Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCatholics, Contraception, and Happiness? (#321)
Episode 323
Does the Catholic Church’s stance on contraception doom families to misery?Greg and Ed unpack whether the ban on birth control truly burdens househol…
1 year, 2 months ago
Road to Rome? A New Twist on a Familiar Tale (#320)
Episode 322
The Good Samaritan: just a call to help the needy? Explore a 2,000-year-old Catholic twist—Christ as rescuer, the Church as refuge. The road from Jer…
1 year, 2 months ago
Will We See Our Dogs in Heaven? (#319)
Episode 321
How can heaven be perfect if the things that bring us joy in this life are not there with us? For example, the one creature that God gave us capable …
1 year, 2 months ago
"Election" in Catholicism vs. Calvinism (#318)
Episode 320
Last week, those who have prepared to enter the Catholic Church at Easter attended the "Rite of Election" at their local cathedral. The "catechumens,…
1 year, 2 months ago
Catholics 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago