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1

Why Don't We Just Dedicate Babies? (#476)

2

"Dear Doubting Thomas..." Part 7: The Church on Paper vs. the Church in the Pews (#475)

3

"Dear Doubting Thomas..." Part 6: Why Should I Trust Your Pope? (#474)

4

"Dear Doubting Thomas..." Part 5: What Happens on the Altar in the Eucharist? (#473)

5

"Dear Doubting Thomas..." Part 4: Why Would We Need Purgatory? (#472)

6

"Dear Doubting Thomas..." Part 3: Why Do Penance if Christ Already Paid the Price? (#471)

7

"Dear Doubting Thomas..." Part 2: Why Confess to a Priest? (#470)

8

"Dear Doubting Thomas,..." Part 1: Is the Catholic Church for Real? (#469)

9

Mary in the Dock, Part 7: Her Bodily Assumption into Heaven (#469)

10

Mary in the Dock, Part 6: Her Perpetual Virginity (#468)

11

How Do Altar Rails Make You Feel? (#467)

12

Who Is a "Christian?" (#466)

13

Where Peter Is (#465)

14

Mary in the Dock, Part 5: The Immaculate Conception (#464)

15

Mary in the Dock, Part 4: The Ark of the New Covenant (#463)

16

Development of Doctrine in Real Time: Live Debates and Clear Boundaries (#462)

17

What Development of Doctrine Really Is (And Isn’t) (#461)

18

Mary in the Dock, part 3: Is Mary the New Eve? (#460)

19

Mary in the Dock, Part 2: Mother of God — Blasphemy or Biblical Truth? (#459)

20

Mary in the Dock, Part 1: Is Devotion to Her Idolatry? (#458)

21

Mystery, Magic, and the Search for Meaning (#464)

22

Why I’m Not Giving Hot Takes on the New AI Encyclical (Yet) (#463)

23

The Sexual Subtext Behind So Many Anti-Catholic Arguments (#462)

24

Moral Theology, Part 3: Prudential Judgments (#461)

25

Moral Theology, Part 2: Tools and Norms (#460)

26

Moral Theology, Part 1: The Anatomy of Evil (#459)

27

10 Years Catholic: What We’re Grateful For, and What Still Surprises Us (#457)

28

Just How Depraved Are You? (#456)

29

"I Never Said You Stole His Money:" Why “Bible Alone” Doesn't Work (#455)

30

Imago Dei in the Age of AI, Part 4: Our Destiny Lies Beyond the Machines (#454)

31

Imago Dei in the Age of AI, Part 3: Will AI *Really* Change the World? (#453)

32

Imago Dei in the Age of AI, Part 2: The Problems AI Can’t Solve (#452)

33

Imago Dei in the Age of AI, Part 1: Why the Devil Envies You (#451)

34

The Real Reason the Catholic Church Ordains Only Men (#450)

35

Elders or Priests? Why Catholic Authority Isn’t Earned—It’s Entrusted (#449)

36

Blessed Triduum 2026: Gratitude, Love, and a Peek at What's Coming (#448)

37

Holy Week in Jerusalem: Walking Where the Gospels Happened (#447)

38

Easter in Jerusalem: The Garden Tomb vs. the Real Empty Tomb (#446)

39

From Babel to Pentecost: Why We Still Need Latin at Mass (#445)

40

Irish Guilt vs. Italian Joy: Why Catholicism Holds Both Sin and Forgiveness Perfectly (#444)

41

Livestream: Walking the First Holy Week in Jerusalem – Sunday March 22 | 7 PM EST

42

OCIA: The Bridge to Rome — Easter Vigil Mass (#443)

43

OCIA: The Bridge to Rome — The Sacraments of Initiation (#442)

44

The End of Ed the Protestant (#441)

45

Done with Church? (#440)

46

When No Means Yes: The Ancient Case for Lent (#439)

47

The Sacrament That Ends the Secret: Talking Confession with Ed (#438)

48

Stylistic Differences at Mass: Chant, Contemporary, Traditional, and Everything In Between (#437)

