Episode 22: Year A – Third Sunday of Easter In this episode of the Sunday Catholic Word, we focus on three details in the readings for the Third Sunday of Easter, Year A. The first detail is Peter’s speech on the Day of Pentecost, which makes up the first reading from...
Some Protestants challenge the notion that Peter is the rock by appealing to the distinction that the Greek text makes between the word for Simon’s new name (Petros) and the rock (petra). For example, Protestant apologist James McCarthy argues: Why did not the Holy...
Is there any evidence for the papacy in the Bible? In this clip from Catholic Answers Live, I give one argument from the Gospel of John and answer a common objection to...
There are many arguments that Protestants make against the Papacy. One is what might be called “Petrine hiddenness.” The argument is not that Peter is hidden in the New Testament. Rather, it’s that if Peter were the first pope like Catholics say he was, then the New...
How the Catholic Church can teach that Peter is infallible when Paul rebukes Peter for not eating with the Gentiles? Doesn’t this further show that Peter had no more authority than Paul? In this episode of Catholic Answers Focus, I chat with Cy Kellet about these...
