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Saints and Skeptics

Saints and Skeptics

By: Michael Ryan
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What if doubt isn’t the enemy of faith, but the doorway to deeper understanding? Saints and Skeptics takes you beyond surface-level answers into thoughtful conversations at the crossroads of Catholicism, history, philosophy, and real-world skepticism. Whether you believe, question, or wrestle with both, this is the podcast that isn’t afraid to tackle what others avoid.Copyright Michael Ryan Spirituality
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  • What does the word 'Catholic' mean?
    Jul 17 2025
    In this episode of Saints and Skeptics we ask "What does the word "Catholic" really mean? What's the difference between the words “Roman Catholic” and just “Catholic”? How is the word “Catholic” different from the word "Christian"?


    Lets find out!



    Citations from this episode:

    • https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catholic
    • https://canonlaw.ninja/?nums=830&v=ccc
    • https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1405.htm
    • https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/pacian_1_letter1.htm
    • https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes/institutes.vi.iii.html
    • https://www.exclassics.com/foxe/foxintro.htm
    • https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2028&version=NABRE
    • https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%2016&version=NABRE
    • https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Galatians%203&version=NABRE
    • https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation%207&version=NABRE
    • https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0109.htm
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    28 mins
  • Who is Robert Francis Prevost (Pope Leo XIV)?
    Jul 11 2025
    Habemus Papam everyone! The Catholic church officially has a new Pope, and he has taken the name of Pope Leo XIV. On this episode of Saints & Skeptics we ask "who is this new Pope? What do we know about Robert Francis Prevost, and what can we expect from him in the coming months and years?"


    Lets find out…

    Citations from this episode:

    • https://www.augustinianorder.org/where-we-are
    • https://www.beafriar.org/frequently-asked-questions
    • https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/pope-leo-xiv-says-family-is-between-a-man-and-a-woman-and-asserts-the-dignity-of-the-unborn
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20250509044847/https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-05/biography-of-robert-francis-prevost-pope-leo-xiv.html
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20250508173008/https://chicago.suntimes.com/religion/2025/05/03/robert-prevost-pope-francis-conclave-catholic-church-dolton-saint-mary-assumption-parish
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    36 mins
  • [Prayer Series] Hail, Holy Queen - The Salve Regina
    Jul 3 2025
    Saints & Skeptics Prayer Series - Hail, Holy Queen - The Salve Regina

    Recited five times.

    To follow along:

    Hail, holy Queen, Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To you do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To you do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn, then, O most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this, our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

    Pray for us, O holy Mother of God.

    That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

    Amen.
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    3 mins
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