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Episodes (494)
What is Heaven? Part 4: Three Destinations (#342)
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What is Heaven? Part 3: We Will Be Judged (#341)
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Killer Rabbits and Gargoyles: What Medieval Art Teaches Catholics Today (#340)
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What is Heaven? Part 2: The Moment of Death (#339)
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What is Heaven? Part 1: Checking Our Vocabulary (#338)
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Peter’s Keys, Leo’s Tears: The Joy of a New Pope (#337)
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Is "Reformed Theology" Just Tweed-Coated Evangelicalism? (#336)
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Is Pope Leo XIV Red or Blue? Why That’s the Wrong Question (#335)
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Habemus Papam! Why I’m Loyal to the Church Under Leo XIV (#334)
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Tartaria or Catholicism? Rediscovering a Lost Civilization (#333)
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Cosplay or Catholicism? Are Sacred Things Really Sacred? (#332)
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What I Don't Want in a New Pope (#331)
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Inside the Conclave: The 60-Year Fight Over the Church’s Vision (#330)
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One Church, One Leader: Why the Pope’s Funeral Stopped the World (#329)
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A Pope's Funeral and Rome's Hidden Gem (#328)
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Thoughts on the Death of Pope Francis (#327)
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Holy Land (and Holy Week) Diary, Part 2: Jerusalem (#326)
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Holy Land Diary, Part 1: The Galilee Region (#325)
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From the Vault: Easter in a World Gone Trans? (#324)
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Confirmation: A Gift, Not a Checkbox (#323)
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The 2.3 Tipping Point: the Cost of Chasing Prosperity Over Purpose (#322)
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Catholics, Contraception, and Happiness? (#321)
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Road to Rome? A New Twist on a Familiar Tale (#320)
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Will We See Our Dogs in Heaven? (#319)
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"Election" in Catholicism vs. Calvinism (#318)
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Catholics and Politics (#317)
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Can You Be Patriotic and Catholic? (#316)
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Asceticism: When No Means Yes (#315)
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Myth-Busting Lent (#314)
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When a Pope Passes, Part 2 (#313)
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When a Pope Passes, Part 1 (#312)
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Faith or Works? Part 10: Is the Church a Real Thing? (#311)
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Faith or Works? Part 9: Locked In or Left Guessing? The Truth About Eternal Secu...
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Faith or Works? Part 8: The Mystery of Merit (#309)
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Faith or Works? Part 7: Indulgences (#308)
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Faith or Works? Part 6: Purgation (#307)
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Can Suffering Have Value? (#306)
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Faith or Works? Part 5: Types of Sin and Whether We Can "Work Them Off" (#305)
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Faith or Works, Part 4: A Call to Growth (#304)
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Faith or Works? Part 3: Where to Begin—Jesus or Paul? (#303)
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Faith or Works? Part 2: Biblical Examples (#302)
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Faith or Works? Part 1: Bringing the Receipts (#301)
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Arguing with Protestants, Part 3: Proof Texting Proves Nothing (#300)
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Arguing with Protestants, Part 2: What Came First, the Bible or the Church? (#29...
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Arguing with Protestants, Part 1: "The Early Church Wasn't Roman Catholic!" (#29...
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Finishing the Race (#297)
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What's the Greatest Thing You Can Love on This Earth? (#296)
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The Twelfth Day of Christmas: Epiphany (#295)
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Starting the Year on the Right Foot: The Feast of Mary, the Mother of God (#294)
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Mary and the Messiah (#293)
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