WOF Show Podcast - Word on Fire

Dr. Matthew Petrusek What is it about the United States of America that is politically and morally distinctive? What binds us together as a people?

Dr. Matthew Petrusek At the conceptual level, what is religious freedom, and what role should the government play in protecting it?

Dr. Matthew Petrusek What factors are leading young people—and young men in particular—to buck the trend of secularization and become Catholic?

Dr. Matthew Petrusek In response to Christian persecution, Bishop Barron has released a new book called 'What Do Their Deaths Demand? Christian Persecution Today'.

Dr. Matthew Petrusek The faithful recently rejoiced at the news that Bishop Fulton Sheen has moved forward in the canonization process.

Dr. Matthew Petrusek What are some strategies we can employ not only to make the Old Testament accessible, but also evangelically compelling?

Dr. Matthew Petrusek What does Hollywood get wrong, and what, perhaps to our surprise, does Hollywood get right about Catholicism and the priesthood?

Dr. Matthew Petrusek Marxism, unfortunately, seems to be making a comeback despite its economically disastrous and inhumane track record.

Dr. Matthew Petrusek How might faithful Catholics engage in social media? How might the Church? How do we cultivate a rich spiritual life in this ever-unfolding age of social media?

Dr. Matthew Petrusek What, if anything, does social media have to do with Pope St. John Paul II? How does it fit into Word on Fire’s own principles?

Dr. Matthew Petrusek Dr. Tod Worner sat down with Word on Fire CEO Fr. Steve Grunow and Bishop Barron to talk about social media.

Dr. Matthew Petrusek Discover the ministry’s patron saints as well as some of the lessons that Word on Fire has learned through its years of evangelization.

Dr. Matthew Petrusek In light of this critique, Newman offered an insightful defense of freedom and truth in the Catholic Church. 

Dr. Matthew Petrusek How did Word on Fire begin? What were its animating principles? What were some of its earliest strategies?

Dr. Matthew Petrusek Bishop Barron explores Newman's analysis of the Illative Sense, explaining why it is an essential element in religious conversion. 

Dr. Matthew Petrusek Raising children and going to work are, indeed, challenging, so why shouldn’t we live in a world in which both become increasingly rare?

Dr. Matthew Petrusek Bishop Barron explains why this epistemology is proper to religious knowledge, which includes notional and real assent.  

Dr. Matthew Petrusek So what is it like to be a bishop? How does one come to hold this office? What, specifically, do bishops have authority over?

Dr. Matthew Petrusek The philosophical habit of mind distinguishes between significance and triviality, helping society and individuals order everything to the Good. 

Dr. Matthew Petrusek While defending religious freedom is important for people of all faiths, it is thus especially urgent for believers in Christ.

Dr. Matthew Petrusek In this lesson, Bishop Barron helps us understand why Newman thought theology was of crucial importance in education. 

Dr. Matthew Petrusek How can the Church coherently both advocate for reducing poverty on the one hand while praising the embrace of voluntary poverty on the other?

Dr. Matthew Petrusek Newman's articulation of the nature of university education in his ​'The Idea of a University' ​is crucial today in that a polytechnic model has replaced classical liberal education.

Dr. Matthew Petrusek What conditions must be in place to make civil debate both possible and productive again, especially as our society appears to be growing more polarized?

Dr. Matthew Petrusek Newman's organic imagery opens up an interesting way of thinking about the difference between development and corruption in matters of doctrine.