Episodes
529 Episodes
WOF 200: Understanding the Post-Vatican II Church
How do we make sense of all the names, groups, and movements surrounding the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965)? What are the key things to know, and how have they shaped today's Catholic Church? Bishop Barron explains.
WOF 199: Does Free Will Exist?
A recent article in *The Atlantic* claimed ["A Famous Argument Against Free Will Has Been Debunked"](https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/09/free-will-bereitschaftspotential/597736/?utm_source=feed?utm_source=digg). It focused on
WOF 198: How We Come to Believe in God (Part 2 of 2)
This week, we share the second half of a talk from Bishop Barron on John Henry Newman's book, *The Grammar of Assent*. We shared the first half last week, so be sure to listen to that first.
WOF 197: Newman's Most Important Book (Part 1 of 2)
This week, we share the first half of a talk from Bishop Barron on John Henry Newman's book, *The Grammar of Assent*. The book concerns the question of belief–how we come to believe in God–and is widely considered his most important text.
WOF 196: Kids Q&A w/ Bishop Barron
Bishop Barron takes questions from kids, including:
WOF 195: What Makes Us Happy?
The annual United Nations World Happiness Report, which measures the happiness of different countries, is always dominated by Scandinavian nations. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, and Finland have always been in the top ten. But what's st
WOF 194: International Q&A w/ Bishop Barron
Today, Bishop Barron answers questions from all over the world about God, the Church, and the culture. Will it be possible to upload one's consciousness to a computer and attain immortality? Why was Christianity started in the West? If huma
WOF 193: The Eucharist Problem
A recent [Pew Research Center study](https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/08/05/transubstantiation-eucharist-u-s-catholics/) revealed that "just one-third of U.S. Catholics agree with their church that Eucharist is body, blood of Chri
WOF 192: Karl Marx and Millennials
Today, we discuss a recent article in *Teen Vogue* titled ["Who is Karl Marx?"](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/who-is-karl-marx) which shows how many teens and teachers have begun dabbling in Marxism. There have been a slew of other articl
WOF 191: Googling God
Today, we use Google's autocomplete feature to have Bishop Barron respond to some of the top questions people search for beginning with the phrase "Does God...". Does God love everyone? Does God change his mind? Does God have a name? Listen
WOF 188: Pride and Humility
Bishop Barron is traveling overseas to film the last two episodes of his *Pivotal Players *series. So in this episode, we share a clip from one of his classic study programs, ["Seven Deadly Sins, Seven Lively Virtues".](https://store.wordon
WOF 187: The Ad Extra Strategy
Why does Bishop Barron focus heavily on *ad extra* evangelization, the type of ministry aimed at the peripheries of the culture? That's the focus of this episode. Bishop also responds to some of the criticisms he's received for his appearan
WOF 186: Bishops and "Nones"
Bishop Barron spoke to all the U.S. bishops about the "nones" during their recent USCCB gathering. In this episode, we walk through Bishop Barron's talk and discuss some of the criticism he's received about his presentation, particularly hi
WOF 185: Myths of the Catholic Church
As the [Word on Fire Institute](https://wordonfire.institute) launches a new course by Dr. Christopher Kaczor on "Myths of the Catholic Church," Bishop Barron and host Jared Zimmerer talk about seven of the most common misunderstandings peo
WOF 184: Re-Judaizing Catholicism
In his recent interview with Ben Shapiro, Bishop Barron said that he wants to "re-Judaize Catholicism," to read Christ, the Bible, and the Christian Faith through the lens of Israel. How do we do this? That's what he and host Jared Zimmerer
WOF 183: Non-Catholic Q&A w/ Bishop Barron
Non-Catholic listeners send in their questions for Bishop Barron. Questions include:
WOF 182: What was the Enlightenment?
Several recent bestselling books have focused on the Enlightenment, including Stephen Pinker's *[Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress](https://www.amazon.com/Enlightenment-Now-Science-Humanism-Progress/dp/
WOF 181: J.R.R. Tolkien, Master Evangelist
The great novelist, J.R.R. Tolkien, has enchanted generations of readers with his *Hobbit*and *Lord of the Rings*, and is the subject of a new feature film, titled *Tolkien*. But in today's episode, Bishop Barron talks about Tolkien's Catho
WOF 180: Priests, Confessions, and Prison
A recent bill proposed in the California Senate will force priests to report any crimes of sexual abuse they hear about in the confessional, breaking the seal of Confession. Bishop Barron speaks about the sacredness of this sacrament and wh
WOF 179: Bishop Barron's New Book on the Sexual Abuse Crisis
Today we discuss Bishop Barron's new book, titled *[Letter to a Suffering Church: A Bishop Speaks on the Sexual Abuse Crisis](https://wordonfireshow.com/letter)*.