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Bishop Robert Barron

Join Bishop Robert Barron for a weekly podcast on faith and culture. Find more episodes at http://WordOnFireShow.com and submit your questions at http://AskBishopBarron.com.

The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Both interest and conversions to the Catholic Church have been surging both here and in parts of Europe, especially among young adults. To be sure, secularism still dominates the culture, but the once common wisdom that an increasingly secular society would eventually lead to the death of Christianity and its evacuation from the public square doesn’t seem so common anymore. What are the causes of this apparent religious revival among young people? What can we do as evangelists to maintain and build on the momentum?
 
A listener asks about the most effective way to make an initial evangelical impact on young people.
 
00:00 | Introduction
 01:20 | Concluding Bishop Barron’s first diocesan synod
 03:18 | Growing interest in Catholicism
 08:45 | Men and Catholic interest
 11:50 | Considering our recent isolations
 14:08 | The rise and decline of wokeism
 17:10 | Attraction to tradition
 18:48 | Attraction to the liturgy
 25:50 | The attraction of moral teachings
 28:53 | Evangelical challenges
 31:46 | Religious liberty
 35:45 | Listener question: How do you best engage the young?
 38:40 | Join the Word on Fire Institute
 Links: E&C Online • article: 
https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/its-true-young-people-are-seeking-the-faith/ New York Post • article: 
https://nypost.com/2025/04/17/lifestyle/why-young-people-are-converting-to-catholicism-en-masse/ • Fox News article: 
https://www.foxnews.com/media/catholicism-sees-major-resurgence-among-gen-z-young-men-leading-revival • Word on Fire Institute: 
https://institute.wordonfire.org/ 
 
 
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WOF 506: Why Are So Many Young People Becoming Catholic?

This week, we bring you the rich question and answer session from Bishop Barron’s recent Jubilee address to Irish pilgrims in Rome. He takes on a variety of questions about faith, doubt, mission, happiness, and more. Enjoy.
 Link: • Word on Fire Institute: 
https://institute.wordonfire.org/ 
NOTE: Do you like this podcast? Become a Word on Fire IGNITE member! Word on Fire is a non-profit ministry that depends on the support of our listeners . . . like you! So become a part of this mission and join IGNITE today to become a Word on Fire insider and receive some special donor gifts for your generosity.

WOF 505: Bishop Barron’s Q&A with Irish Pilgrims

This week we bring you the second half of a recent discussion about the meaning, purpose, and objectivity of the transcendental of beauty between the Editor-in-Chief of Evangelization & Culture at the Word on Fire Institute, Dr. Tod Worner, and Bishop Barron.
 
00:00 | Introduction
 00:38 | The deformation of beauty
 08:23 | Does beauty civilize?
 10:49 | Beauty and the Catholic faith
 17:43 | The awesome nature of beauty
 22:30 | Can you get stuck on beauty?
 24:16 | Beauty within a challenging world
 30:32 | Word on Fire and beauty
 32:28 | Join the Word on Fire Institute
 Links: • Full episode on the 
Evangelization & Culture Podcast • : 
 https://www.wordonfire.org/videos/evangelization-and-culture-podcast/ep54-what-is-beauty-bishop-barron/ • Word on Fire Institute: 
https://institute.wordonfire.org/ 
NOTE: Do you like this podcast? Become a Word on Fire IGNITE member! Word on Fire is a non-profit ministry that depends on the support of our listeners . . . like you! So become a part of this mission and join IGNITE today to become a Word on Fire insider and receive some special donor gifts for your generosity.

WOF 504: The Meaning and Purpose of Beauty (Part 2)

Bishop Barron gave a Jubilee address in Rome recently to Irish pilgrims in which he looked at the great Old Testament figures and examined what it looks like to be called out of one’s self into radical self gift. Enjoy.
 Link: • Word on Fire Institute: 
https://institute.wordonfire.org/ 
NOTE: Do you like this podcast? Become a Word on Fire IGNITE member! Word on Fire is a non-profit ministry that depends on the support of our listeners . . . like you! So become a part of this mission and join IGNITE today to become a Word on Fire insider and receive some special donor gifts for your generosity.

