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The Power to Cast Out Demons

Ever since the release of The Exorcist in 1973, Hollywood has held onto the genre of religious horror, never shying from the chance to give their audience a good scare, especially when the premises of the films are based on true stories. Even from an industry notorious for its secularistic and materialistic culture, it is...Continue reading→

Did Jesus Really “Descend into Hell”?

I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hell; on the third day he rose again from...Continue reading→

The Feasts of Faith (Part II)

This is Part II of a discussion from The Faith Explained. You can read Part I here. Cale moved on to the next Hebrew feast, Rosh Hashanah, which translated means “head of the year” or “first of the year”. And, as the translation indicates, this celebration is the feast of the Jewish New Year. For...Continue reading→

Feasts of Faith

Just as we have major feast days in the Catholic Church, there are major feasts in the Old Testament that were celebrated by the Israelites. And interestingly enough, the feasts of the Old Testament directly foreshadow the ones in the New Testament. Cale Clarke spent a segment of The Faith Explained taking a look back...Continue reading→

Freedom of the Children of God

Our human dignity consists in being loved as God’s own sons and daughters, free to love in return. As Fr. Fernando Ocáriz relates: Our divine filiation enables our freedom to expand with all the strength that God has bestowed on it. It is not by emancipating ourselves from the Father’s house that we become free,...Continue reading→

The Catholic Church’s Teaching on Sexuality

NOTE: This article features some sensitive topics that may not be suitable for younger readers. Please use discretion. If you were to ask the average non-Catholic about the Catholic Church and it’s teaching on homosexuality and gender, it wouldn’t be shocking if you received an answer about how the Church is anti-gay and transphobic, or...Continue reading→

What is the “State of Grace?”

Recently on The Patrick Madrid Show, Patrick received a Twitter question from listener Ashley that read: What does “state of grace” mean? If someone is to die in the state of grace, do they bypass purgatory and go straight to heaven? If we have residual sin when we die, why go to confession? Patrick broke...Continue reading→

Did Jesus Reject the Old Testament Law of Moses?

“Morality is not man’s prison but rather the divine element in him … The morality that the Church teaches is not some special burden for Christians. It is the defense of man against the attempt to abolish him. If morality – as we have seen – is not the enslavement of man but his liberation,...Continue reading→

What Will Happen When the World Ends?

There are countless movies and books about the end of the world, and what might happen when the earth succumbs to nuclear conflict, apocalyptic natural disasters, or it’s swallowed up by a zombie infection or an alien invasion. We’ve seen it in War of the Worlds, A Quiet Place, I Am Legend, Mad Max, Snowpiercer,...Continue reading→

Returning to Gaudete et Exsultate

I thought it would be worthwhile to return to Pope Francis’ wonderful Apostolic Exhortation On the Call to Holiness in Today’s World—Gaudete et Exsultate, because this should be the goal of each one of us, as well as for the whole Church: holiness means the happiness that comes from union with God that reaches its...Continue reading→

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