Father Spitzer’s Universe

Father Spitzer and Doug Keck discuss the Bishop of Rome's primacy, preserving unity and truth without which the Church would have fractured or vanished in her first two centuries.

Father Spitzer explores how the writings of St. Paul and St. Luke both point to Peter as the Church's supreme leader, the first to hold the office and be succeeded by others.

Father Spitzer explains how names were sacred and untouchable in Jewish culture, and why only one who possessed divine authority, as Jesus did in renaming Peter, could change them.

Fr. Spitzer and Doug Keck discuss how we know Jesus intended for the Church to endure beyond one generation and why Christ founded a Church meant to outlast the Apostles’ lifetime.

Fr. Spitzer and Doug Keck discuss how Jesus invested definitive teaching authority in Peter and his successors in order to address potential divisions He saw within the Church.

Father Spitzer and Doug Keck continue their discussion of Magnifica Humanitas, exploring Pope Leo XIV's call to safeguard the human person in an age of artificial intelligence.

Father Spitzer and Doug Keck dive into Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, unpacking the Church's essential and transformative role in human life and salvation.

Fr. Spitzer and Doug answer questions on sadness in heaven, feeling Grace, sleep paralysis, the Church in America, and how fasting increases prayer’s efficacy and spiritual growth.

Fr. Spitzer and Doug discuss why we know Jesus commissioned Peter to head His Church and the ways in which this commissioning would be passed on to Peter’s successors.

Father Spitzer and Doug examine the reasons why people naturally gravitate toward worshiping in a church rather than simply practicing private spirituality secluded in their homes.