All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri

What does it take to truly flourish, to build strong friendships, marriages, families, and a just society? Dr. Sri unpacks the four cardinal virtues: prudence, fortitude, temperance, and justice. These virtues were recognized not only in Scripture but also by the ancient Greeks and Romans, yet they’ve largely been forgotten in our modern culture.
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What would it have been like for the Blessed Virgin Mary to receive her first Holy Communion? Drawing on St. John Paul II’s reflection in Ecclesia de Eucharistia, Dr. Sri explores how Mary, who carried Jesus in her womb for nine months, would have welcomed her Son once more in the Eucharist. Along the way, he offers practical ways to receive Communion with Mary’s att...

What really happens after we die? As the Church enters November, the month of the last things, Dr. Sri walks through what Catholics believe about judgment, heaven, hell, and purgatory, and why in the end we will be “judged by how we loved.”
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“Be not afraid. Open wide the doors to Christ.” These were the first words St. John Paul II spoke to the world at his installation Mass in October 1978. They inspire us, but they’re also hard to live. Dr. Sri explores what these words really mean, why trying harder not to be afraid rarely works, and how John Paul II’s own life of suffering reveals a deeper path.