Displaying all 10 Episode of Forte Catholic with the tag “pope francis”.
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420: In the Vatican During Pope Francis' Funeral w/ Chris Bartlett
May 30th, 2025 | 55 mins 37 secs
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Chris shares about how his big trip to Rome didn't quite go as planned. He and his daughter went for the canonization of Bl. Carlo Acutis but with the Pope's passing, that was cancelled. Instead, they were able to attend the Papal Funeral and so much more in their time at the base camp of our Church.
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419: Habemus Papam!
May 22nd, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins
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We have a new Pope! Taylor & Fr. Anthony discuss the election of Pope Leo XIV, where we were when the white smoke happened and how we're feeling in response to this lovely surprise of an American Pope! To close the show, we do a retrospective on Pope Francis and have a great discussion on his legacy and impact on our lives.
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317: Plane Theology & Forsaking Sin w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
December 7th, 2022 | 1 hr 5 mins
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Taylor shares some fun stories about being mistaken for an elderly woman and how he handled losing a contest in elementary school. He also chats with Fr. Anthony about forsaking sin. They also introduce a new segment called "plane theology" where Taylor asks the good priest theology questions with no warning.
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314: Expectations, Virtue & the Environment w/Meghan Adams & Allison Sullivan
November 16th, 2022 | 1 hr 17 mins
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Taylor & Allison discuss how expectations can really ruin experiences and pick each other's best and worst virtues. Fun! Meghan Adams joins the show to chat about Catholic's role in being good stewards of the environment.
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296: Liturgical Abuse, Priest Formation & Leadership w/Bearded Blevins & Fr. Anthony
July 6th, 2022 | 1 hr 7 mins
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Fr. Anthony, Bearded Blevins & Taylor team up for this episode where they discuss liturgical abuse, how priest formation takes too long but often isn't enough & share a story about sacrificial leadership. And speaking of leadership...is Pope Francis retiring soon!?!?
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208: Four Year Anniversary Show!!! w/Koji de Ramos
October 7th, 2020 | 55 mins 24 secs
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Fr. Anthony cohosts the four year anniversary show! Taylor kicks it off by looking back at all the ups and downs of the last four years and makes his pitch for re-election as host for four more years of this strange show. Koji de Ramos rejoins the show to discuss being Catholic at work and some much needed mindset shifts for our careers after a year that threw us all for a loop. Finally, the guys share their initial thoughts on the new encyclical from Pope Francis. And for the first time publicly, Taylor disagrees with a Pope(gasp!). Be sure to stay until the end to see what caused this!
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167: Christmas Extravaganza & The Two Popes w/Matthew Sewell
December 26th, 2019 | 53 mins 23 secs
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A Christmas Extravaganza Spectacular Special Edition! Taylor shares about the 2nd biggest pop culture weekend of the year(Star Wars, The Witcher, The Two Popes) w/cohost Shaun McAfee. Matthew Sewell, the host of the PopeCast, joined Taylor for the second segment to share their thoughts on the new Netflix film, The Two Popes.
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157: New Saints, Clumsy Theosis & a Fully Alive Man
October 15th, 2019 | 53 mins 18 secs
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Cohost Shaun McAfee was our live correspondent from Rome at the canonization of five new saints this week! Richaél Lucero, host of the Clumsy Theosis Podcast, joins the show to explain why she is clumsy and what or who a theosis is. Jake Stanley of Man Fully Alive Ministries joins the show to defend his nefarious cohost and share the impact reading Scripture daily has had on his life.
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Episode 20: Trent Horn, Valentine's Stories and Pope Francis on the Super Bowl
February 14th, 2017 | 54 mins 30 secs
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Trent Horn joins the show to talk about the Hard Sayings of Jesus & how to understand them. We also talk about Pope Francis thoughts on sports & our best/worst Valentine's dates.
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Episode 8: Music, Comedy & Consumerism w/Kyle Heimann
November 22nd, 2016 | 53 mins 21 secs
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Kyle is a Catholic Musician and Speaker who shares about how he uses music & comedy to evangelize. Taylor also shares about Pope Francis' thoughts on consumerism.