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Sunday Church-goers recite a creed and partake in rituals as old as Christ Our Lord himself. But what we worship in the Church, stays in Church, right? Or does it impact our daily decisions, our outlook on life, the way we live as a Catholic culture?...

The legalization of euthanasia /assisted suicide is one of the most pressing and profound questions today. Too often the debate is characterised by rhetoric rather than reason. Now you can understand the major ethical, legal and clinical and theological...

  In this course, students will be exposed to the key literary and historical issues involved in the study of the prophetic literature of the Old Testament. This course will explore the key tenants of Old Testament eschatological hopes –...

In this highly informative talk Andrew Wood takes you through some of the key philosophical concepts concerning morality and the human person. In an easy to understand way, Andrew begins by looking at what Aristotle and St Thomas Aquinas say concerning...

It is ironic that in the Roman Empire, one of the accusations brought against the early Christians was that they were Atheists. When St. Polycarp of Smyrna (69-155AD), a disciple of the Apostle John was about to be martyred, the proconsul accusing him of...

The legalization of euthanasia /assisted suicide is one of the most pressing and profound questions today. Too often the debate is characterised by rhetoric rather than reason. Now you can understand the major ethical, legal and clinical and theological...

In this talk Andrew Wood introduces you to the ‘Catechism of the Catholic Church,’ and some of the most fundamental ideas about the Catholic Faith. He does so in this brief, but highly informative commentary on paragraphs 26 to 100 of the...

The Catholic Church gives Mary the mother of Jesus many titles, so many in fact that she is often accused of exaggerating and distorting who she really is. How can the simple Mary of the Bible be the Mother of God, Mediatrix, Co-Redeemer, Queen of Heaven...

In this illuminating talk Andrew Wood takes you through the high points of Matthew’s Gospel. When many people start reading the New Testament, beginning with Matthew’s Gospel, they usually struggle to get past the first page because it...

In the lyrics of his song, ‘Everybody wants to go to heaven,’ Albert King famously wrote: “Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.” For many different reasons, most people have a great fear of death. Most people...

Do Catholics really believe that their Eucharistic celebration is Jesus’ sacrifice? If so, does that mean that every time they gather for Mass Jesus is dying again? Are Catholics killing Jesus over and over again at every Mass? Didn’t Jesus...