Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCatholics and Politics (#317)
Episode 319
Catholic leaders—priests, bishops, even popes—sometimes share their opinions about various political issues. Some Catholics and those considering Cat…
1 year ago
Can You Be Patriotic and Catholic? (#316)
Episode 318
The Catholic Church is a universal community, transcending time, space, races, languages, nations. So can you be a faithful Catholic and still be pat…
1 year ago
Asceticism: When No Means Yes (#315)
Episode 317
Lent is a time of self-denial, which is a feature (not a bug) of ancient Christianity. It's a form of "asceticism," which Protestants and Evangelical…
1 year ago
Myth-Busting Lent (#314)
Episode 316
As Lent begins, it's time for the annual Lent-bashing on social media (particularly on X) by some Protestants and fundamentalist Evangelicals. Greg t…
1 year ago
When a Pope Passes, Part 2 (#313)
Episode 315
Greg and Ed speculate about how the Catholic Church might (or might not) change whenever Pope Francis passes.
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1 year ago
When a Pope Passes, Part 1 (#312)
Episode 314
Pope Francis has been in the hospital for a couple of weeks. We are praying for his recovery, but it raises the question: what happens when a pope pa…
1 year ago
Faith or Works? Part 10: Is the Church a Real Thing? (#311)
Episode 313
In practice, most Protestants believe that after justification we are called to grow in sanctification through good works, which is the Catholic posi…
1 year ago
Faith or Works? Part 9: Locked In or Left Guessing? The Truth About Eternal Security (#310)
Episode 312
This is one of those age-old debates—“Once saved, always saved?” or can you lose your salvation? And who’s really fretting at night—Catholics, or our…
1 year ago
Faith or Works? Part 8: The Mystery of Merit (#309)
Episode 311
Greg tackles one of the trickiest, most misunderstood words in Catholic theology: “merit.” The very mention of merit sets off alarm bells for many no…
1 year ago
Faith or Works? Part 7: Indulgences (#308)
Episode 310
The whole Faith vs. Works debate really kicked off in 1517, when Martin Luther complained about the Catholic Church charging German peasants money fo…
1 year, 1 month ago