Catholic Sphere
Every week a different host brings on a panel of 3 experts to tackle topics on the minds of Catholics. From theology to social media, from young parents to the universal church, surround yourself with solid answers as you enter the Catholic Sphere!
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End of Life: Dignity of Care
Doug Keck, Sr. Deirdre Byrne, Fr. John Paul Mary, and Colin B. Donovan discuss the medical and pastoral dimension of treating those who are passing from this world to the next.
2026-03-12
Feminism Is the New Pagan Mega Church
Doug and his panel of experts discuss the serious problems with the feminist ideology and break down the ways in which feminism is hurting women, instead of helping.
2026-03-05
Beginning of Life: the New Genetics
Doug Keck and his panel of experts discuss what acceptable uses of genetic technologies Catholics can morally participate in for the good of mankind in the battle against evil.
2026-02-05
It's a Wonderful Life! The Ups & Downs!
Doug and his panel of experts consider the pastoral priorities, look at diocesan and religious data, and also speaks with a priest about the ups and downs of the life of a priest.
2026-01-15
Deacons Or Deaconesses?
Doug Keck and his panel of experts answer questions about Deaconesses, their origin in the Eastern Catholic Church and if deaconesses are in the future of the Catholic Church.
2025-12-04
Stating Your Rights: the Mob, the People, Or the Party
Doug and his panel discuss rights, how governments and ideologies are involved and who can provide clarity when determining who is capable of possessing a common vision of justice.
2025-11-13
Do We Still Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident?
Doug and his expert panelists discuss the origin of our rights in America, America’s founding documents, the Church’s take and the nature of “self-evident” in political philosophy.
2025-10-23
Vatican II: Rapturous Rupture Or Comforting Continuity? Which Is It?
Doug Keck and his expert panelists discuss whether Vatican II was a “development” or a “rupture” of the tradition of what had come before by pastorally trying a new approach.
2025-10-02
Dr. Newman, Is My Doctrine Still Developing? Is Doctrinal Development Good for the Church?
Doug Keck and his panelists discuss St. John Henry Newman’s essay on the development of doctrine and the fruit of his movement toward the Catholic Church and away from Anglicanism.
2025-09-25
The Theology of Home: Cultivating Prayer and Peace in the Home, Pt. 2
Debbie Cowden and her panel of experts discuss hospitality and offer ways for Catholic moms to find God-centered ways to evangelize through hosting at home in the domestic church.
2025-09-18
Saintly Inspiration for the Youth: St. Pier Giorgio Frassati & St. Carlo Acutis
Ryan Penney, alongside Christine M. Wohar and Courtney Mares, reflects on the lives of the newly canonized saints, Saint Pier Giorgio Frassati and Saint Carlo Acutis.
2025-09-11
Does Truth Have a Future in a Subjective World?
Doug Keck, with Dr. David Anders, Noah Lett, and Colin B. Donovan, discusses the definition of truth, its relationship to subjectivity, and explains whose “truth” is really true.
2025-09-04
The Theology of Home: Cultivating Prayer and Peace in the Home Pt. 1
Debbie Cowden and her panel of experts offer suggestions for Catholic moms who aim to discover God centered ways for designing their homes as domestic churches for their families.
2025-08-28
Soon-to-Be-Saints: Bl. Pier Giorgio Frassati & Bl. Carlo Acutis
As the canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati and Blessed Carlo Actus approaches, Ryan Penney and his panel of experts dive into the lives of these soon-to-be-saints.
2025-08-21
"Quo Vadis" Reason
Doug Keck and his expert panelists discuss how society got to sub-atomic realities and how they connect and contrast to spiritual truths when connected to man’s existence for God.