What does ex nihilo mean? We’ll find out in this episode and learn more about the Church’s teaching on God creating the world out of nothing, and what it means for us.

In this episode we’ll hear the difference between love as a passion and love as a choice and learn how the two types of love work together inF long lasting relationships.

Anointing of the Sick for many years was thought to be only for those were near death, but there is more to this powerful sacrament.

It can be difficult to fathom what eternity is like, and yet our lives are all bound for an eternal rest! In this episode we consider the final destinations of heaven and hell and shed light on what those realities are like.

An Advance Directive is a document in which one makes provisions for their health care in case of the event that they will be unable to in the future, due to medical reasons (unconsciousness, senility, etc.). What is the moral thing for do for a Catholic

At the end of our lives, all of us will be judged before God and our lives will be accounted for. What does this mean for us? Then, at the end of the world, a general judgement will occur for the entire world. Is this event near? How would we know?

Faith is a word that’s used a lot in popular culture, but what does it actually mean? In this episode, we ask the question, what is faith? Is blind faith the same as faith?

In the first part of a three-part series on the Four Last Things, Fr. Marotti focuses in on how death relates to the idea of a loving God and one’s free will.

From one hardship to another, blind and horribly scarred, Saint Kateri Tekakwitha transformed her difficult life into a thing of beauty.

Many in the Catholic and non-Catholic world alike wonder why Roman Catholic priests give up sex for their vocation. This episode explains why the Church practices this discipline, and offers reasons for why it’s a good idea.

Within the deep history of the Catholic Church is that of monasteries, which have developed greatly since the Middle Ages. Among this development the Cluny reforms mark a significant point in the history of the monastic life that has endured ever since.

In our pursuit toward heaven we must have the virtue of hope, and the virtue is different from hope as an emotion. In this episode we’ll explain this difference and uncover the necessity of this virtue in our Christian lives.

In this episode we talk about some of the many heresies have arisen in the history of the Church; an understanding of which can help us to correctly understand our faith today.

There is only one way to be baptized, right? Well, kind of yes and kind of no! In this episode we talk about the three different ways we speak of baptism: by water, blood, and desire.

St. Alphonsus is more than just a parish down the street. This founder of the Redemptorists had a great influence on many souls in Italy that has spread throughout the world.

Humility is a complicated thing. How do you really be humble when you are as good looking, intelligent, funny, and perfect as you are?!

If you’ve ever heard of St. John Fisher, you might think of him only as the other saint who was beheaded by English King Henry VIII around the same time as St. Thomas More. But who was he? Why is he so important for us today? Find out in this episode.

How do the sacraments work? In this episode, we learn what the phrase ex opere operato means, and how it relates to the validity of the sacraments.

Three goods come with the sacrament of marriage. Listen in to find out how they benefit the couple, the family, and society.

Who is the master behind the Pietà, the David, and so many other world-renowned works of art?

Even though we are worlds apart, St. Louis IX is an example of living for God exactly where He has placed us.

Fr. Alec Scott discusses how God gives us sacraments according to our human nature and our current state of life, so to be easily sensed by our human nature.

In this passage, God establishes a new covenant with His people as a result of their sin. God is not satisfied with our sin, but rather desires to repair that broken bond. In this episode, we also see the connection between this passage and the Last Supp

The passions are often pitted against virtue, but if that’s the case, how can we explain Jesus’ anger towards the money changers in the temple? In this Catholic Bytes episode, Deacon Nathan Ricci explains how Scripture can help man to understand himself