49

Mass Anywhere: Exploring Parishes, Oratories, Campus Chapels, and Missions (#436)

50

Stuff Jesus Never Said (#435)

51

OCIA: The Bridge to Rome – Trusting the Church, Part 2: Submission of Intellect and Will (#434)

52

OCIA: The Bridge to Rome – Trusting the Church, Part 1: The Profession of Faith (#433)

53

OCIA: The Stations of the Cross (#432)

54

Coming Feb 15: Our First Live Webinar – Egeria’s Epic Pilgrimage Proves the Early Church Was Catholic!

55

OCIA: The Scrutinies and Mass Dismissals (#431)

56

OCIA: Lent (#430)

57

When You Oppose the Pope's Poltics, Part 3 (#429)

58

When You Oppose the Pope's Politics, Part 2 (#428)

59

When You Oppose the Pope's Politics, Part 1 (#427)

60

From the Vault: Can Catholics Be Patriotic? (#426)

61

Why Three Little Words Have Split Christianity for 1,000 Years (#425)

62

OCIA: Catholic Moral Theology (#424)

63

OCIA: The Liturgical Calendar (#423)

64

Meet Jacob: A Millennial's Road to Rome, Part 2 (#422)

65

Meet Jacob: A Millennial’s Road to Rome, Part 1 (#421)

66

From the Vault: "Our Duty to Improve (#420)

67

How a 16th-Century Pope Saved New Year’s Day (#419)

68

The Star, the Gifts, the Surrender (#418)

69

Greg's Christmas Message 2025

70

The Ox, the Donkey, and the Baby Jesus (#417)

71

The Real Christmas Starts in a Womb: the Annunciation Over the Nativity (#416)

72

Debunking the "Christmas is a Pagan Holiday" Meme (#415)

73

The Pope vs. the Shriners: What’s the Real Problem with Freemasonry? (#414)

74

Fractal Equations and the Creator Who Signed His Work (#413)

75

The Green Book (#412)

76

Divine Mysteries: The Immaculate Conception (#411)

77

Dvine Mysteries: Theotokos (#410)

78

Further Up and Further In (#409)

79

Divine Mysteries: Logos, Christ, Pantoccrator, Returning King (#408)

80

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (#407)

81

Divine Mysteries: The Incarnation (#406)

82

Divine Mysteries: The Trinity (#405)

83

Catholic Education Options for Parents (#404)

84

Catholic Education: Goals and Challenges (#403)

85

OCIA: The Four Marian Dogmas (#402)

86

OCIA: The Communion of the Saints (#401)

87

400th Anniversary Episode: Big Plans for the Future! (#400)

88

Why Proving God Misses the Point: A Fresh Look at Belief (#399)

89

Catholic Social Teaching: Rorschach Test or Roadmap? (#398)

90

OCIA: Step Into Sacred Space – A Tour of the Catholic Church (#397)

91

OCIA: The Mass: A Portal to Eternal Worship (#396)

92

Natural Law: Why the Church Cares About Your Past Vows (#395)

93

OCIA: Scripture and Tradition (#394)

94

What's Up With Ed the Protestant? (#393)

95

No Bad News = No Good News: The Cost of Soft-Pedaling Sin (#392)

96

OCIA: The Creeds, a Summary of the Gospel (#391)

97

Holy Spirit Part 2: Catholic Mysticism and Miracles (#390)

98

Holy Spirit, Part 1: Speaking in Tongues and Slain in the Spirit? A Catholic Take on Pentecostalism (#389)

99

OCIA: The Holy Spirit and the Seven Sacraments (#388)

100

Noah's Ark to Peter's Boat: Typology in the Sistine Ceiling (#387)

101

OCIA: The Catholic Church (#386)

102

God's Finger: Are We Saved By Our Own Works? (#385)

103

Feminine Genius: Catholic Ideals for Bold Women (#384)

104

OCIA: Jesus Christ, the Main Character (#383)

