Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhen You Oppose the Pope's Poltics, Part 3 (#429)
Episode 432
The Hundred Years’ War split Catholic Europe, with popes and bishops backing different sides in a brutal conflict between England and France. A teena…
4 months, 1 week ago
When You Oppose the Pope's Politics, Part 2 (#428)
Episode 431
In 1302 a devout lay Catholic was sentenced to death by a papal legate for refusing to surrender his city’s freedom to foreign control. He spent his …
4 months, 1 week ago
When You Oppose the Pope's Politics, Part 1 (#427)
Episode 430
What do faithful Catholics do when the Vatican’s diplomatic choices seem to conflict with love of country or local sovereignty? It’s not a new questi…
4 months, 1 week ago
From the Vault: Can Catholics Be Patriotic? (#426)
Episode 434
Greg and Ed the Protestant explore a tension many feel today—does belonging to the truly universal ("catholic") Church mean we have to downplay or ev…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Why Three Little Words Have Split Christianity for 1,000 Years (#425)
Episode 427
Greg and Cory dive into "the Filioque clause"—those three controversial words ("and the Son") added to the Nicene Creed in the West—and explores why …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
OCIA: Catholic Moral Theology (#424)
Episode 424
In this installment of the "OCIA: The Bridge to Rome" series, Greg explores Catholic moral teaching, starting with the shared love of the Ten Command…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
OCIA: The Liturgical Calendar (#423)
Episode 423
In this episode of the OCIA: The Bridge to Rome series, we dive into the Catholic liturgical calendar—what it is, how it works, and why it matters fo…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Meet Jacob: A Millennial's Road to Rome, Part 2 (#422)
Episode 426
In Part 2 of our conversation, Jacob opens up about the final stretch of his road to Rome—approaching the Tiber with an 80% conviction, navigating th…
5 months ago
Meet Jacob: A Millennial’s Road to Rome, Part 1 (#421)
Episode 425
Greg introduces Jacob, a 34-year-old software engineer (working in AI), husband, and father of soon-to-be-four who's recently come into the Catholic …
5 months ago
From the Vault: "Our Duty to Improve (#420)
Episode 433
As New Year's Eve approaches and many of us think about resolutions, we're pulling a classic episode from the vault: "Our Duty to Improve."
In this c…
5 months, 1 week ago