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Marian Dogmas – The Inner Life – October 29, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Fr. John LoCoco joins Patrick to discuss Marian Dogmas

  • What are Dogmas?
  • (2:45) why are Maran Dogmas important for Catholics?
  • (8:30) Mary the Mother of God.
  • (15:57) Naser – I am a Muslim: Muslims are the only religion in the world who recognize Jesus as a prophet. It is hard for us Muslims to see Mary as mother of God also since God can’t have mothers

(23:22) Break 1

  • (25:37) Perpetual Virginity of Mary.
  • (32:53) Tom – AS a catechist, Can father add clarity to share ways I can share the element of mystery? The Assumption, Theotokos.

(37:37) Break 2

  • (39:52) The Immaculate Conception.
  • (44:37) The Assumption of Mary.
  • Why does the Catholic Church teach about Doctrinal Development?

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Patrick Conley

Patrick Conley

Patrick Conley was born, raised, and baptized in Wisconsin in a Protestant tradition. After meeting his wife, Kendra, through an Evangelical ministry at the University of Minnesota, they entered the Catholic Church in 2010. They listened to Relevant Radio, specifically The Inner Life, while preparing to enter the Church. Conley now holds a degree in theology from Oxford University and has served the Church in both academic theology and grassroots pastoral ministry. Conley teaches religion classes in a Catholic elementary school, serves as his parish Director of Religious Education, and is in formation for the permanent diaconate. He also hosts Practicing Catholic on Relevant Radio, exclusive to the Minneapolis area’s airwaves, and is a traveling presenter for the Catherine of Siena Institute apostolate. He lives in rural Wisconsin with his wife and their bulldogs, Georgie and Bingley.