 Amanda Vernon and Father Matt Fase, CSC, share a story together. But it's far from being the sappy, predictable romantic story that you'd think. Instead, it's a beautiful story of the human desire for authentic friendship and true happiness. Topics we discussed:
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 What if the way we view the body — our own and those of the persons around us — could change? What if the root of our attraction to pornography could be redeemed at its core — in our hearts? What if we could rediscover the beauty and truth of our bodies and sexuality in such a way that the pornified vision loses its appeal? Show Notes Topics we discussed:
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Find Steve PokornyFind Holy Family School of Faith  If you're speaking to someone who struggles with (or denies) the existence of God, sometimes it makes more sense to leapfrog past the question of the existence of God, and talk specifically about Jesus. Why might this be? Show Notes Topics we discussed:
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 There's something about church architecture that is uniquely beautiful and uniquely important. Show notes Topics we discussed:
 Arguably, Saint Paul is the greatest evangelist who ever lived. The whole history of Christianity would be radically different without Paul and his mission in the church. Show notes Topics we discussed:
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Find Holy Family School of Faith  It seems like every time you go online and check out the news that's there some new, horrible chapter to one or another scandal plaguing the Catholic Church right now. Right now it's important to ask: What good can possibly come of this moment in the Catholic Church? Show Notes Topics we discussed:
Find Holy Family School of Faith  To take Saint Augustine seriously as a person, and not just as some stray thoughts you can cobble together into your own version of a church father that never existed, requires a Catholic worldview. Show Notes Topics we discussed:
Find Holy Family School of Faith  Jesus is real - and you can walk in the places where He's walked. A trip to the Holy Land gives you the chance to experience the Bible that just can't be replaced by reading through the pages. Show Notes Topics we discussed:
Find Holy Family School of Faith and Dr. Mike Scherschligt, STD  There is an entire book dedicated to the Blessed Mother in the Qur'an. Our Lady is mentioned thirty-four times throughout Islam's holy book. In the Qur'an, Mary's holiness is celebrated - second only to Mohammad's daughter, Fatima. What role does Our Lady play in a conversation between Catholics and Muslims? Show Notes Topics we discussed:
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 This is a special and particularly serious episode of The Catholic Podcast as we explore the sexual abuse scandal of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick and the consequences for all of us throughout the Catholic Church. Show Notes Topics we discussed:
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 One of the biggest doctrines drawing people to or away from Catholicism is the Eucharist. So why do Catholics believe in it so strongly, given that it's such a hard teaching? Show Notes Topics we discussed:
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 So, you've decided to use natural family planning. Has it blessed your marriage? Deepened your respect for your body? Has it made your sex life fantastic? Do you and your spouse hold hands at sunset, and do pink flowers grow around your marital bed? If so, this interview with Simcha Fisher about NFP is not for you. Show Notes Topics we discussed:
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Find Simcha Fisher:  Venerable Fulton Sheen writes that "life may be like a game of cards; we cannot help the hand that is dealt us, but we can help the way we play it." Why does God allow suffering in our lives, and how can our suffering be redemptive? Show Notes Topics we discussed:
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 J.R.R. Tolkien wrote, "“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” How do we encounter that which is fair, what is beautiful, with our hearts? Show Notes Topics we discussed:
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 Saint Basil says that “Painters with their pictures achieve for the cause of religion that which preachers accomplish with their eloquence.” Show Notes Topics we discussed:
Find School of Faith: Images mentioned in this episode:  1 Peter 3:15 calls us to "always be prepared to make a defense to anyone who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence; and keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are abused, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame." That's a tall order. How do we go about doing this? Show Notes Topics we discussed:
 Just as the physical heart is the main organ of human life and the center of hidden “emotional-intellectual-moral activity”, the Sacred Heart of Jesus is the seat of all virtues, the source of all blessings, the place of refuge for all souls Show Notes Topics we discussed:
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 "My heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with Me, but there was none: and for one that would comfort Me, and I found none." (Psalm 69:20) Show Notes Topics we discussed:
 Mormon missionaries knock on the door . . . what do you do? Show Notes Topics we discussed:
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 In a culture that chases power and pleasure, a culture that embraces relativism, just how are students supposed to stay Catholic during college? Show Notes Topics we discussed:
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