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Deacon Patrick Jones, Deacon Doug Flinn and Veronica Ambuul continue their discussion about Sacrosanctum Concilium and Pope Francis' recent statement asking Catholics to re-read the documents of Vatican II. 

In response to Pope Francis' request that Catholics study the documents of Vatican II leading up to a Holy Year in 2025, Deacon Patrick Jones, Deacon Doug Flinn and Veronica Ambuul discuss "Sacrosanctum Concilium," the Vatican II document on the Sacred Liturgy. 

In the wake of the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, there has been a lot of misinformation circulating on social media regarding the Church's approach to miscarriage and infant death. What does the Church really teach about babies who have died before they can be baptized? 

Eucharistic processions, the rosary, shrines, pilgrimages, relics -- are these Catholic devotional practices just cultural artifacts or do they actually serve a purpose? Deacon Patrick Jones, Deacon Doug Flinn and Veronica Ambuul discuss their personal experiences with popular piety. 

Deacon Patrick Jones, Deacon Doug Flinn and Veronica Ambuul discuss the recent letter issued by the Catholic bishops of Colorado requesting that legislators who supported the state's recently-adopted Reproductive Health Equity Act refrain from receiving Holy Communion. 

Deacon Patrick Jones, Deacon Doug Flinn and Veronica Ambuul discuss the concept of subsidiarity, a core tenet of Catholic Social Teaching. What does it mean, and why is it so essential for maintaining a just and free society? 

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops will kick off a nationwide Eucharistic Revival on June 19, 2022, the Feast of Corpus Christi. Deacon Patrick Jones, Deacon Doug Flinn and Veronica Ambuul discuss ways to prepare for this event, including eucharistic adoration, active participation in the Mass and other means. 

Deacon Patrick Jones, Deacon Doug Flinn and Veronica Ambuul discuss Catholic social teaching and how it applies to some of the policies being proposed today to help the poor and disadvantaged. 

Deacon Patrick Jones, Deacon Doug Flinn and Veronica Ambuul discuss the ways in which those who advocate policies that are not consistent with the Gospel and Magisterial teaching use half-truths to defend their position. 

Deacon Patrick Jones, Deacon Doug Flinn and Veronica Ambuul discuss the leaked draft of the Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe V. Wade and how the court was able to get to a place of discovering a "right" to abortion in the first place.