Sunday Catholic Word

About Sunday Catholic Word

Sunday Catholic Word is the only podcast that looks at the Sunday Mass readings and focuses on the details that are relevant to explaining and defending the Catholic faith.

Publisher

Catholic Answers

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Nov 2022

Latest episode

20 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

11 of 157 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   20 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   #157 Christ the King, the Good Thief, and the End of the Journey - Karlo Broussard

   Christ the King Sunday: Saints, Jesus' divinity, and the good thief—apologetics from Colossians and Luke with Karlo Broussard.

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   13 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   #156 Sacred Tradition vs Sola Scriptura & Was Jesus a Failed Prophet? - Karlo Broussard

   Karlo Broussard defends Sacred Tradition and shows why Jesus' prophecy wasn’t a failed end-times prediction but pointed to 70 A.D.

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   6 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT

   #155 Purgatory, the Temple, and the Real Presence: What Jesus and Paul Actually Meant - Karlo Broussard

   Episode 155: 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time,Year C In today’s episode, we focus on three apologetical details in the second reading and Gospel reading for this upcoming 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C, which is the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome. Two of the three are found in the second reading, which is taken from 1 Corinthians 3:9c-11, 16-17, both of which come up in discussions related to Purgatory. The third detail, found in the Gospel reading, taken from John 2:13-22, comes up in discussions about the literal interpretation of Jesus’ command to eat his flesh an...

Inside a recent episode

#157 Christ the King, the Good Thief, and the End of the Journey - Karlo Broussard

Published 20 Nov 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] As I point out in chapters 9 and 10 of my book, the church teaches that it's possible someone can have such a fervent degree of charity at death that it's sufficient to remit all guilt to venial sin and even mortal sin, and also satisfy the temporal punishment due for his sin, and thus bypass purgatory. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

107 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

71 ratings

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