105

Steel and Sanctity: The Medieval Ideal of Christian Manhood (#382)

106

OCIA: The Gospel Story (#381)

107

Dying in Grace: Sacraments, Prayers, and the Catholic Art of a Happy Death (#380)

108

The Art of Dying, Then and Now (#379)

109

OCIA: Basic Catholic Prayers (#378)

110

OCIA: The Catechism of the Catholic Church (#377)

111

Out of the Cave, Into the Cathedral: Catholicism's Bigger Vision (#376)

112

OCIA: The Bridge (#375)

113

Am I Going to Heaven? A Pamphlet, Protestants, and Catholic Truth (#374)

114

The Church and Her Fathers, Part 4: From Apostles to Fathers--The Church's Timeless Unity (#373)

115

The Church and Her Fathers, Part 3: Voices of the Early Church (#372)

116

The Church and Her Fathers, Part 2: Militant, Suffering, Triumphant—And What It Means for You (#371)

117

The Church and Her Fathers, Part 1: It's Called "The Church," So Say The Church (#370)

118

Baptism, Part 2: Adults (#369)

119

Baptism, Part 1: Infants (#368)

120

Old Progressives vs. Young Trads: Generational Battles in the Pews (#367)

121

Kids in Church, Part 2: Discipline? Boredom? Learning? (#366)

122

Hollywood's Catholic Caricatures: Fat Bishops, Mean Nuns, and the Big Con (#365)

123

Hollywood's Hidden Script: How Media Warps Our View of the World (#364)

124

Noble Savages and Black Legends: How Stories Stack the Deck Against Catholicism (#363)

125

Escaping the Argument Clinic: When Faith Debates Go Nowhere (#362)

126

Judaism, Israel, and Catholicism: Addressing a Convert's Concern (#361)

127

Kids in Church: Why Catholic Mass Beats Evangelical Entertainment (#360)

128

The Church's Messy Past: How a Thought Experiment Helped Me Convert (#359)

129

Translation Traps? Manuscript Mysteries, Word Wars, and the Sola Scriptura Sinkhole (#358)

130

KJV Only? Debunking a Fundamentalist Myth and Discovering Catholic Bibles (#357)

131

The Cost of Discipleship, Part 2 (#356)

132

The Cost of Discipleship, Part 1 (#355)

133

Protestant Games, Part 2: The Berean Gambit (#354)

134

Protestant Games, Part 1: Why Play By Protestant Rules? (#353)

135

Evangelicals and Israel, the Alamo and End Times (#352)

136

Why Do Protestants Choose the Bible of the Rabbis Over the Bible of the Apostles? (#351)

137

Why Evangelicals Choose Galilee Over St. Peter’s (#350)

138

Who's View of Sex is Stranger? Catholic or Protestant? (#349)

139

Burritos, Bridges, and Truth: Why Catholicism Isn’t a House of Cards (#348)

140

Is The Mass Just "Going Through the Motions?" (#347)

141

What is Heaven? Part 6: New Heaven, New Earth, New Us (#346)

142

What is Heaven? Part 5: The Resurrection (#345)

143

Sublime or Subjective? A Tale of Two Services (#344)

144

Raging Tacos: Are We Too Hard on Protestants? (#343)

145

What is Heaven? Part 4: Three Destinations (#342)

146

What is Heaven? Part 3: We Will Be Judged (#341)

147

Killer Rabbits and Gargoyles: What Medieval Art Teaches Catholics Today (#340)

148

What is Heaven? Part 2: The Moment of Death (#339)

149

What is Heaven? Part 1: Checking Our Vocabulary (#338)

150

Peter’s Keys, Leo’s Tears: The Joy of a New Pope (#337)

151

Is "Reformed Theology" Just Tweed-Coated Evangelicalism? (#336)

152

Is Pope Leo XIV Red or Blue? Why That’s the Wrong Question (#335)

153

Habemus Papam! Why I’m Loyal to the Church Under Leo XIV (#334)

154

Tartaria or Catholicism? Rediscovering a Lost Civilization (#333)

