Catholic Sphere

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Deacons Or Deaconesses?

Doug Keck and his panel of experts answer questions about Deaconesses, their origin in the Eastern Catholic Church and if deaconesses are in the future of the Catholic Church. 

Stating Your Rights: the Mob, the People, Or the Party

Doug and his panel discuss rights, how governments and ideologies are involved and who can provide clarity when determining who is capable of possessing a common vision of justice. 

Do We Still Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident?

Doug and his expert panelists discuss the origin of our rights in America, America’s founding documents, the Church’s take and the nature of “self-evident” in political philosophy. 

Vatican II: Rapturous Rupture Or Comforting Continuity? Which Is It?

Doug Keck and his expert panelists discuss whether Vatican II was a “development” or a “rupture” of the tradition of what had come before by pastorally trying a new approach. 

Dr. Newman, Is My Doctrine Still Developing? Is Doctrinal Development Good for the Church?

Doug Keck and his panelists discuss St. John Henry Newman’s essay on the development of doctrine and the fruit of his movement toward the Catholic Church and away from Anglicanism.