Considering Catholicism

By Greg Smith

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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.

Episode Date
Killer Rabbits and Gargoyles: What Medieval Art Teaches Catholics Today (#340)
May 29, 2025
What is Heaven? Part 2: The Moment of Death (#339)
May 26, 2025
What is Heaven? Part 1: Checking Our Vocabulary (#338)
May 22, 2025
Peter’s Keys, Leo’s Tears: The Joy of a New Pope (#337)
May 19, 2025
Is "Reformed Theology" Just Tweed-Coated Evangelicalism? (#336)
May 15, 2025
Is Pope Leo XIV Red or Blue? Why That’s the Wrong Question (#335)
May 12, 2025
Habemus Papam! Why I’m Loyal to the Church Under Leo XIV (#334)
May 09, 2025
Tartaria or Catholicism? Rediscovering a Lost Civilization (#333)
May 07, 2025
Cosplay or Catholicism? Are Sacred Things Really Sacred? (#332)
May 06, 2025
What I Don't Want in a New Pope (#331)
May 01, 2025
Inside the Conclave: The 60-Year Fight Over the Church’s Vision (#330)
Apr 29, 2025
One Church, One Leader: Why the Pope’s Funeral Stopped the World (#329)
Apr 26, 2025
A Pope's Funeral and Rome's Hidden Gem (#328)
Apr 24, 2025
Thoughts on the Death of Pope Francis (#327)
Apr 21, 2025
Holy Land (and Holy Week) Diary, Part 2: Jerusalem (#326)
Apr 17, 2025
Holy Land Diary, Part 1: The Galilee Region (#325)
Apr 16, 2025
From the Vault: Easter in a World Gone Trans? (#324)
Apr 15, 2025
Confirmation: A Gift, Not a Checkbox (#323)
Apr 10, 2025
The 2.3 Tipping Point: the Cost of Chasing Prosperity Over Purpose (#322)
Apr 07, 2025
Catholics, Contraception, and Happiness? (#321)
Apr 03, 2025
Road to Rome? A New Twist on a Familiar Tale (#320)
Mar 31, 2025
Will We See Our Dogs in Heaven? (#319)
Mar 26, 2025
"Election" in Catholicism vs. Calvinism (#318)
Mar 24, 2025
Catholics and Politics (#317)
Mar 20, 2025
Can You Be Patriotic and Catholic? (#316)
Mar 17, 2025
Asceticism: When No Means Yes (#315)
Mar 13, 2025
Myth-Busting Lent (#314)
Mar 10, 2025
When a Pope Passes, Part 2 (#313)
Mar 06, 2025
When a Pope Passes, Part 1 (#312)
Mar 03, 2025
Faith or Works? Part 10: Is the Church a Real Thing? (#311)
Feb 27, 2025
Faith or Works? Part 9: Locked In or Left Guessing? The Truth About Eternal Security (#310)
Feb 26, 2025
Faith or Works? Part 8: The Mystery of Merit (#309)
Feb 24, 2025
Faith or Works? Part 7: Indulgences (#308)
Feb 20, 2025
Faith or Works? Part 6: Purgation (#307)
Feb 17, 2025
Can Suffering Have Value? (#306)
Feb 13, 2025
Faith or Works? Part 5: Types of Sin and Whether We Can "Work Them Off" (#305)
Feb 10, 2025
Faith or Works, Part 4: A Call to Growth (#304)
Feb 06, 2025
Faith or Works? Part 3: Where to Begin—Jesus or Paul? (#303)
Feb 04, 2025
Faith or Works? Part 2: Biblical Examples (#302)
Jan 29, 2025
Faith or Works? Part 1: Bringing the Receipts (#301)
Jan 27, 2025
Arguing with Protestants, Part 3: Proof Texting Proves Nothing (#300)
Jan 22, 2025
Arguing with Protestants, Part 2: What Came First, the Bible or the Church? (#299)
Jan 20, 2025