155

Cosplay or Catholicism? Are Sacred Things Really Sacred? (#332)

156

What I Don't Want in a New Pope (#331)

157

Inside the Conclave: The 60-Year Fight Over the Church’s Vision (#330)

158

One Church, One Leader: Why the Pope’s Funeral Stopped the World (#329)

159

A Pope's Funeral and Rome's Hidden Gem (#328)

160

Thoughts on the Death of Pope Francis (#327)

161

Holy Land (and Holy Week) Diary, Part 2: Jerusalem (#326)

162

Holy Land Diary, Part 1: The Galilee Region (#325)

163

From the Vault: Easter in a World Gone Trans? (#324)

164

Confirmation: A Gift, Not a Checkbox (#323)

165

The 2.3 Tipping Point: the Cost of Chasing Prosperity Over Purpose (#322)

166

Catholics, Contraception, and Happiness? (#321)

167

Road to Rome? A New Twist on a Familiar Tale (#320)

168

Will We See Our Dogs in Heaven? (#319)

169

"Election" in Catholicism vs. Calvinism (#318)

170

Catholics and Politics (#317)

171

Can You Be Patriotic and Catholic? (#316)

172

Asceticism: When No Means Yes (#315)

173

Myth-Busting Lent (#314)

174

When a Pope Passes, Part 2 (#313)

175

When a Pope Passes, Part 1 (#312)

176

Faith or Works? Part 10: Is the Church a Real Thing? (#311)

177

Faith or Works? Part 9: Locked In or Left Guessing? The Truth About Eternal Security (#310)

178

Faith or Works? Part 8: The Mystery of Merit (#309)

179

Faith or Works? Part 7: Indulgences (#308)

180

Faith or Works? Part 6: Purgation (#307)

181

Can Suffering Have Value? (#306)

182

Faith or Works? Part 5: Types of Sin and Whether We Can "Work Them Off" (#305)

183

Faith or Works, Part 4: A Call to Growth (#304)

184

Faith or Works? Part 3: Where to Begin—Jesus or Paul? (#303)

185

Faith or Works? Part 2: Biblical Examples (#302)

186

Faith or Works? Part 1: Bringing the Receipts (#301)

187

Arguing with Protestants, Part 3: Proof Texting Proves Nothing (#300)

188

Arguing with Protestants, Part 2: What Came First, the Bible or the Church? (#299)

189

Arguing with Protestants, Part 1: "The Early Church Wasn't Roman Catholic!" (#298)

190

Finishing the Race (#297)

191

What's the Greatest Thing You Can Love on This Earth? (#296)

192

The Twelfth Day of Christmas: Epiphany (#295)

193

Starting the Year on the Right Foot: The Feast of Mary, the Mother of God (#294)

194

Mary and the Messiah (#293)

195

A Considering Catholicism Classic: What Happened to Christmas Carols? (#292)

196

Traditional Catholic Christmas Celebrations (#291)

197

What's Going On With This Podcast? (#290)

198

The 12 Days of Christmas? (#289)

199

Our Lady of Guadalupe (#288)

200

What is a "Year of Mercy?" (#287)

201

What is the "Immaculate Conception?" (#286)

202

Pursuing (or Ignoring?) "Truth, Goodness, and Beauty" (#285)

203

What Is, or Are, "Truth, Goodness, and Beauty?" (#284)

204

What is the "Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe?" (#283)

205

What is the "Sacred Heart of Jesus?" (#282)

206

From the Vault: What is Hell? (#281)

207

From the Vault: What is Purgatory? (#280)

208

From the Vault: "What is Heaven?" (#279)

209

Where Did the Catholic Mass Come From? (#278)

210

How Are Catholic Funerals Different? (#277)

211

From the Vault: Unhappy Reformation Day!

212

From the Vault: Can We Celebrate Halloween?

