Catholic Waypoint

Most people would say doubt is healthy. Intelligent, even. But what if that's too easy an answer?This episode takes one question seriously — not as a theological problem, but as a moral one. If you've spent years...

Most people think faith means believing something you can't prove. The atheist rejects it on those grounds. The believer defends it on those grounds. And neither of them has gone back to check whether those are the...

One of the most widely recognised names in human history belongs to a man who ruled no kingdom, commanded no army, and ended his life on a Roman cross. By every measure Rome had developed for dealing with troublemakers...

<p>This episode examines what happened after Britain abolished the slave trade — and why that decision was only the beginning. It follows Britain’s choice to enforce abolition in a world that largely rejected it...

<p>This episode explores what happened after Britain’s moral awakening about slavery, when Christian conviction collided with Parliament, profit, and imperial power. It follows the long, exhausting struggle to translate...

<p>This episode traces how Britain came to see slavery not as an unfortunate fact of life, but as a moral wrong that demanded repentance. It explores a world in which slavery was normal, profitable, and largely...

<p>This episode explores the often-assumed similarity between Catholicism and Anglicanism, and why that assumption breaks down under closer examination. By looking beyond aesthetics and culture, it examines how each...

<p> This episode explores why Catholicism is so often misunderstood as a system of rules, and why that starting point misses what the Church is actually claiming. Drawing on personal experience, it argues that...

<p> This episode explores the growing gap between rights and responsibility in modern moral life, and asks why responsibility has become so difficult to articulate. It examines where moral authority comes from, why...

<p>This episode examines what the Church claims to be, and why it has historically asked for trust. Rather than approaching the Church as an idea or moral influence, it explores it as a living institution shaped by...

<p> This episode explores how Christian fragmentation shaped my distance from faith — not through disbelief, but through confusion and paralysis. I examine the loss of shared authority, Britain’s Catholic past, the...

<p>What does faith really mean in the modern world? In this episode, I explore faith as belonging, practice, and trust — drawing on history, Catholic tradition, and my own ongoing journey. </p><p>Send a text</p>

<p>In this opening episode of Catholic Waypoint, Liam shares the personal journey that led him from atheism and cultural Christianity to taking his first serious steps towards Catholicism. Reflecting on community...