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Considering Catholicism (A Catholic Podcast)

Exploring the beliefs, life, and culture of the Catholic Church for curious non-Catholics, and for Catholics who want to know their faith better and share it with others.

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Welcome to our podcast archive. For our full website, with articles, videos, and other resources related to the podcast, go to ConsideringCatholicism.com.

Episodes

4 days ago

#35: Book Club: A Tale of Two Priests

4 days ago

Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory and Shusaku Endo's Silence both tell the story of a persecuted Catholic priest forced to choose between martyrdom and apostasy. In this installment of Book Club, Cory and I explore how the two novels are mirror images that explore the same theme with inverted characters and plots.

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7 days ago

#34: What Does it Mean to ”Be Catholic?”

7 days ago

Who is, or isn't, "Catholic?" What do you have to believe or do to "be Catholic?" What about people who don't or won't do those things? Are they still Catholic?

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Thursday Aug 04, 2022

#33: More Protestant Questions About the Pope (i.e. ”Can He Just Make Stuff Up?”)

Thursday Aug 04, 2022

In Episode 32, I answered Ed's question, "Why do Catholics have a pope?" But we kept going, and covered the everything from whether the pope can make up new doctrines, to megachurch pastors, to why Pope Francis seems to meddle in politics, and whether papal infallibility means he can tell me who will win the Super Bowl.

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Monday Aug 01, 2022

#32: A Protestant Asks, ”Why Do Catholics Have a Pope?”

Monday Aug 01, 2022

Ed asked why Catholics have a pope, which seems crazy to them. I gave him an answer that most "cradle Catholics" wouldn't typically give.

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Thursday Jul 28, 2022

#31: Book Club: Is ’The Lord of the Rings’ the Greatest Catholic Story of the 20th Century?

Thursday Jul 28, 2022

Some argue that the novels of JRR Tolkien, particularly his 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, are the greatest Catholic novels of the 20th Century. Generations of converts to Catholicism have cited it as an important step on their Road to Rome--including Cory and I. In this installment of Book Club, we share why.

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Monday Jul 25, 2022

#30: Welcome to ”Book Club!” What Makes a Story ”Catholic?”

Monday Jul 25, 2022

We're launching a new recurring feature on the podcast: "Book Club." In this first installment, Cory and I talk about what, exactly, makes a story "Catholic."

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Thursday Jul 21, 2022

#29: A Protestant Asks About the Virgin Mary

Thursday Jul 21, 2022

My Protestant friend Ed finally got around to asking me about the biggest problem that Protestants have with Catholicism: the Virgin Mary.

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Monday Jul 18, 2022

#28: A Culture of Life? Or a Culture of Death?

Monday Jul 18, 2022

I was asked to speak at a conference just a few days after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs decision. Here's what I said.

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Friday Jul 15, 2022

#27: What Happened to Catholicism in America Over the Last 50 Years? Part 2

Friday Jul 15, 2022

Part 2 of a two-part episode exploring how and why the Catholic Church in America has shrunk and Catholicism has lost influence over the last half century. (Episodes 26-27.)

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Thursday Jul 14, 2022

Bonus: July 2022 Update

Thursday Jul 14, 2022

It's been exactly 30 days since the last episode released. An update on what's been going on, what's happening, and what's ahead for Considering Catholicism.

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”If you‘re considering Catholicism, then consider this...”

For decades, Greg Smith, M.Div, was a Protestant pastor, missionary, and writer until his ”Road to Rome” brought him into the Catholic Church. Now he shares what he found with anyone who is curious about the Catholic faith. Join him as he answers questions, explores topics, visits places, interviews guests, and discovers the True, the Good, and the Beautiful in ”the faith that was once and for all given to the saints.”

Greg serves as the Dean of the Lakeshore Academy for the New Evangelization and founder of One Whirling Adventure.

Learn more at OneWhirlingAdventure.org.

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