213

Is There Salvation Outside of the Catholic Church? (#276)

214

Catholicism and Other Religions (#275)

215

Anointing the Sick (#274)

216

Heresies Recycled (#273)

217

From the Vault: The 'Five Solas' of Protestantism (#272)

218

From the Vault: Explaining Confession to a Protestant (#271)

219

"I'm Spiritual, Not Religious!" Part 2 (#270)

220

"I'm Spiritual, Not Religious!" Part 1 (#269)

221

The Pope Says We Should Read Novels (#268)

222

Has the Virgin Mary Been Appearing in Bosnia? (#267)

223

Does Science Disprove Religion? (#266)

224

Should You Go On a Spiritual Retreat? (#265)

225

Beware The Noontime Demon! (#264)

226

Why Don't People Go To Church? Part 4: Have You Invited Them? (#263)

227

IVF: Catholicism and In Vitro Fertilization (#262)

228

Updates on the Podcast (#261)

229

It Has to Matter, Part 2 (#260)

230

Why Are Young Catholic Women Wearing Chapel Veils? (#259)

231

Why Don't People Go To Church? Part 4: Talking About Theology (#258)

232

Why Don't People Go to Church? Part 3: It Has to Matter (#257)

233

Listener Questions: Tabernacles? Anglicanism/Episcopalianism? (#256)

234

Listener Questions: Dreams? Catholic Continuity? (#255)

235

Why Don't People Go to Church? Part 2: Attachments (#254)

236

Why Don't People Go to Church? Part 1 (#253)

237

The "End Times?" Catholic Eschatology, Part 2 (#252)

238

The "End Times?" Catholic Eschatology, Part 1 (#251)

239

Can Our Pain and Suffering be Redemptive? (#250)

240

What Do Protestants Believe? (#249)

241

Book Club: "Les Miserables," Part 2 (#248)

242

Book Club: "Les Miserables," Part 1 (#247)

243

Catholicism and the Bible, Part 9: Hearing and Knowing (#246)

244

"The Sex Talk" (#245)

245

The Unseen World (#244)

246

Catholicism and the Bible, Part 8: Vernacular Translations (#243)

247

Questions: Mary the Mother of God? Praying to Saints? Sacramental Records? (#242)

248

“But the Catholic Church is Corrupt!” Part 2 (#241)

249

Catholicism and the Bible, Part 7: The "Rules" for Bible Interpretation (#240)

250

"But the Catholic Church is Corrupt!" Part 1 (#239)

251

When Friends and Family Don't Understand (#238)

252

How is Mary the "Queen of Heaven?" (#237)

253

Listener Questions: Mary's Free Will, More About Birth Control, and Baptists vs. the Nicene Creed (#236)

254

Catholicism and the Bible, Part 6: How to Read the Bible (#235)

255

Contraception vs. Catholicism (#234)

256

How Was Tradition Transmitted in the Early Church? (#233)

257

Catholicism and the Bible, Part 5: The Old Testament in Catholic and Protestant Bibles (#232)

258

The Miracle of Transubstantiation (#231)

259

What is the Eucharist and Why is It So Important to Catholics? (#230)

260

Catholicism and the Bible, Part 4: The New Testament and Protestants’ "Sola Scriptura" (#229)

261

If God is Good, Then Why Do We Suffer? (#228)

262

"Predestination?" Does God Make People for Heaven or Hell? (#227)

263

Catholicism and the Bible, Part 3: The Deposit of Faith (#226)

264

Inviting Non-Catholics to Mass (#225)

265

Ed Visits His Old "Girlfriend" (#224)

266

Catholicism and the Bible, Part 2: Before the Bible? (#223)

267

Why Does the Pope Have His Own Country? Part 2 (#222)

268

Why Does the Pope Have His Own Country? Part 1 (#221)

269

Catholicism and the Bible, Part 1: What is "God's Word?" (#220)

270

Listener Questions: Traditional Latin Mass? Priests in Cassocks? (#219)

271

Listener Questions: Becoming Catholic, Baptizing Grandchildren, Parish Shopping (#218)

272

Podcast News: Friday Deep Dives! (#217)

