Deacon-structing The Devil | Part 3: Exorcisms

Sunday, May 19, 2019

Deacon Pedro

Deacon Pedro ends his discussion on the devil by looking at how the Church understands exorcism and demonic possession.

Deacon-structing The Devil | Part 2: The New Testament

Sunday, May 12, 2019

Deacon Pedro

Deacon Pedro continues his discussion of Church teaching regarding the devil by exploring what the New Testament reveals about the subject.

Deacon-structing The Devil | Part 1: The Old Testament

Sunday, May 5, 2019

Deacon Pedro

Deacon Pedro Guevara-Mann begins a discussion of the devil by looking first at what the Old Testament has to say.

Deacon-structing: Reconciliation part 1

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Deacon Pedro

The whole week between the Feast of the Epiphany and the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord we heard readings from the First Letter of St. John and on the Saturday I heard something that I had never heard before: “If anyone sees his brother sinning, if the sin is not deadly, he should […]

Deacon-structing: the devil 2

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Deacon Pedro

Last week we looked at the figure of the devil and why the Church teaches that Lucifer was an archangel created by God, who rebelled. There are many names for the devil. You may have heard Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub and Diabolos. He is also referred to as Belial, Prince of Darkness, Prince of demons, […]

Deacon-structing: The devil 1

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Deacon Pedro

Recently someone asked me why Pope Francis keeps mentioning the devil, as if the devil actually existed (see Fr. Rosica’s recent post, Why in the devil does Pope Francis speak so much about the prince of this world? )This person alleged that, just as ogres and leprechauns, devils do not exist. But the Catholic Church is […]

Who is the Pope? Part three

Monday, February 25, 2013

Deacon Pedro

We started looking at the papacy and some history as explained in the In Your Faith episode, Who is the Pope? and then last time we looked at why we have popes. Today, let’s continue with some interesting facts about the papacy. As soon as a pope dies, all cardinals under the age of 80 […]

Who is the pope? Part two

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Deacon Pedro

Last time we were looking at some interesting facts about the papacy as presented in the In Your Faith episode, Who is the Pope? We learned that the history of the papacy is as varied as it is interesting. But why do we have popes in the first place? There’s a lot of confusion as […]

Who is the pope? Part one

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Deacon Pedro

I remember 8 years ago when we heard about the new Pope, Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. I have to be honest, it was a difficult news to digest since we were still mourning the loss of John Paul II. At the time we were working on the second season of our teen series, […]

What is Reconciliation? Part 3

Monday, June 21, 2010

Deacon Pedro

So far we’ve looked at sin and at the reasons why the Sacrament requires that we confess to a priest. I know some of you still struggle with that. Perhaps going through the ritual will help a bit. Remember that every Sacrament has a ritual – but the Sacrament is not just the ritual. In […]