Catechesis

Can Catholics Attend Invalid Weddings? (The Patrick Madrid Show)

Can Catholics Attend Invalid Weddings? (The Patrick Madrid Show)

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When Melissa wrote to The Patrick Madrid Show, her email was simple and direct: she’d been a bridesmaid in two weddings years ago, both involving Catholics who married outside the Church without dispensation. Now that she understands her faith better, she wonders if she sinned by participating. Patrick begins with calm reassurance. “If you didn’t […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more
Why Do We Call the Pope “Our Holy Father?” (The Patrick Madrid Show)

Why Do We Call the Pope “Our Holy Father?” (The Patrick Madrid Show)

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Image via Fabrizio Maffei / Shutterstock. On The Patrick Madrid Show, Patrick takes a call from Jerry in Nashville, who asks a question that many non-Catholics – and even some Catholics – wonder about: “Why do we call the Pope ‘Holy Father’ if he’s just a man like everyone else?” Patrick explains that this title […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more
Is Protestant Baptism Valid in the Eyes of the Catholic Church? (The Inner Life with Patrick Conley)

Is Protestant Baptism Valid in the Eyes of the Catholic Church? (The Inner Life with Patrick Conley)

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In this episode of The Inner Life, Patrick Conley welcomes Fr. Michael Hartge, Vicar General for the Diocese of Columbus, to unpack one of the most common questions Christians might ask: “Is my baptism valid?” A caller named Matt joins the show from Tennessee. He was baptized in a Baptist church as a child and […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more
Dilexi Te: Pope Leo Urges a Return to Almsgiving as a Living Expression of Christian Love

Dilexi Te: Pope Leo Urges a Return to Almsgiving as a Living Expression of Christian Love

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In his first Apostolic Exhortation, Dilexi Te (“I have loved you”), Pope Leo XIV invites the faithful to rediscover almsgiving as an essential act of Christian life and a tangible expression of love for God and neighbor. The Holy Father writes that, even in a world of complex social systems and organized aid programs, almsgiving […]
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