to Eucharistic Adoration (#78)
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Catholic Christmas Myths (#77)
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Luther, Calvin, and Catholicism (#47)
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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A Eucharistic Advent (#79)
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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Christ the King (#76)
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Cracking The Protestant Worldview (#67)
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Book Club: ”Voyage to Alpha Centauri” (#70)
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Why Do Catholics Keep Relics of the Saints? (#43)
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Holy Water? Statues? Candles? Weird? Nope! Sacramentals. (#48)
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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What Happens When We Die? (#69)
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Diary of a Young Priest (#73)
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Book Club: The Rise of the Antichrist and the World’s Last Day (#65)
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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The Communion of the Saints (#66)
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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How Are Catholic Priests Trained? (#72)
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Families, Children, and the Law (#68)
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Teaching a Protestant to Pray the Rosary (#60)
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Explaining the Rosary to a Protestant (#59)
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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The Hail Mary Prayer (#34)
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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To Jesus Through Mary (#58)
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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The One Great Thing to Love on Earth: The Blessed Sacrament (#64)
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Why Do Protestants Reject the Catholic Eucharist? (#63)
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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The Eucharist and the Miracle of Holy Communion (#57)
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Sep 19, 2022 |
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”Fight Like Heaven!” (#62)
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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The Real Presence in the Eucharist: Transubstantiation (#56)
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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The Miracle of Consecration (#55)
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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The Eucharist and the Metaphysics of the Mass (#54)
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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The Eucharist, Scripture, and Suppers (#53)
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Practical Benefits of the Catholic Life (#51)
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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Can We Lose Our Salvation? (#50)
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Protestant Anxiety vs. Catholic Comfort (#49)
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Why Is the Eucharist So Important to Catholics? (#44)
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Making the Eucharist Matter Again (#40)
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Book Club: A Tale of Two Priests (#41)
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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What Does it Mean to ”Be Catholic?” (#42)
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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More Protestant Questions About the Pope: Can He Just Make Stuff Up? (#39)
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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A Protestant Asks, ”Why Do Catholics Have a Pope?” (#38)
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Book Club: Is ’The Lord of the Rings’ the Greatest Catholic Story of the 20th Century? (#37)
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Welcome to ”Book Club!” What Makes a Story ”Catholic?” (#36)
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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A Protestant Asks About the Virgin Mary (#35)
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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A Culture of Life? Or a Culture of Death? (#33)
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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What Happened to Catholicism in America Over the Last 50 Years? Part 2 (#32)
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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July 2022 Update (#31)
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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What Happened to Catholicism in America Over the Last 50 Years? Part 1 (#30)
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Are Catholics Really Christians? (#29)
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Worldviews: Plastic Modernity (#28)
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Why Do Catholics Have Cathedrals? (#27)
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May 31, 2022 |
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Explaining the Saints to a Protestant (#26)
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May 26, 2022 |
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Explaining Confession to a Protestant (#25)
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May 23, 2022 |
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From Belize to Michigan to New York City (#24)
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May 18, 2022 |
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Worldviews: Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (#23)
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May 16, 2022 |
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Church Music: Catholic vs. Protestant, Part 2 (#22)
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May 12, 2022 |
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Church Music: Catholic vs. Protestant, Part 1 (#21)
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May 10, 2022 |
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Worldviews: Marxism (#18)
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May 06, 2022 |
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Why Would a Teenager Convert to Catholicism? (#20)
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May 03, 2022 |
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”Dear Disinformation Governance Board...” (#19)
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May 01, 2022 |
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A Protestant Reacts to His First Mass (#17)
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Explaining the Catholic Mass to a Protestant, Part 2 (#15)
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Movie Review of ”Father Stu” (#16)
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Explaining the Catholic Mass to a Protestant, Part 1 (#14)
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Easter in a World Gone Trans? (#13)
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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A Protestant Asks, ”Are Catholics Trying to Earn Their Way Into Heaven?” (#12)
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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The Courageous Calling of Catholic Parents (#11)
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Field Trip to Detroit (#10)
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Answering Protestant Questions (#9)
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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A Conversation with My Protestant Friend (#8)
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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From Chief of Police to Catholic Priest (#7)
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Are the Ukrainians Fighting a ”Just War?” (#6)
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Bells, a Boy, and Becoming Catholic (#5)
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Making More, and Better, Catholics? (#4)
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Evangelizing with History (#3)
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Preview Trailer
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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Is Catholicism Mysterious? (#2)
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Is Catholicism Still Relevant? (#1)
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Jan 29, 2022 |