Is Being a “Good Person” Enough to Get to Heaven?

September 30, 2022September 28, 2022 Articles, Catechesis, The Patrick Madrid Show

If you’ve spent any amount of time in engaging with the modern social sphere in the past few years, you’ve undoubtedly run into people who say things like, “I’m not ... Read more

Am I Culpable for Receiving an Invalid Sacrament?

September 27, 2022September 23, 2022 Articles, Catechesis, The Patrick Madrid Show

You may remember from earlier in 2022 when news came out that thousands of baptisms were declared invalid when it was discovered that a priest in Arizona had erroneously been ... Read more

What’s the Church’s teaching on reincarnation?

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 Articles, Catechesis, The Cale Clarke Show

A listener wrote in to The Cale Clarke Show to ask Cale about the concept of reincarnation. He said that he knows that the Catholic Church teaches that reincarnation does ... Read more

Does God Condone Violence in the Old Testament?

September 22, 2022September 21, 2022 Articles, Catechesis, The Faith Explained

Is God a proponent of violence? Does He condone the rampant fighting and killing seen in the Old Testament? Does He encourage it? How come God seems so different in ... Read more

Initiation: Baptism and Confirmation

September 16, 2022September 14, 2022 Articles, Catechesis, The Inner Life

As we approach the season of autumn, the first day being September 22nd, we’re going to begin to see many things change. The leaves will begin to change colors, the ... Read more

The 4 Elements of God’s Plan for Us

September 14, 2022September 12, 2022 Articles, Catechesis, The Faith Explained

“Then Moses again had recourse to the LORD and said, ‘LORD, why have you treated this people badly? And why did you send me? From the time I went to Pharaoh ... Read more

The Liturgy of the Word: Listening to Christ

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 Articles, Catechesis

As we continue our walk with Jesus through the Mass, we move from His baptism in the river Jordan to His preaching. We experience this in the next part of ... Read more

Why Do Babies Need to Be Baptized?

September 11, 2022September 9, 2022 Articles, Catechesis, The Patrick Madrid Show

Recently on The Patrick Madrid Show, listener Esther called in to the show to ask Patrick two questions. Her first question was why do we baptize people using the Trinitarian ... Read more

What Happens When We Die?

September 9, 2022September 8, 2022 Articles, Catechesis, The Patrick Madrid Show

Recently on The Patrick Madrid Show, Tracy from Oakland called in to ask Patrick a few questions about the concepts of death, what happens to the body, and how we ... Read more

Mass: The Re-Presentation of Christ’s Life

September 7, 2022September 1, 2022 Articles, Catechesis

Let us continue to deepen our Eucharistic Amazement and Revival, as the U.S. bishops are encouraging us to do, by deepening our understanding of the Mass and its parts. The ... Read more

Where do animals go when they die?

September 3, 2022August 30, 2022 Articles, Catechesis, The Patrick Madrid Show

Chances are, at some point in your life, you had a pet or an animal companion and maybe you still do. It could be anything from a dog or cat ... Read more

Why are There Differences in the Four Gospels?

August 30, 2022August 26, 2022 Articles, Catechesis, The Faith Explained

Hi Cale, Thank you so much for your program. Why are there so many differences in the gospels? (For example, with the Christmas stories) Carlos from Chicago Recently on The ... Read more