24 - Holy Orders
What is a priest? Why can't women be ordained? Are there any married Catholic priests? (Yep.) In this episode, we discuss the sacrament of Holy Orders. This episode covers Part Two, Section Two, Chapt...
17 Apr 202230min
23 - The Anointing of the Sick
How come so few people are cured when they receive this sacrament? Why does God allow us to experience sickness and suffering? Does this sacrament actually do anything, or is it just symbolic? In this...
3 Apr 202223min
22 - Confession
Why do we need to confess our sins to a priest? Do Catholics all just have huge guilt complexes? Why not just go straight to God and say sorry? In this episode, we talk about the sacrament of Confessi...
20 Mar 202230min
21 - The Eucharist Pt. 2
How can the Mass be a sacrifice if Christ has already offered the one definitive sacrifice on the cross? Why are only Catholics allowed to receive communion? In this second episode on the Eucharist, w...
6 Mar 202229min
20 - The Eucharist Pt. 1
This is a big one, this one. The Eucharist is the heart and soul of our lives as Catholics. But how does it work? How can Jesus' body and blood truly be present in the consecrated bread and wine? In t...
20 Feb 202230min
19 - Confirmation
What's the deal with Confirmation? Is it just a symbolic coming-of-age ceremony? Why is it necessary, and what does it give us that the other sacraments don't? In this episode we discuss the often-mis...
6 Feb 202229min
18 - Baptism
Do we have to be baptised to go to heaven? What if you're a good person who's never heard of Jesus? Is baptism in a Protestant church valid? In this episode we discuss the first of the three sacrament...
23 Jan 202229min
17 - Liturgy and the Sacraments
Welcome to Part Two of the Catechism! In this episode we briefly introduce some key ideas around sacraments and the liturgy that will guide the next few episodes. What is a sacrament? Why do we always...
9 Jan 202219min
