Father Spitzer’s Universe
Fr. Spitzer answers viewer questions on a wide range of subjects, including: Reason, Faith, Suffering, Virtue, and the Existence of God.
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The Catholic Church Was Founded by Jesus, Pt. 5
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.
The Catholic Church Was Founded by Jesus, Pt. 4
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.
Answering Viewer Questions
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.
The Catholic Church Was Founded by Jesus, Pt. 3
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.
The Catholic Church Was Founded by Jesus, Pt. 2
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.
The Catholic Church Was Founded by Jesus, Pt. 1
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.
Why Do We Need a Church?, Pt. 4
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.
Magnifica Humanitas
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.
Why Do We Need a Church?, Pt. 3
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.
Answering Viewer Questions
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.