Listen on: Apple | Spotify Most people who are even a little familiar with church history will recognize the image of Martin Luther nailing his 95 Theses to a...
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Listen on: Apple | Spotify What do we know about the life of the early Christians in the first few generations after the death of Jesus? While there’s a lot of...
The Tridentine Mass, often referred to as the “Latin Mass” (though this is a misnomer, as there is usually some vernacular involved, especially in the form of...
From Hebrew scriptures to contemporary television, from Medieval manuscripts to Victorian greeting cards, angels loom large in the collective imagination of...
Listen on: Apple | Spotify Mary Magdalene is probably one of the most recognized saints in the Catholic Church. She’s also one of those saints whose true...
Some Catholic apologists talk about the church as though it were a kind of data repository, filled with answers to any possible question a person might have...
Jewish identity is complicated, involving overlapping religious, cultural, and ethnic groups. But the practice of Judaism rules out actual endorsement of...
If I hurt someone I care about, I should admit what I have done and apologize and usually shouldn’t need anybody else there as a mediator. So why do Catholics...
The question occasionally arises from an inquisitive parishioner: “What do priests do all day?” It’s not an unreasonable question from those who only see their...
When Mary gave birth to Jesus, what was it like? Did she experience the same anxiety, fear, mess, and pain that any woman can expect when preparing for...