273

Catholicism Meets Modernity (#216)

274

How Catholicism Overcame Paganism (#215)

275

Bible Study of Genesis, Part 10: Into Egypt (#214)

276

Why Is It So Hard to Join the Catholic Church? (#213)

277

Do "Good Works" Get Us to Heaven? (#212)

278

Bible Study of Genesis, Part 9: Wrestling with God (#211)

279

The "Vision Thing" (#210)

280

Are Catholics "Born Again?" (#209)

281

Bible Study of Genesis Part 8,: A Father's Faith (#208)

282

Why Didn't I Choose Eastern Orthodoxy? (#207)

283

What is "Eastern Orthodoxy?" (#206)

284

Bible Study of Genesis, Part 7: The Patriarch (#205)

285

From the Vault: Easter and "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" (#204)

286

From the Vault: Easter in a World Gone Trans? (#203)

287

Bible Study of Genesis, Part 6: The Nations (#202)

288

Resistance and Rejection on the Road to Rome (#201)

289

Did Jesus Establish the Catholic Church? (#200)

290

Bible Study of Genesis, Part 5: Noah's Ark (#199)

291

Warrior Monks?! (#198)

292

Those Who Work, Those Who Fight, and Those Who Pray (#197)

293

Bible Study of Genesis, Part 4: The Kids Are Not Alright (#196)

294

Why is Catholicism Hierarchical? (#195)

295

From Satanism to Catholicism (#194)

296

Bible Study of Genesis, Part 3: The Fall of Man (#193)

297

Mysteries of the Faith, Part 2 (#192)

298

Mysteries of the Faith, Part 1 (#191)

299

Bible Study of Genesis, Part 2: In God's Image (#190)

300

Bible Study of Genesis, Part 1: Seven Days (#189)

301

"Star of the Sea?" (#188)

302

What is the Bible About? (#187)

303

Pastors and Priests, Part 2 (#186)

304

Pastors and Priests, Part 1 (#185)

305

How to Join the Catholic Church (#184)

306

From the Vault: Explaining Lent to a Protestant (#183)

307

Annulments, Part 2: Process (#182)

308

Annulments, Part 1: Grounds (#181)

309

Myths About Catholic Marriage (#180)

310

How is Catholic Marriage Different? (#179)

311

What About Weed? (#178)

312

AI, Robots, and Reality (#177)

313

Is the Catholic Church Still Catholic? (#176)

314

Speed Bumps on the Road to Rome, Part 3: Doctrinal Questions (#175)

315

Speed Bumps on the Road to Rome, Part 2: Historical Baggage (#174)

316

Speed Bumps on the Road to Rome, Part 1: Cultural Barriers (#173)

317

Catholicism vs. Communism (#172)

318

Three Questions About Baptism (#171)

319

Armor for the Battle (#170)

320

My Story and the Purpose of this Podcast (#169)

321

Snapshot: Is Mary Really the ”Mother of God?” (#168)

322

Snapshot: Is the Christian Life Worth It? (#167)

323

Christmas Snapshot: Mary’s Place in the Manger (#166)

324

New Age But the Same Old Devil (#165)

325

From New Age Nashville and On the Road to Rome (#164)

326

Snapshot: Is Christianity Impractical or Impossible? (#163)

327

Snapshot: Is Christianity Crazy? (#162)

328

Searching for a Christmas Playlist (#161)

329

Good Popes, Bad Popes, Mostly Average Popes (#160)

330

Snapshot: Discover Advent (#159)

331

Snapshot: Stuff Jesus Never Said (#158)

332

The Crusades (#157)

333

Snapshot: Christ the King (#156)

334

Snapshot: The End of Ordinary Time (#155)

335

Charity and Social Justice (#154)

336

Listener Questions, Part 2 (#153)

337

Demons (#152)

338

Snapshot: ”God, Country, Notre Dame” (#151)

339

What is Evil? (#150)

340

Snapshot: Taking Death Seriously (#149)

341

Snapshot: (Un)Happy Reformation Day! (#148)

