Divorce, Remarriage and Annulments in the Catholic Church

Divorce is one of the most misunderstood topics in Catholicism and it’s something that touches almost all of our lives. In this video lesson we look at the Catholic teaching also the passage in the Gospels where Christ seems to make an exception for divorce.

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Lent: The Biblical Meaning of the Number 40

In Sacred Scripture, the number forty is a sign of repentance:

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  • God made it rain for forty days and forty nights in the days of Noah (Gen 7:4 – they only ate fish on the ark, not meat and this is one reason why Catholics historically gave up meat during Lent)
  • Moses spent forty days fasting on Mount Sinai with God (Exodus 24:18)
  • The People of Israel people wandered forty years traveling to the Promised Land (Numbers 14:33)
  • Elijah spent forty days and forty nights walking to Mount Horeb (1 Kings 19:8)
  • Jonah prophesied forty days of judgment for Nineveh to repent (Jonah 3:4).
  • Jesus Christ fasted for forty days days in the wilderness, and was tempted by the devil (Matthew 4:1-2, Mark 1:12-13, Luke 4:1-2)
  • Jesus Christ’s was physically dead for about forty hours (3pm Friday till 7am Sunday)

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Homosexuality and Same-Sex Marriage: How to Sanely Explain the Catholic Teaching

If someone asked you, “What do Catholics believe about homosexuality?” would you be ready to give an answer based on Scripture, theology, and natural law? In this video lesson on homosexuality, we give everything you need to answer confidently that question as a Catholic.

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Contraception: How to Explain the Catholic Teaching on Human Sexuality

Contraception is the most controversial topic in Catholicism. In this lesson, we will examine the biblical, historical, theological, and philosophical reasons for why the Catholic Church maintains its teaching against contraception.

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Drugs, Marijuana, and Alcohol: A Catholic Teaching on Intoxication

Today we examine why using drugs or alcohol to enter impaired intellectual states is not only wrong, but constitutes grave sin.

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Forum Focus 32: Evolution and Genesis

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What is Apologetics?

So what is apologetics? The word Apologetics comes from the Greek word apologia meaning “defense.” Saint Peter, our first Pope wrote in 1 Peter 3:15 that we should always be ready to give a defense of the hope that is within us. Here Saint Peter uses the Greek word “apologia” for the word “defense”

It does not entail “I’m sorry,” rather it entails “I defend this.” So it is a defense of the Christian Faith in its totality.

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