Arguing with Protestants, Part 1: "The Early Church Wasn't Roman Catholic!" (#298)
Jan 14, 2025
Finishing the Race (#297)
Jan 09, 2025
What's the Greatest Thing You Can Love on This Earth? (#296)
Jan 06, 2025
The Twelfth Day of Christmas: Epiphany (#295)
Jan 02, 2025
Starting the Year on the Right Foot: The Feast of Mary, the Mother of God (#294)
Dec 30, 2024
Mary and the Messiah (#293)
Dec 25, 2024
A Considering Catholicism Classic: What Happened to Christmas Carols? (#292)
Dec 23, 2024
Traditional Catholic Christmas Celebrations (#291)
Dec 19, 2024
What's Going On With This Podcast? (#290)
Dec 17, 2024
The 12 Days of Christmas? (#289)
Dec 16, 2024
What is a "Year of Mercy?" (#287)
Dec 12, 2024
Our Lady of Guadalupe (#288)
Dec 12, 2024
What is the "Immaculate Conception?" (#286)
Dec 09, 2024
Pursuing (or Ignoring?) "Truth, Goodness, and Beauty" (#285)
Dec 05, 2024
What Is, or Are, "Truth, Goodness, and Beauty?" (#284)
Dec 02, 2024
What is the "Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe?" (#283)
Nov 25, 2024
What is the "Sacred Heart of Jesus?" (#282)
Nov 21, 2024
From the Vault: What is Hell? (#281)
Nov 18, 2024
From the Vault: What is Purgatory? (#280)
Nov 14, 2024
From the Vault: "What is Heaven?" (#279)
Nov 11, 2024
Where Did the Catholic Mass Come From? (#278)
Nov 07, 2024
How Are Catholic Funerals Different? (#277)
Nov 04, 2024
From the Vault: Unhappy Reformation Day!
Oct 31, 2024
From the Vault: Can We Celebrate Halloween?
Oct 30, 2024
Is There Salvation Outside of the Catholic Church? (#276)
Oct 29, 2024
Catholicism and Other Religions (#275)
Oct 28, 2024
Anointing the Sick (#274)
Oct 24, 2024
Heresies Recycled (#273)
Oct 21, 2024
From the Vault: The 'Five Solas' of Protestantism (#272)
Oct 17, 2024
From the Vault: Explaining Confession to a Protestant (#271)
Oct 14, 2024
"I'm Spiritual, Not Religious!" Part 2 (#270)
Oct 10, 2024
"I'm Spiritual, Not Religious!" Part 1 (#269)
Oct 07, 2024
The Pope Says We Should Read Novels (#268)
Sep 30, 2024
Has the Virgin Mary Been Appearing in Bosnia? (#267)
Sep 23, 2024
Does Science Disprove Religion? (#266)
Sep 16, 2024
Should You Go On a Spiritual Retreat? (#265)
Sep 12, 2024
Beware The Noontime Demon! (#264)
Sep 09, 2024
Why Don't People Go To Church? Part 4: Have You Invited Them? (#263)
Sep 06, 2024
IVF: Catholicism and In Vitro Fertilization (#262)
Sep 02, 2024
Updates on the Podcast (#261)
Aug 29, 2024
It Has to Matter, Part 2 (#260)
Aug 28, 2024
Why Are Young Catholic Women Wearing Chapel Veils? (#259)
Aug 26, 2024
Why Don't People Go To Church? Part 4: Talking About Theology (#258)
Aug 22, 2024
Why Don't People Go to Church? Part 3: It Has to Matter (#257)
Aug 19, 2024
Listener Questions: Tabernacles? Anglicanism/Episcopalianism? (#256)
Aug 15, 2024
Listener Questions: Dreams? Catholic Continuity? (#255)
Aug 12, 2024
Why Don't People Go to Church? Part 2: Attachments (#254)
Aug 08, 2024
Why Don't People Go to Church? Part 1 (#253)
Aug 05, 2024
The "End Times?" Catholic Eschatology, Part 2 (#252)