WOF 503: Our Call to Radical Self Gift

This week we bring you the first half of a recent discussion between Managing Editor of the Word on Fire Evangelization & Culture Journal, Dr. Tod Worner, and Bishop Barron. The two discuss the meaning, purpose, and objectivity of beauty.
 
00:00 | Introduction
 00:56 | What is beauty?
 09:24 | What is a transcendental, and why does beauty qualify?
 13:08 | What is it about beauty that quickens the heart?
 16:54 | Is beauty a means to an end or an end in itself?
 23:58 | Does beauty lie in the eye of the beholder and is it ephemeral or eternal?
 36:05 | Join the Word on Fire Institute
 Links: • Full episode on the 
Evangelization & Culture Podcast • : 
 https://www.wordonfire.org/videos/evangelization-and-culture-podcast/ep54-what-is-beauty-bishop-barron/ • Word on Fire Institute: 
https://institute.wordonfire.org/ 
NOTE: Do you like this podcast? Become a Word on Fire IGNITE member! Word on Fire is a non-profit ministry that depends on the support of our listeners . . . like you! So become a part of this mission and join IGNITE today to become a Word on Fire insider and receive some special donor gifts for your generosity.

WOF 502: The Meaning and Purpose of Beauty (Part 1)

Today, we’re listening to a talk Bishop Barron gave within one of his classic study programs, the Eucharist series. He addresses Christ’s Real Presence in the Eucharist. Enjoy.
 Link: • Word on Fire Institute: 
https://institute.wordonfire.org/ 
NOTE: Do you like this podcast? Become a Word on Fire IGNITE member! Word on Fire is a non-profit ministry that depends on the support of our listeners . . . like you! So become a part of this mission and join IGNITE today to become a Word on Fire insider and receive some special donor gifts for your generosity.

WOF 501: Christ’s Real Presence in the Eucharist

In taking the name Pope Leo XIV, the new pope has signaled that the Church finds itself in an era marked by tumultuous social change. The question remains whether the Catholic social thought of his predecessor Leo XIII’s time is still applicable today given the radically different world we now live in—a world increasingly defined by the rise and possible dominance of artificial intelligence, robotics entering into mainstream life, the breakdown of regular physical contact among people, and the rise of transhumanism. Can Catholic social thought help us to navigate these uncharted waters?
 
A listener asks: How does one respond to “Science doesn’t care what you believe”?
 
00:00 | Introduction
 01:45 | Episode 500!
 02:51 | What is Catholic social thought?
 03:59 | Pope Leo XIII and Catholic social thought
 06:05 | The Catholic conception of human dignity
 08:00 | How Catholics understand the common good
 09:36 | Defining solidarity
 11:39 | Understanding subsidiarity
 13:45 | Factoring in the question of sin
 17:19 | The significance of the name Leo XIV
 18:08 | Examining the nature of artificial intelligence
 23:23 | Humanity and the machine
 29:09 | Limiting principles
 31:35 | Virtual reality, avatars, and companions
 35:38 | AI and the workforce
 40:43 | AI and art
 43:14 | Listener question: How does one respond to “science doesn’t care what you believe”?
 45:16 | Join the Word on Fire Institute
 Links: • Goldman Sachs citation: 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2023/03/31/goldman-sachs-predicts-300-million-jobs-will-be-lost-or-degraded-by-artificial-intelligence/ • Word on Fire resources on artificial intelligence: 
https://www.wordonfire.org/topics/artificial-intelligence/ • Word on Fire Institute: 
https://institute.wordonfire.org/ 
NOTE: Do you like this podcast? Become a Word on Fire IGNITE member! Word on Fire is a non-profit ministry that depends on the support of our listeners . . . like you! So become a part of this mission and join IGNITE today to become a Word on Fire insider and receive some special donor gifts for your generosity.

