Considering Catholicism

What Happens When We Die? (#69)

Ed asks Greg what Catholicism believes happens to us when we die. Greg explains the "Four Last Things: death, judgment, heaven, and hell." And that we must always memento mori, "remember our death."

Diary of a Young Priest (#73)

Father Noah Thelan is a new, young Catholic priest. Greg asks him about why and how he became a priest, what it means to him, and what he hopes to accomplish in his priesthood.

Book Club: The Rise of the Antichrist and the World’s Last Day (#65)

In this Book Club episode, Greg and Cory discuss Robert Hugh Benson's 1907 novel Lord of the World, which has been strongly recommended by the last two popes (Benedict XVI and Francis).

The Communion of the Saints (#66)

On the fall equinox, Greg and Ed venture into deep, piney woods and discuss the present and future hope represented by "the Communion of the Saints."

How Are Catholic Priests Trained? (#72)

Greg asks Father John Kartje, the Rector/President of the University of Saint Mary of the Lake and Mundelein Seminary, about what a Catholic priest is, how priests are formed in the seminary, and about what qualifies or disqualifies men to advance to ordination.

Families, Children, and the Law (#68)

Paul Kraus, a prosecutor who has spent his career working with family and child abuse cases and is now running to become a family court judge, talks about what he has learned and how his Catholic faith will provide a framework for justly applying the law.

Teaching a Protestant to Pray the Rosary (#60)

Ed the Protestant has never held or owned a rosary, much less prayed it. So Greg teaches him how.

Explaining the Rosary to a Protestant (#59)

Ed is curious about the Rosary, and Greg explains where it came from, its purpose, and why Catholics pray it.