The Patrick Madrid Show: August 07, 2026 - Hour 3

Patrick explores practical faith questions head-on, tackling confession advice, Church teaching on birth control in Africa, and how Catholics should respond to invitations for non-Catholic weddings. Matters like understanding Nostra Aetate, responding to papal comments on religious pluralism, and explaining Catholic authority to Protestants all come into focus, often with urgency and candor. Listeners are pulled into stories and challenges that refuse easy answers, pushing a living Catholicism into every corner of daily life.   Matthew - My wife and I have a Catholic friend marrying in civil marriage. Tried to explain why we can't go. She is not understanding. How can I phrase it to her? (09:13) Email – Training your eyes (14:30) Yvonne - Nostra Aetate: I have questions on the unity of the document. (17:59) Connie - My cousin is getting married next year and is Baptist. I’m not sure about his fiancée’s faith and history. Do I need to inquire before attending? (28:31) Chuck – Birth control shouldn’t be restricted for people starving in places like Africa. (31:21) Carla – Follow up about Nostra Aetate: How do you reconcile what Pope Francis said 'all religions are a path to God' including communion with Muslims (39:52) James - Sola Scriptura: Talking to my Protestant friends that they need authoritative interpreter and magisterium. What if they counter that? (41:31) Julianne - Birth control was never sanctioned by any Christian religion until Episcopalians and before it was forbidden. (50:21)