Jul 31, 2024
The "End Times?" Catholic Eschatology, Part 1 (#251)
Jul 29, 2024
Can Our Pain and Suffering be Redemptive? (#250)
Jul 25, 2024
What Do Protestants Believe? (#249)
Jul 22, 2024
Book Club: "Les Miserables," Part 2 (#248)
Jul 17, 2024
Book Club: "Les Miserables," Part 1 (#247)
Jul 15, 2024
Catholicism and the Bible, Part 9: Hearing and Knowing (#246)
Jul 12, 2024
"The Sex Talk" (#245)
Jul 10, 2024
The Unseen World (#244)
Jul 08, 2024
Catholicism and the Bible, Part 8: Vernacular Translations (#243)
Jul 05, 2024
Questions: Mary the Mother of God? Praying to Saints? Sacramental Records? (#242)
Jul 03, 2024
“But the Catholic Church is Corrupt!” Part 2 (#241)
Jul 01, 2024
Catholicism and the Bible, Part 7: The "Rules" for Bible Interpretation (#240)
Jun 28, 2024
"But the Catholic Church is Corrupt!" Part 1 (#239)
Jun 26, 2024
When Friends and Family Don't Understand (#238)
Jun 24, 2024
How is Mary the "Queen of Heaven?" (#237)
Jun 19, 2024
Listener Questions: Mary's Free Will, More About Birth Control, and Baptists vs. the Nicene Creed (#236)
Jun 17, 2024
Catholicism and the Bible, Part 6: How to Read the Bible (#235)
Jun 14, 2024
Contraception vs. Catholicism (#234)
Jun 12, 2024
How Was Tradition Transmitted in the Early Church? (#233)
Jun 10, 2024
Catholicism and the Bible, Part 5: The Old Testament in Catholic and Protestant Bibles (#232)
Jun 07, 2024
The Miracle of Transubstantiation (#231)
Jun 05, 2024
What is the Eucharist and Why is It So Important to Catholics? (#230)
Jun 03, 2024
Catholicism and the Bible, Part 4: The New Testament and Protestants’ "Sola Scriptura" (#229)
May 31, 2024
If God is Good, Then Why Do We Suffer? (#228)
May 29, 2024
"Predestination?" Does God Make People for Heaven or Hell? (#227)
May 27, 2024
Catholicism and the Bible, Part 3: The Deposit of Faith (#226)
May 24, 2024
Inviting Non-Catholics to Mass (#225)
May 22, 2024
Ed Visits His Old "Girlfriend" (#224)
May 20, 2024
Catholicism and the Bible, Part 2: Before the Bible? (#223)
May 17, 2024
Why Does the Pope Have His Own Country? Part 2 (#222)
May 15, 2024
Why Does the Pope Have His Own Country? Part 1 (#221)
May 13, 2024
Catholicism and the Bible, Part 1: What is "God's Word?" (#220)
May 10, 2024
Listener Questions: Traditional Latin Mass? Priests in Cassocks? (#219)
May 08, 2024
Listener Questions: Becoming Catholic, Baptizing Grandchildren, Parish Shopping (#218)
May 06, 2024
Podcast News: Friday Deep Dives! (#217)
May 03, 2024
Catholicism Meets Modernity (#216)
May 01, 2024
How Catholicism Overcame Paganism (#215)
Apr 29, 2024
Bible Study of Genesis, Part 10: Into Egypt (#214)
Apr 26, 2024
Why Is It So Hard to Join the Catholic Church? (#213)
Apr 24, 2024
Do "Good Works" Get Us to Heaven? (#212)
Apr 22, 2024
Bible Study of Genesis, Part 9: Wrestling with God (#211)
Apr 19, 2024
The "Vision Thing" (#210)
Apr 17, 2024
Are Catholics "Born Again?" (#209)
Apr 15, 2024
Bible Study of Genesis Part 8,: A Father's Faith (#208)
