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Catholic Church, faith, culture, and history are explained clearly and simply for anyone curious about historic Catholicism. Faithful to the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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Friday Dec 08, 2023
Friday Dec 08, 2023
A listener named John asks, "What about bad popes who lived immoral lives, etc? How can they lead the Church?" As Greg explains, there have been good popes, bad popes, and mostly average popes, but the office of the seat of Peter is greater than any man who occupies it.
Listen to two previous episodes about the papacy:
#38: “A Protestant Asks, ”Why Do Catholics Have a Pope?”
#39 “More Protestant Questions About the Pope: Can He Just Make Stuff Up?”
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Read the rest of this entry »Monday Dec 04, 2023
Monday Dec 04, 2023
We have begun Advent, the liturgical season of the four Sundays leading up to Christmas. Advent means "coming" or "arriving," but what, exactly, is coming? And has it all arrived yet?
To learn more, watch the series of four videos, "Discover Advent:"
Part 1: https://youtu.be/DxxC6UkyMGM?si=4_ysAk9YE165btSy
Part 2: https://youtu.be/d0dST3iZKs4?si=iJa1n6yrpxkdZLOk
Part 3: https://youtu.be/RwFjqu0zuVg?si=vPINRPz-hgwWIy3p
Part 4: https://youtu.be/rTVP5iFnOwQ?si=UxhhotIV_wfoCwkm
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Read the rest of this entry »Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
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't bother mentioning it in the gospels, it shouldn't matter." Protestants have made similar arguments against Catholicism for 500 years. Greg points out that this is a crazy standard, because there are a whole lot of things that Jesus never talked about that we recognize as essential to Christian morality, ethics, and social justice.
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Read the rest of this entry »Monday Nov 27, 2023
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Ed asks about the Crusades: did the Catholic Church really launch brutal wars of colonization, invading Muslim ancestral lands with hordes of Catholic knights to rape, pillage, and steal the Middle East? Greg explains that much of what people think they know comes from Hollywood and isn't exactly what happened.
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Read the rest of this entry »Saturday Nov 25, 2023
Saturday Nov 25, 2023
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 and the liturgical year. That feast is the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, or Christ the King. It anchors us in the truth of Christ's supremacy and gives us hope that whatever the world throws at us, he is greater.
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Read the rest of this entry »Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
Wednesday Nov 22, 2023
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 conception of time, and the cycles and landmarks that ought to define our lives.
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Monday Nov 20, 2023
Monday Nov 20, 2023
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 different concept of Catholic Social Justice.
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Read the rest of this entry »Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
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 still Protestant. We disagree over which church to raise our children in. My wife loves the passion of her evangelical church and Catholics seem so lukewarm. Do y9u have any advice?"
- "When the priest consecrates the Eucharist, how does the Catholic Church know that he's doing it correctly? How can it be sure that its liturgies and formulas actually work?"
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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.”
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