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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Monday, August 12, 2019.

It is the feast day of St. Jane Francis Deschantell, who was the foundress of the visitation sisters along with St. Francis DeSales.

This week on the Catholic Sprouts podcast, we are going to be discussing the authority of the Catholic

Church. Now, the reason why we are talking about this at the beginning of the second season of

Catholic Sprouts is because I want you to understand something. The things that we talk about on this podcast are not opinions,

and they are certainly not things that I dreamt up or discovered on my own. Everything that we

talk about on the Catholic Sprouts podcast is taught with authority by our church, the Catholic Church.

Now, what does it mean to teach with authority?

Well, it simply means to teach from a place of knowing that you are right and knowing that what you are sharing with others is true.

That is how the Catholic Church teaches with authority.

Now, the Catholic Church teaches in a variety of ways.

If you go to a Catholic school, the teacher at that school has been

given the job of teaching you the Catholic faith. Now, they can teach you various things about the

Catholic faith, about the sacraments, about vocations, about the saints, about heaven and hell and sin, and all sorts of

things. But all of these teachings can be found in one place. And in fact, in one book,

that book is called the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Catechism of the Catholic Church

is likely something that you have in your house or in your school, and if you don't own it,

the entire content of that book can be found online. This is a book that has been carefully,

ever so carefully written by people over the years

that are Catholic. They have studied the Bible, prayed, discussed, meditated on it, and

finally come to decisions about what the Catholic Church teaches. Now, the reason why this is such a big deal,

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