Growing up, I assumed that the Catholic Church taught that people who were not Christian could not go to heaven. That view never sat well with me, so it was a...
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What do you bring to a baby shower? Your relationship to the child or their parents may influence the decision. If it’s a coworker’s kid, likely you buy a cute...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify Catholics often have to explain to their Protestant friends that no, we don’t worship Mary. We do venerate her, though...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify Most people in the United States probably remember learning the story of the first Thanksgiving back in elementary school...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify For the first few centuries of the church, Christians were pacifists. Jesus’ teachings about turning the other cheek...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify When we talk about the global history of Catholicism, we may be tempted to portray the church as the unequivocal moral hero...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify Some Catholic saints, like Mary Magdalene or Francis of Assisi, are widely known even in secular culture. Other saints...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify The mandate to welcome the stranger predates Christianity and has been both a moral obligation and a sacred trust in many...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify The question of whether a priest should ever withhold communion from a Catholic has become the subject of heated debate in...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify Many similarities and common threads can be found between Christian and Muslim faith traditions. Both Christianity and...
