"Why Be Catholic" 4-29-26

About this episode

Fr. Chris Masla discusses the reasons for being Catholic in light of recent baptism trends.

This talk was given on April 29, 2026 in Lexington, VA, sponsored by St. Patrick's Adult Faith & Evangelization Team along with Catholic Campus Ministry for VMI and Washington and Lee. In light of the recent headlines reporting record numbers of baptisms in the United States and around the world I explore potential causes for this phenomenon and present three objective reasons for being Catholic today.

People in this episode

Host: Fr. Chris Masla

Topics covered

• Catholicism
• baptism
• faith
• evangelization
• spirituality

Keywords

• Catholic
• baptism
• faith
• evangelization
• spirituality
• Christianity
• religion

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Lexington, VA

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