Dive Deep

Vatican Two in the 1960's continues to be discussed, implemented, debated, and disagreed upon all these decades later. But did Vatican Two really implement changes so many people think it did? The answer is no.

We interview Tom Groppel, the former Director of Ceremonies for the Military District of Washington who planned the funerals of five U.S. presidents. Groppel shares behind-the-scenes stories from presidential funerals, state visits to the White House—including St. John Paul II’s historic 1979 visit—and personal conversations with presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and George H. W. Bush.

What should Catholics think about deportation? What should immigration look like? What are the non-negotiables? Who is right, Republicans or Democrats on this debate from a Catholic perspective? Father Christopher Trummer, a moral theologian, breaks it all down.

Crowds pressed in from every side at St. Peter’s Square as 98-year-old Phyllis LaRoche of Quincy, Illinois, held up a sign, hoping to get Pope Leo's attention.

In this episode of Dive Deep, we explore a story many are calling miraculous: a baby that is incorrupt? Brian Gallagher died in 1982, but looking at images nearly 40 years after his death, it looks like he is simply sleeping. What is going on here. Is this the first incorrupt baby? We interview Brian's brother, Thomas, from Charleston, IL.

What does the Catholic Church teach about the use of contraception? Is there ever a time a woman can what is commonly called The Pill? What about Natural Family Planning, is this just Catholic birth control? Bishop Thomas John Paprocki has the answers.

Father Dominic Rankin answers questions about not eating right, not exercising, and not taking medicine. Where is the moral line? Where does sin come in? What about if you are obsessed with exercising and eating healthy?

How does a bishop get paid? How much does a bishop make? Does he do his own laundry? What about grocery shopping? What are the perks? Who cleans his vestments. It's everything you want to know about a Catholic bishop's life beyond the Mass and sacraments.

There is new hope for Archbishop Fulton Sheen's Beatification Mass after a Peoria couple talks with Pope Leo XIV about Sheen's cause, which has a pause on it right now. Why is there new hope? What did the Holy Father say?

On June 22, 2010, Bishop Thomas John Paprocki was installed as bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. 15 years later, he sits down to discuss a phone call, a meeting with Pope Benedict, what were his expectations, did he think he would be in Springfield for 15 years, what's next for him before retirement, and why he is grateful for this assignment.

What does the Catholic Church teach about smoking marijuana and cigarettes and drinking alcohol? Are they morally OK, morally wrong, or is there gray area that depends on certain factors? How much is too much? Bishop Thomas John Paprocki discusses.

Pope Leo XIV was elected the new Pope! Bishop Thomas John Paprocki reacts to the election of the new Holy Father.

What happens behind the scenes at the Papal conclave? How does a pope actually get elected? Burning of ballots, verbalizing names, and politicking behind the scenes. Is all that true? Father Chris House breaks down how a pope is elected, what goes on during a papal election, and the rules and unwritten rules. #news #pope

She is saving lives as biomedical engineer and she is also a religious sister! The crazy story of Sister Pieta Keller, a sister from the Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr St. George, based in Alton.

Father Marty Smith joins Dive Deep to discuss what is the number one thing he is seeing that even practicing Catholics are not doing as good of a job as they should be. How should we be taking to youth? What really is the role of Catholic education?

Darren Price of Springfield converted to the Catholic Church in 2019. Just a few months later, he went on a trip to the Holy Land where he almost died. His incredible story of walking the streets of Jerusalem in severe pain, needing the US Embassy to get involved, and money wire transfers needing to happen all sound like a movie script, but it was his reality. How his story gave him a new appreciation for Christ and suffering.