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Back to SearchSnapshot: Discover Advent (#159)
Episode 159
We have begun Advent, the liturgical season of the four Sundays leading up to Christmas. Advent means "coming" or "arriving," but what, exactly, is c…
2 years, 3 months ago
Snapshot: Stuff Jesus Never Said (#158)
Episode 158
Those who want to change the Church's teaching on homosexuality and same-sex marriage like to argue from Jesus' silence on the issue: "If Jesus didn'…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Crusades (#157)
Episode 157
Ed asks about the Crusades: did the Catholic Church really launch brutal wars of colonization, invading Muslim ancestral lands with hordes of Catholi…
2 years, 3 months ago
Snapshot: Christ the King (#156)
Episode 156
In the last snapshot ("The End of Ordinary Time"), Greg pointed out that the Catholic Church has a major feast to celebrate the end of ordinary time …
2 years, 3 months ago
Snapshot: The End of Ordinary Time (#155)
Episode 155
Ordinary Time is coming to an end, very soon. If that sounds alarming and weird to you, then listen to this short explanation of the Catholic concept…
2 years, 4 months ago
Charity and Social Justice (#154)
Episode 154
Ed the Protestant asks about the Catholic Church's commitment to charity and the poor. Greg explains where that comes from and the related but very d…
2 years, 4 months ago
Listener Questions, Part 2 (#153)
Episode 153
Greg answers questions sent in by listeners (send your own to consideringcatholicism@gmail.com):
"I'm a recent convert to Catholicism, but my wife is…2 years, 4 months ago
Demons (#152)
Episode 152
What does the Catholic Church teach about Satan and demons? Is he, or are they, the opposing force in the universe to God and angels? What do they kn…
2 years, 4 months ago
Snapshot: ”God, Country, Notre Dame” (#151)
Episode 151
This iconic motto is all over merchandise at the University of Notre Dame. Non-Notre Dame fans find it arrogant and annoying. But most don't realize …
2 years, 4 months ago
What is Evil? (#150)
Episode 150
What does the Catholic Church teach about what evil actually is? Is it the opposite of good, like light/dark or yin/yang? Is it moral failing? Being …
2 years, 4 months ago