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    <description>Want to hear more about life from a Catholic perspective? Listen to host Oscar Rivera as he talks with special guests about culture, current events, and all things Catholic. You’ll walk away with a better understanding of your faith and how to live it in the world today. 
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  <title>Episode 97: Eve Tushnet on How the Truth and Beauty of Catholicism Led to Her Conversion</title>
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  <title>Episode 77: Gay and Christian with Eve Tushnet</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>What would happen if gay Christians began to believe the truth about God—that he loves all people unconditionally?

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