Scott and Kevin outline the historical connections between the Church and athletic games, highlighting a few of the many remarkable Catholic athletes and teams that have excelled in the field of competitive sports.

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Is the Catholic Church an enemy of scientific progress? For those who answer "yes", the often point to the trial of Galileo.

But what is the real history between the Church and Galileo?

Find out in this episode as Scott treks thru geocentrism, epicycles, heliocentrism, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Galileo.

Ven. Samuel Mazzuchelli and Bishop Matthias Loras are among the figures who played major roles in the story of the Cathedral of St. Raphael in Dubuque.

("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 34, Iowa)

Next week the blessing of throats for the feast day of St Blaise will take place in many Catholic churches.

But who was St Blaise, and why do we commemorate his feast day by blessing throats?

 Scott treks thru the answers to those questions in this episode.

("Martyrs" series no. 4, Martyrdom of St Blaise)

Kevin interviews Clayton State University history professor David Gilbert about his new book, The End of Catholic Mexico: Causes and Consequences of the Mexican Reforma (1855-1861).

A century and a half ago Pope Gregory XVI declared war against an insidious heresy to later be named Modernism.

This war was carried by on Popes Pius IX and Pius X, who issued a Syllabus of Errors, and required an Oath Against Modernism.

In this episode, Scott treks thru the history, and the current state, of this conflict.

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President George Washington contributed to the construction of the original Church of St. Mary, the first Catholic parish in Virginia.

("Cradles of Catholicism" series, no. 33, Virginia)

Scott explores the history of a pair of Catholic railroaders. Casey Jones is a folk hero of the American railroading era, and Paul Pius Perazzo is on the "track" to sainthood.

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Scott and Kevin trace the history of money—its use and misuse—within the institutions of the Catholic Church

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Many Catholic churches saw major renovations in the era after the second Vatican Council. In the name of the spirit of Vatican II, and in conforming the church to the new mass, much of the sacred art and beautiful furnishings were purged.

But were these changes driven by the council? Were they approved by the Holy Father?

Those questions, and others will be answered in this episode as Scott treks thru the history of iconoclast movements