342

The Pursuit of Happiness (#147)

343

Snapshot: More About UFOs (#146)

344

Listener Questions, Part 1 (#145)

345

Our Duty to Improve (#144)

346

Revisiting an Evangelical Protestant Church (#143)

347

Can We Participate in Halloween? (#140)

348

What are Angels? (#142)

349

UFOs: Aliens, Angels, or...? (#141)

350

Why Does the Church Baptize Infants? (#139)

351

How to Choose a Church (#132)

352

Is Catholicism...Spooky? (#138)

353

What Do Catholics Have to Believe? (#137)

354

The Eldest Daughter of the Church (#136)

355

What is Faith? (#135)

356

Is the Bible the Word of God? (#134)

357

Where Did the New Testament Come From? (#133)

358

Catholic vs. Protestant Bibles? (#131)

359

Do It Again (#130)

360

The Galileo Myth (#129)

361

Is Catholicism Anti-Science? (#128)

362

Catholic vs. Protestant Views on Creation and Evolution (#127)

363

Mission? Vocation? How Should I Organize My Life? (#126)

364

Why Go to Church? (#125)

365

”Binding and Loosing?” (#124)

366

Finding Friends in a Catholic Parish, Part2 (#123)

367

Finding Friends in a Catholic Parish, Part 1 (#122)

368

Seven Deadly Sins: Lust (#121)

369

Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony (#120)

370

Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth (#119)

371

Seven Deadly Sins: Greed (#118)

372

Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath (#117)

373

Seven Deadly Sins: Envy (#116)

374

The Seven Deadly Sins: Pride (#115)

375

The Seven Deadly Sins: Introduction (#114)

376

Book Club: ”Frankenstein” (#113)

377

Easter and ”Brother Sun, Sister Moon” (#112)

378

Holy Land Diaries, Part 2: Jerusalem (#111)

379

Holy Land Diaries, Part 1: The Sea of Galilee (#110)

380

Does the Virgin Mary Really Appear to People? (#107)

381

Why Do Catholics Go On ”Pilgrimages?” (#106)

382

Movie Club: ”The Sound of Music” (#105)

383

The “H-Word” (#109)

384

How Far Can the Faith be Bent? (#108)

385

When Isn’t it Christianity Anymore? (#104)

386

Does Doctrine Even Matter Anymore? (#103)

387

A Protestant Asks, ”Why is Catholic Art...Weird?” (#102)

388

Explaining Lent to a Protestant (#101)

389

What is Hell? (#100)

390

What is Purgatory? (#99)

391

What is Heaven? (#98)

392

Funerals, Families, Food, and Sex, Part 2 (#97)

393

Funerals, Families, Food, and Sex, Part 1 (#96)

394

Movie Club: ”The Mission” (#95)

395

Common Decency (#94)

396

Is This All There Is? (#89)

397

Sex, Personal Morality, and Catholicism (#88)

398

Why Not “Mere Christianity?” (#93)

399

How to Read the Bible (#92)

400

The Dictatorship of Relativism (#91)

401

Faith and Reason (#90)

402

Will I Be Judged? (#86)

403

A Good Death? (#85)

404

The Year Zero Problem (#84)

405

Pop Culture and Catholicism (#83)

406

Book Club: A Canticle for Leibowitz (#82)

407

Why Am I A Catholic? Part 2 of 2 (#81)

408

Why Am I A Catholic? Part 1 of 2 (#80)

409

Whatever Happened to Christmas Carols? Part 2 (#87)

410

Whatever Happened to Christmas Carols? Part 1 (#86)

411

Mary and the Messiah (#84)

412

How Catholic Can I Be Without Being Catholic? (#71)

413

Do I Have to Go to Church on Sunday? (#45)

414

Lent in the Footsteps of Jesus and the Apostles (#85)

415

The Eucharist vs. Guardian Angels? (#75)

416

A Protestant Goes to Eucharistic Adoration (#78)

417

Catholic Christmas Myths (#77)