Apr 12, 2024
Why Didn't I Choose Eastern Orthodoxy? (#207)
Apr 10, 2024
What is "Eastern Orthodoxy?" (#206)
Apr 08, 2024
Bible Study of Genesis, Part 7: The Patriarch (#205)
Apr 05, 2024
From the Vault: Easter and "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" (#204)
Apr 03, 2024
From the Vault: Easter in a World Gone Trans? (#203)
Apr 01, 2024
Bible Study of Genesis, Part 6: The Nations (#202)
Mar 29, 2024
Resistance and Rejection on the Road to Rome (#201)
Mar 27, 2024
Did Jesus Establish the Catholic Church? (#200)
Mar 25, 2024
Bible Study of Genesis, Part 5: Noah's Ark (#199)
Mar 22, 2024
Warrior Monks?! (#198)
Mar 20, 2024
Those Who Work, Those Who Fight, and Those Who Pray (#197)
Mar 18, 2024
Bible Study of Genesis, Part 4: The Kids Are Not Alright (#196)
Mar 15, 2024
Why is Catholicism Hierarchical? (#195)
Mar 13, 2024
From Satanism to Catholicism (#194)
Mar 11, 2024
Bible Study of Genesis, Part 3: The Fall of Man (#193)
Mar 08, 2024
Mysteries of the Faith, Part 2 (#192)
Mar 06, 2024
Mysteries of the Faith, Part 1 (#191)
Mar 04, 2024
Bible Study of Genesis, Part 2: In God's Image (#190)
Mar 01, 2024
Bible Study of Genesis, Part 1: Seven Days (#189)
Feb 28, 2024
"Star of the Sea?" (#188)
Feb 26, 2024
What is the Bible About? (#187)
Feb 23, 2024
Pastors and Priests, Part 2 (#186)
Feb 21, 2024
Pastors and Priests, Part 1 (#185)
Feb 19, 2024
How to Join the Catholic Church (#184)
Feb 16, 2024
From the Vault: Explaining Lent to a Protestant (#183)
Feb 14, 2024
Annulments, Part 2: Process (#182)
Feb 12, 2024
Annulments, Part 1: Grounds (#181)
Feb 08, 2024
Myths About Catholic Marriage (#180)
Feb 05, 2024
How is Catholic Marriage Different? (#179)
Feb 01, 2024
What About Weed? (#178)
Jan 29, 2024
AI, Robots, and Reality (#177)
Jan 26, 2024
Is the Catholic Church Still Catholic? (#176)
Jan 25, 2024
Speed Bumps on the Road to Rome, Part 3: Doctrinal Questions (#175)
Jan 22, 2024
Speed Bumps on the Road to Rome, Part 2: Historical Baggage (#174)
Jan 18, 2024
Speed Bumps on the Road to Rome, Part 1: Cultural Barriers (#173)
Jan 15, 2024
Catholicism vs. Communism (#172)
Jan 12, 2024
Three Questions About Baptism (#171)
Jan 09, 2024
Armor for the Battle (#170)
Jan 05, 2024
My Story and the Purpose of this Podcast (#169)
Jan 02, 2024
Snapshot: Is Mary Really the ”Mother of God?” (#168)
Dec 28, 2023
Snapshot: Is the Christian Life Worth It? (#167)
Dec 26, 2023
Christmas Snapshot: Mary’s Place in the Manger (#166)
Dec 22, 2023
New Age But the Same Old Devil (#165)
Dec 21, 2023
From New Age Nashville and On the Road to Rome (#164)
Dec 18, 2023
Snapshot: Is Christianity Impractical or Impossible? (#163)
Dec 15, 2023
Snapshot: Is Christianity Crazy? (#162)
Dec 13, 2023
Searching for a Christmas Playlist (#161)
Dec 11, 2023
Good Popes, Bad Popes, Mostly Average Popes (#160)
Dec 08, 2023
Snapshot: Discover Advent (#159)
Dec 04, 2023
Snapshot: Stuff Jesus Never Said (#158)
Nov 29, 2023
The Crusades (#157)
Nov 27, 2023
Snapshot: Christ the King (#156)
