Father Spitzer’s Universe

Father Spitzer joins Doug Keck to discuss "Science, Reason and Faith Catholic Study Bible," explaining how proper context illuminates the meaning of difficult biblical passages.

Father Spitzer and Doug Keck discuss "Science, Reason and Faith Catholic Study Bible," examining why the Church rejects dictation theory and how God inspired the biblical authors.

Father Spitzer and Doug Keck continue the “Science, Reason and Faith Catholic Study Bible” and explain that early Bible stories depart from pagan myth to teach of one true God.

Father Spitzer and Doug Keck continue their discussion of the "Science, Reason and Faith Catholic Study Bible," exploring the Bible's historic, prophetic, wisdom, and prayer books.

Father Spitzer and Doug Keck discuss the "Science, Reason and Faith Catholic Study Bible," noting biblical creation's truth for salvation and science's offering of empirical truth.

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 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 and Doug Keck field viewer questions, addressing whether one may date before an annulment is final and whether using a witch's spell for good weather is acceptable.

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.

Fr. Spitzer and Doug discuss the fuller sense and deeper meaning of a scriptural text, which is intended by God but not always clearly expressed by the biblical author.

Fr. Spitzer and Doug answer viewer questions about the rise of Catholic influencers on social media and how disabilities can be used for spiritual growth.

Father Spitzer and Doug Keck discuss the different prophecies within the book of Isaiah and how they were written by 3 different prophets.

Father Spitzer and Doug Keck discuss all the good things that early Christianity brought to the culture.

Fr. Spitzer and Doug discuss why the Israelite prophets of the Old Testament were not primarily diviners or seers of the future but rather interpreters of the moral will of Yahweh.

Fr. Spitzer and Doug explain the difference between Elijah raising the dead, Jesus raising the dead by His own power, and Paul doing so through the Holy Spirit in Jesus’ name.