418

Luther, Calvin, and Catholicism (#47)

419

A Eucharistic Advent (#79)

420

Christ the King (#76)

421

Cracking The Protestant Worldview (#67)

422

Book Club: ”Voyage to Alpha Centauri” (#70)

423

Why Do Catholics Keep Relics of the Saints? (#43)

424

Holy Water? Statues? Candles? Weird? Nope! Sacramentals. (#48)

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What Happens When We Die? (#69)

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Diary of a Young Priest (#73)

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Book Club: The Rise of the Antichrist and the World’s Last Day (#65)

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The Communion of the Saints (#66)

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How Are Catholic Priests Trained? (#72)

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Families, Children, and the Law (#68)

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Teaching a Protestant to Pray the Rosary (#60)

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Explaining the Rosary to a Protestant (#59)

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The Hail Mary Prayer (#34)

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To Jesus Through Mary (#58)

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The One Great Thing to Love on Earth: The Blessed Sacrament (#64)

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Why Do Protestants Reject the Catholic Eucharist? (#63)

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The Eucharist and the Miracle of Holy Communion (#57)

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”Fight Like Heaven!” (#62)

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The Real Presence in the Eucharist: Transubstantiation (#56)

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The Miracle of Consecration (#55)

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The Eucharist and the Metaphysics of the Mass (#54)

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The Eucharist, Scripture, and Suppers (#53)

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Practical Benefits of the Catholic Life (#51)

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Can We Lose Our Salvation? (#50)

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Protestant Anxiety vs. Catholic Comfort (#49)

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Why Is the Eucharist So Important to Catholics? (#44)

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Making the Eucharist Matter Again (#40)

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Book Club: A Tale of Two Priests (#41)

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What Does it Mean to ”Be Catholic?” (#42)

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More Protestant Questions About the Pope: Can He Just Make Stuff Up? (#39)

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A Protestant Asks, ”Why Do Catholics Have a Pope?” (#38)

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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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Welcome to ”Book Club!” What Makes a Story ”Catholic?” (#36)

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A Protestant Asks About the Virgin Mary (#35)

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A Culture of Life? Or a Culture of Death? (#33)

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What Happened to Catholicism in America Over the Last 50 Years? Part 2 (#32)

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July 2022 Update (#31)

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What Happened to Catholicism in America Over the Last 50 Years? Part 1 (#30)

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Are Catholics Really Christians? (#29)

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Worldviews: Plastic Modernity (#28)

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Why Do Catholics Have Cathedrals? (#27)

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Explaining the Saints to a Protestant (#26)

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Explaining Confession to a Protestant (#25)

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From Belize to Michigan to New York City (#24)

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Worldviews: Moralistic Therapeutic Deism (#23)

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Church Music: Catholic vs. Protestant, Part 2 (#22)

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Church Music: Catholic vs. Protestant, Part 1 (#21)

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Worldviews: Marxism (#18)

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Why Would a Teenager Convert to Catholicism? (#20)

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”Dear Disinformation Governance Board...” (#19)

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A Protestant Reacts to His First Mass (#17)

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Explaining the Catholic Mass to a Protestant, Part 2 (#15)

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Movie Review of ”Father Stu” (#16)

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Explaining the Catholic Mass to a Protestant, Part 1 (#14)

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Easter in a World Gone Trans? (#13)

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A Protestant Asks, ”Are Catholics Trying to Earn Their Way Into Heaven?” (#12)

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The Courageous Calling of Catholic Parents (#11)

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Field Trip to Detroit (#10)

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Answering Protestant Questions (#9)

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A Conversation with My Protestant Friend (#8)

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From Chief of Police to Catholic Priest (#7)

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Are the Ukrainians Fighting a ”Just War?” (#6)

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Bells, a Boy, and Becoming Catholic (#5)

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Making More, and Better, Catholics? (#4)

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Evangelizing with History (#3)

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Preview Trailer

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Is Catholicism Mysterious? (#2)

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Is Catholicism Still Relevant? (#1)