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...
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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...
How do you wish others well during the festive season: Do you say, “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays”? What do you think if someone wishes you a “Good Yule”...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify Different Christian denominations hold varying views on multiple topics. Over the past two thousand years, these doctrinal...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify Christian history is full of stories about relics, from the quest of the holy grail to tales about unscrupulous medieval...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify Do Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus on December 25 because that was the day when the Romans celebrated the feast of...
Catholics have a veritable treasury of beliefs and traditions about Jesus’ family life, but some of these are only tenuously connected with the information we...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify Any Christian who has ever loved a family pet or worked closely with animals has probably, at some point, asked whether...
Listen on: Apple | Google | Spotify Suppose a person were able to time-travel back 800 years and visit Catholic Europe. Despite the common notion that...