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- This Week
04OctThe Rich Young Man and King Solomon
Both the Rich Young Man in Mark's Gospel and King Solomon had a very difficult choice to make. In a similar moment of decision, what would be the desi...
04OctHumility and Charity – Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi is one of the most well-known and widely loved Catholic saints of all time. He thought it often necessary to use words to preach th...
04OctFrancis of Assisi, Saint & Legend – Podcast
A podcast in which host Sonrise Morning show host Anna Mitchell asks Dr. Italy some interesting questions about the "real" St. Francis as opposed to u...
- Blogs
Advent: The Season of the Wild-Haired, Crazy Man
Isn’t Advent great? Welcome to the season where the only song we sing for four weeks is O Come, O Come, Emmanuel! It’s the best! Advent is...
28 November, 2016
3 Crazy Ways Christianity & Islam Are Totally Different
Most Americans tend to think of religion as something rather fluid. It’s very common for us to say things like “all religions are basicall...
12 February, 2016
Videos
Latest Videos
The Liturgical Life of Ancient Israel – Video
A video by Dr. Italy that explains how the roots of the Church’s liturgical year and cycle of feasts are to be found in the celebrations of ancient Israel as shown in the Old Testament Scriptures. To understand the liturgical cycle of the Catholic Church......
04 October, 2021No comment
Liturgy and Tradition – Video
Video explaining the fascinating relationship between liturgy and Tradition, by Dr. Italy. The liturgy of the Catholic Church arises from Scripture and is itself full of scripture readings and scriptural prayers. But it also arises from Tradition, the lived faith-experience of the Church which comes......
04 October, 2021No comment
Liturgy and the Real Presence of Christ – Video
Many are aware that Catholics believe in “the real presence.” In this video, Dr. Italy explains the various ways that Jesus Christ is truly and really present in the Church’s liturgy, culminating in the Eucharist. The “real presence” is a phrase that began to be......
04 October, 2021No comment
What is Liturgy? – Video
In this 20 minute video, Dr. Italy explains what the term “liturgy” really means, what liturgy includes, and what happens when the Catholic church engages in it. One of the big differences between the Catholic church and many other Christian communities is that the Catholic......
04 October, 2021No comment
Why we Need Ritual – video
In this video, Dr. Italy explains that ritual and liturgy are required by the very nature of human beings for whom symbols and gestures are indispensable forms of communication. Many Christian believers since the 16th century Protestant Reformation have rejected rituals altogether as religion of......
27 September, 2021No comment
Jesus, the Way, Truth & Life, Session 1 – Video
The first session of the 10-part study of Jesus, the Way, the Truth and the Life, is available here to view below for free. It is an introduction to the series, focusing on the world into which Jesus came. It is actually two very different......
20 September, 2021No comment
Liturgy, Theology and Spirituality – Video
Dr. Italy begins his course on Liturgy and Sacraments by pointing out the inseparable unity between Liturgy, Theology and Spirituality. Video 1 in Theology 552, Liturgy & Sacraments for the Catholic Distance University. In this first video of his course on Liturgy and Sacraments, Marcellino......
20 September, 2021No comment
Muslim Child healed of Cancer through the Prayers of St. Charbel – Video
St. Sharbel was a Lebanese Maronite hermit in the second half of the 19th century renown for holiness and miracles. Since his death in 1898, Christians and non-Christians alike have come to his shrine seeking healing through his intercession. This short video is a......
02 August, 2021No comment
Augustine, Free Will and God’s Grace – Video
In this video, Dr. Italy discusses Augustine's fight against both Manicheans and Pelagians defending free will on the one hand and the utter necessity of grace on the other in light of original sin....
20 July, 2021No comment
Divine Revelation – How & Why? Video
Video in which Marcellino D’Ambrosio, Ph.D. discusses the how and why of Divine Revelation – God’s purpose for revealing himself and the way he goes about it. God enters into human history and reveals himself for a purpose – and it not exclusively or even......
05 July, 2021No comment