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Show Notes #48 - The Latin Fetish?
Some Catholics have become so emotionally attached to Latin that they’ve started treating it like a spiritual power source instead of a language
Catholic News Briefs #6
The Vatican is in a standoff with Germany; and someone is trying to make money off a lie about the conclave. Nothing new about this News Briefs!
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When You Pray, Speak Your Language
Pray in Latin, or in your native language? Why the language you were formed in matters when you bring your heart to God. God receives the Latin, but he's after your heart.
Tradition and Catholic Culture Wars - #Ep. 47
It's not reverence. It's not nostalgia. The real reason young Catholics are drawn to tradition is far deeper than traditionalists or progressives understand.
Show Notes #47 - Beyond Culture Wars in the Church
Culture Wars, Catholicism, and the Search for Something Real. Here are the Show Notes for the latest Fire Branded!
Post Show #47 - Saints Were NOT Trans (The James Martin Drama)
Did Fr. James Martin inadvertently affirm Catholic Teaching on Gender?
St. Jerome is a Protestant's Worst Ally - The Fathers Know Best
Protestants always appeal to Jerome as a kind of patristic ally against the Catholic Church. Here's why that's a big mistake!
Saint Profile: St. Francis of Assisi
The turning point in the life of St. Francis of Assisi that turned this combat warrior into a warrior-saint
