HeyJaredA Girl and her Dad
A Gen Z daughter brings the questions and confusion many people feel, while her dad brings decades of study in economics, history, philosophy, and theology.
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Why Do Catholics Confess to a Priest Instead of Just God? (opens the original)
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Why do Catholics confess their sins to a priest instead of just praying to God directly? Did Jesus actually set up confession, or did the Church add it later?Jackie asks the questions Protestants (and plenty of Catholics) really ask, and Dad walks through the biblical case: John 20:21-23, St. Paul's "ministry of reconciliation" in 2 Corinthians 5, and James 5:14-16. We also get into what "in persona Christi" means, why the seal of confession is absolute (and what happened when Washington State t
Should Catholics Hold Hands During the Our Father? What the Church Actually Teaches (opens the original)
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Should Catholics hold hands during the Our Father, and is the "orans" position (arms raised, palms out) something everyone at Mass is supposed to do? Jackie and her dad break down where hand-holding during the Lord's Prayer actually comes from (it's not from the Church, it's borrowed from Protestant practice after Vatican II), what the GIRM (General Instruction of the Roman Missal) actually prescribes, and why the Vatican document Ecclesia de Mysterio calls the lay orans position a liturgical ab
Is the Bread Really Jesus? The Eucharist, Explained (opens the original)
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Do Catholics actually believe the bread and wine literally become the body and blood of Jesus, or is it just a symbol? In this episode of A Girl & Her Dad, we dive deep into Catholic theology, John Chapter 6, transubstantiation, and the ancient Greek behind Jesus's words to explain why the Eucharist is considered the actual, physical presence of Christ. Whether you're Catholic, Protestant, agnostic, or just curious about church history and theology, we break down the scriptural proof, the histor
Communion on the Tongue vs. in the Hand: The Untold History Behind the Change (opens the original)
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Why do some Catholics receive Communion on the tongue instead of in the hand, and is one way more reverent? My dad traces the surprising history of how Communion in the hand became normal in the U.S.: European bishops defying Vatican II-era policy, the indult Pope Paul VI granted them, and the contested U.S. bishops' vote under Cardinal Bernardin - including his use of proxy votes for absent bishops to push it through. We also cover what the Church's official teaching still says today, how the e
Planned Parenthood’s Racist Roots: The History You Should Know (opens the original)
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Was Planned Parenthood built on racism? In this episode of A Girl and Her Dad, we examine the history of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger’s involvement in the eugenics movement, the Negro Project, and the debate over abortion’s impact on Black America. We explore arguments involving abortion rates in Black communities, the location of Planned Parenthood facilities, structural racism, taxpayer funding, abortion bans, poverty, reproductive rights, and whether an organization can separate its mo
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