Condolences, Leo XIV, Debating Wolfe, Webbon on Excommunications

Condolences, Leo XIV, Debating Wolfe, Webbon on Excommunications

Author: Dr. James White May 8, 2025 Duration: 1:12:52
Started off offering Christian condolences to @SavagelyAverage and @KenFiveSolas on social media, both of whom lost their wives suddenly. Talked a bit about grieving. Then moved on to the new Pope, Leo XIV, and about how an earlier Leo, the Xth, was important in the Reformation. Then we looked at some comments from Stephen Wolfe, and Joel Webbon (on very different topics, though, somewhat related).

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