WOF 500: Catholic Social Thought in the Age of AI

We bring you the second half of Bishop Barron’s keynote address at this year’s inaugural international Evangelisation & Culture conference in London. In the first half, Bishop Barron focused on the first two of four themes of the Bible, namely, creation and the God of Israel. Today, we conclude his address with the final two themes, right praise and kingship, and we learn how these patterns are gathered together in Christ Jesus.
 Link: • Part 1 of this keynote address: 
https://www.wordonfire.org/videos/wordonfire-show/wof-497-four-culminating-themes-of-the-bible-part-1/ • Word on Fire Institute: 
https://institute.wordonfire.org/ 
NOTE: Do you like this podcast? Become a Word on Fire IGNITE member! Word on Fire is a non-profit ministry that depends on the support of our listeners . . . like you! So become a part of this mission and join IGNITE today to become a Word on Fire insider and receive some special donor gifts for your generosity.

WOF 499: Four Culminating Themes of the Bible (Part 2)

If Catholic schools are already Catholic, why would they need to become more so? The unfortunate reality, however, is that some Catholic educational institutions are not living up to their name. As some frustrated parents, priests, and even teachers who are afraid of losing their jobs for being “too Catholic” around their colleagues know well, some schools actively promote values that contradict Church teachings. What has led to Catholic education in some instances to deviate from its mission? And what, more importantly, can we do about it?
 
A listener asks how to love God if God is love.
 
00:00 | Introduction
 01:47 | Alma mater, Tucker Carlson, and diocesan work
 03:29 | Changes in Catholic schools over time
 05:27 | What makes a Catholic school Catholic?
 07:35 | A Catholic approach to teaching math
 09:37 | Teaching science
 12:08 | Teaching the humanities
 13:54 | Encountering ideas in school
 15:16 | Teaching religion
 16:52 | A unifying principle for Catholic education
 17:54 | Where we’ve missed the mark
 24:35 | Being distinctly Catholic
 26:05 | Gender ideology, anthropology, and Catholic identity
 27:57 | Mass attendance in school
 31:12 | Adoration during school hours
 31:49 | Can a non-Catholic teach Catholic theology?
 32:35 | Signing statements of faith in Catholic schools
 33:02 | Catholic homeschoolers and local parish schools
 34:42 | When do you reform and when do you close?
 36:15 | Listener question: How can I love God if God is love?
 38:27 | Join the Word on Fire Institute
 Links: • Bishop Barron interview on 
The Tucker Carlson Show • : 
https://youtu.be/SUedSE78Mo0?si=hokxzcll3kQwZIR4 • Word on Fire Institute: 
https://institute.wordonfire.org/ 
NOTE: Do you like this podcast? Become a Word on Fire IGNITE member! Word on Fire is a non-profit ministry that depends on the support of our listeners . . . like you! So become a part of this mission and join IGNITE today to become a Word on Fire insider and receive some special donor gifts for your generosity.

WOF 498: How to Strengthen Catholic Identity in Catholic Schools

Earlier this year, we hosted Word on Fire’s first international Evangelisation & Culture conference in London, at which Bishop Barron gave the keynote address. He focused on four themes of the Bible, examined the themes of creation, the God of Israel, right praise, and kingship. Today, we’ll hear the first of those themes as we prepare for how those culminate in the person of Jesus Christ. Enjoy. 
 Link: • Word on Fire Institute: 
https://institute.wordonfire.org/ 
NOTE: Do you like this podcast? Become a Word on Fire IGNITE member! Word on Fire is a non-profit ministry that depends on the support of our listeners . . . like you! So become a part of this mission and join IGNITE today to become a Word on Fire insider and receive some special donor gifts for your generosity.

WOF 497: Four Culminating Themes of the Bible (Part 1)

Friends, Tertullian famously asked in the third century, “What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?” What does philosophy have to do with theology, or reason with faith?
 
However, on today’s “Word on Fire Show,” Brandon Vogt and I discuss a provocative new article that wonders what Athens and Jerusalem have to do with Silicon Valley. How should we understand the intersection of reason, faith, and technology?
 
A listener asks, how do you feel about neuroscience, and how does it fit in with your understanding of the soul?
 Links “The Three-City Problem of Modern Life” • by Luke Burgis
 Food for the Soul: Reflections on the Mass Readings (Cycle A) • by Peter Kreeft

WOF 357: Athens, Jerusalem, and Silicon Valley

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