Nov 25, 2023
Snapshot: The End of Ordinary Time (#155)
Nov 22, 2023
Charity and Social Justice (#154)
Nov 20, 2023
Listener Questions, Part 2 (#153)
Nov 15, 2023
Demons (#152)
Nov 13, 2023
Snapshot: ”God, Country, Notre Dame” (#151)
Nov 09, 2023
What is Evil? (#150)
Nov 06, 2023
Snapshot: Taking Death Seriously (#149)
Nov 02, 2023
Snapshot: (Un)Happy Reformation Day! (#148)
Oct 31, 2023
The Pursuit of Happiness (#147)
Oct 30, 2023
Snapshot: More About UFOs (#146)
Oct 28, 2023
Listener Questions, Part 1 (#145)
Oct 25, 2023
Our Duty to Improve (#144)
Oct 23, 2023
Revisiting an Evangelical Protestant Church (#143)
Oct 22, 2023
Can We Participate in Halloween? (#140)
Oct 16, 2023
What are Angels? (#142)
Oct 09, 2023
UFOs: Aliens, Angels, or...? (#141)
Oct 02, 2023
Why Does the Church Baptize Infants? (#139)
Sep 25, 2023
How to Choose a Church (#132)
Sep 18, 2023
Is Catholicism...Spooky? (#138)
Sep 11, 2023
What Do Catholics Have to Believe? (#137)
Sep 04, 2023
The Eldest Daughter of the Church (#136)
Aug 29, 2023
What is Faith? (#135)
Aug 28, 2023
Is the Bible the Word of God? (#134)
Aug 21, 2023
Where Did the New Testament Come From? (#133)
Aug 14, 2023
Catholic vs. Protestant Bibles? (#131)
Aug 07, 2023
Do It Again (#130)
Jul 31, 2023
The Galileo Myth (#129)
Jul 25, 2023
Is Catholicism Anti-Science? (#128)
Jul 17, 2023
Catholic vs. Protestant Views on Creation and Evolution (#127)
Jul 10, 2023
Mission? Vocation? How Should I Organize My Life? (#126)
Jul 03, 2023
Why Go to Church? (#125)
Jun 26, 2023
”Binding and Loosing?” (#124)
May 29, 2023
Finding Friends in a Catholic Parish, Part2 (#123)
May 18, 2023
Finding Friends in a Catholic Parish, Part 1 (#122)
May 15, 2023
Seven Deadly Sins: Lust (#121)
May 11, 2023
Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony (#120)
May 08, 2023
Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth (#119)
May 04, 2023
Seven Deadly Sins: Greed (#118)
May 01, 2023
Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath (#117)
Apr 27, 2023
Seven Deadly Sins: Envy (#116)
Apr 24, 2023
The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride (#115)
Apr 20, 2023
The Seven Deadly Sins: Introduction (#114)
Apr 17, 2023
Book Club: ”Frankenstein” (#113)
Apr 13, 2023
Easter and ”Brother Sun, Sister Moon” (#112)
Apr 10, 2023
Holy Land Diaries, Part 2: Jerusalem (#111)
Apr 06, 2023
Holy Land Diaries, Part 1: The Sea of Galilee (#110)
Apr 03, 2023
Does the Virgin Mary Really Appear to People? (#107)
Mar 30, 2023
Why Do Catholics Go On ”Pilgrimages?” (#106)
Mar 27, 2023
Movie Club: ”The Sound of Music” (#105)
Mar 23, 2023
The “H-Word” (#109)
Mar 21, 2023
How Far Can the Faith be Bent? (#108)
Mar 20, 2023
When Isn’t it Christianity Anymore? (#104)
Mar 16, 2023
Does Doctrine Even Matter Anymore? (#103)
Mar 13, 2023
A Protestant Asks, ”Why is Catholic Art...Weird?” (#102)
Mar 09, 2023
Explaining Lent to a Protestant (#101)
Mar 06, 2023
What is Hell? (#100)
Mar 02, 2023
What is Purgatory? (#99)
