The Word on Fire Show - Catholic Faith and Culture

Robert Barron, Catholic bishop and founder of Word on Fire, reflects on Fulton Sheen’s life and legacy. He discusses Sheen’s theology of the Church and grace. Barron explores Sheen’s gifts as a communicator, his use of media, and how his approach informs modern evangelization and social media strategy.

Robert Barron, Catholic bishop and theologian known for accessible teaching, discusses the Old Testament's central role for Christians. He explores God's otherness and self-sufficiency, the unity of Old and New Testaments, reading difficult violent texts through Christ, and strategies for making Scripture evangelically compelling in a secular age.

Bishop Robert Barron, a Catholic bishop and theologian known for media evangelization, explores Hollywood's strange love-hate relationship with Catholic imagery. He discusses why films use priests and sacral aesthetics, analyzes portrayals in classics like The Exorcist, The Mission, and Calvary, and considers how filmmakers and viewers should approach religious themes on screen.

Bishop Robert Barron, Catholic bishop and theologian known for media evangelization, joins to trace Marx’s ideas and their modern comeback. He outlines dialectical materialism, class conflict, and critiques of religion. He contrasts Marxist collectivism with Catholic social teaching and warns about contemporary identity-political currents influenced by Marxist thought.

Steve Grunow, a Catholic priest offering pastoral and spiritual analysis, and Robert Barron, a bishop and theologian known for faith-and-culture engagement, discuss social media’s dark side. They explore online vitriol, how platforms amplify harm and gossip, the spiritual dimensions of digital evil, and the need for oversight, formation, prayer, study, and humility for those engaging online.

Steve Grunow, a priest who leads communications and digital formation, and Robert Barron, a bishop and prolific Catholic evangelist, discuss social media and ministry. They define social media for evangelization. They link John Paul II’s call to new media and recount early YouTube experiments. They explore institutional readiness, providence in media work, and why new media is central to outreach.

Father Steve Grunow, a priest and CEO blending pastoral care with media strategy, and Bishop Robert Barron, a theologian known for marrying culture and theology, explore communication and social media. They discuss how art and technology shape evangelization. They trace historical media, consider papal outreach, and reflect on aesthetics, mission, and influences from notable communicators.

Fr. Steve Grunow, CEO who steers Word on Fire strategy, and Bishop Robert Barron, theologian and media evangelist, reflect on the ministry's patron saints and formative influences. They discuss Thomas Aquinas' inspiration, restoring Catholic intellectual beauty, surprising pilgrimage moments, lessons in evangelization, and plans for a priestly community and evangelization centers.

A deep dive into Newman’s take on reason and ecclesial authority. They explore how the sensus fidelium and conscience inform doctrinal consultation. Discussion covers bishops, theologians, and historic moments when laity influenced truth. The relationship between authority and theological freedom gets close attention.

Fr. Steve Grunow, priest and CEO who built Word on Fire's strategy and media operations, and Bishop Robert Barron, theologian and media evangelist behind the Catholicism series, trace the ministry's early days. They talk about the push into radio and YouTube, the creation and distribution of the Catholicism series, the role of beauty in evangelization, and how culture became a pathway to faith.