111 Church Crisis and the Path Forward with Ralph Martin
The Art of Catholic with Matthew Leonard
Matthew Leonard
4.9 • 831 Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
It's a legitimate question. Is there a crisis in the Catholic faith? And if so, what exactly is it and where did it come from?
Of course, there are a lot of facets to that question, some of them easier to see than others. So I brought in Dr. Ralph Martin, a man with a great deal of experience and insight, to help understand what's happening and why.
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"SO POWERFUL"
"Breathtaking!"
"Seriously! Why weren't we taught this before!"
But we're not stopping there. The Catholic faith is all about hope and salvation. So we're not just talking problems. We're talking solutions.
Among other things we discuss:
- What is universalism & why is it so dangerous
- Is Vatican II to blame for our problems?
- What role has the sexual revolution played?
- Why the desire for divinity is at the root of it all
- What are the different kinds of oppressions present in the Church today?
- Is the New Evangelization dead?
- The only path forward to solve the crisis
We're not pulling punches, nor chasing boogie-men. It's time to get real.
God bless and enjoy the show.
Matthew
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the art of Catholic. |
| 0:05.7 | Welcome to the art of Catholic. |
| 0:15.6 | I'm Matthew Leonard. |
| 0:16.9 | This is the podcast that dives deeply into the truth, beauty, and goodness of the Catholic |
| 0:21.0 | faith. |
| 0:22.0 | Take your practice of it to the next level. |
| 0:25.4 | I have a real treat for you guys today. |
| 0:27.7 | My guest is Dr. Ralph Martin, |
| 0:30.2 | president of renewal ministries, |
| 0:32.3 | and we're going to discuss the state of the church, |
| 0:35.0 | which in many ways is not a pretty picture. |
| 0:39.0 | So we're gonna make an honest assessment, |
| 0:40.5 | but we're also going to identify the path forward, |
| 0:43.9 | because there is a way out of this. There is a way to identify the path forward because there is a way |
| 0:46.7 | Out of this there is a way to write the ship so to speak in the places where it's drifting the wrong direction |
| 0:52.5 | Now before I jump into the interview |
| 0:53.9 | I want to thank all of my patrons who support my ability to do these interviews as well as other free apostolic projects like |
| 1:00.4 | Free streaming a various series and such |
| 1:02.4 | So thank you guys very much and if you'd like to help me expand my reach |
| 1:06.3 | to more souls and spread the truth and beauty |
| 1:09.0 | and goodness of Catholicism to more people, please, |
| 1:12.0 | head over to patreon.com slash Matthew Leonard |
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