Feb 27, 2023
What is Heaven? (#98)
Feb 23, 2023
Funerals, Families, Food, and Sex, Part 2 (#97)
Feb 20, 2023
Funerals, Families, Food, and Sex, Part 1 (#96)
Feb 16, 2023
Movie Club: ”The Mission” (#95)
Feb 13, 2023
Common Decency (#94)
Feb 09, 2023
Is This All There Is? (#89)
Feb 06, 2023
Sex, Personal Morality, and Catholicism (#88)
Feb 02, 2023
Why Not “Mere Christianity?” (#93)
Jan 30, 2023
How to Read the Bible (#92)
Jan 26, 2023
The Dictatorship of Relativism (#91)
Jan 23, 2023
Faith and Reason (#90)
Jan 19, 2023
Will I Be Judged? (#86)
Jan 16, 2023
A Good Death? (#85)
Jan 12, 2023
The Year Zero Problem (#84)
Jan 09, 2023
Pop Culture and Catholicism (#83)
Jan 05, 2023
Book Club: A Canticle for Leibowitz (#82)
Jan 02, 2023
Why Am I A Catholic? Part 2 of 2 (#81)
Dec 29, 2022
Why Am I A Catholic? Part 1 of 2 (#80)
Dec 26, 2022
Whatever Happened to Christmas Carols? Part 2 (#87)
Dec 22, 2022
Whatever Happened to Christmas Carols? Part 1 (#86)
Dec 19, 2022
Mary and the Messiah (#84)
Dec 15, 2022
How Catholic Can I Be Without Being Catholic? (#71)
Dec 12, 2022
Do I Have to Go to Church on Sunday? (#45)
Dec 08, 2022
Lent in the Footsteps of Jesus and the Apostles (#85)
Dec 07, 2022
The Eucharist vs. Guardian Angels? (#75)
Dec 05, 2022
A Protestant Goes to Eucharistic Adoration (#78)
Dec 01, 2022
Catholic Christmas Myths (#77)
Nov 28, 2022
Luther, Calvin, and Catholicism (#47)
Nov 24, 2022
A Eucharistic Advent (#79)
Nov 21, 2022
Christ the King (#76)
Nov 17, 2022
Cracking The Protestant Worldview (#67)
Nov 14, 2022
Book Club: ”Voyage to Alpha Centauri” (#70)
Nov 10, 2022
Why Do Catholics Keep Relics of the Saints? (#43)
Nov 07, 2022
Holy Water? Statues? Candles? Weird? Nope! Sacramentals. (#48)
Nov 03, 2022
What Happens When We Die? (#69)
Oct 31, 2022
Diary of a Young Priest (#73)
Oct 27, 2022
Book Club: The Rise of the Antichrist and the World’s Last Day (#65)
Oct 24, 2022
The Communion of the Saints (#66)
Oct 20, 2022
How Are Catholic Priests Trained? (#72)
Oct 17, 2022
Families, Children, and the Law (#68)
Oct 13, 2022
Teaching a Protestant to Pray the Rosary (#60)
Oct 10, 2022
Explaining the Rosary to a Protestant (#59)
Oct 06, 2022
The Hail Mary Prayer (#34)
Oct 03, 2022
To Jesus Through Mary (#58)
Sep 29, 2022
The One Great Thing to Love on Earth: The Blessed Sacrament (#64)
Sep 26, 2022
Why Do Protestants Reject the Catholic Eucharist? (#63)
Sep 22, 2022
The Eucharist and the Miracle of Holy Communion (#57)
Sep 19, 2022
”Fight Like Heaven!” (#62)
Sep 15, 2022
The Real Presence in the Eucharist: Transubstantiation (#56)
Sep 12, 2022
The Miracle of Consecration (#55)
Sep 08, 2022
The Eucharist and the Metaphysics of the Mass (#54)
Sep 05, 2022
The Eucharist, Scripture, and Suppers (#53)
Sep 01, 2022
Practical Benefits of the Catholic Life (#51)
Aug 29, 2022
Can We Lose Our Salvation? (#50)
Aug 25, 2022
Protestant Anxiety vs. Catholic Comfort (#49)
Aug 22, 2022
Why Is the Eucharist So Important to Catholics? (#44)
Aug 18, 2022