Father Stephen Gadberry

And then now, like, apostolic union, it's like the connection to the Holy Father. And not so much him. We don't worship him, but we recognize him as the father figure of the church. He followed Pope Benedict, who followed John Paul II, who followed John Paul I, and then Paul VI, and then John XXIII, and all the way back. And so we go back to that, to the lineage of...

the popes and then under them would be all the bishops uh who are in communion with the pope and then under the popes or the bishops would be all the priests who take care of all the faithful around the world there's not every every square inch of the world is delegated to some catholic diocese which is kind of cool interesting yeah it's like for the sake of salvation of souls like there's somebody spiritually

the popes and then under them would be all the bishops uh who are in communion with the pope and then under the popes or the bishops would be all the priests who take care of all the faithful around the world there's not every every square inch of the world is delegated to some catholic diocese which is kind of cool interesting yeah it's like for the sake of salvation of souls like there's somebody spiritually

the popes and then under them would be all the bishops uh who are in communion with the pope and then under the popes or the bishops would be all the priests who take care of all the faithful around the world there's not every every square inch of the world is delegated to some catholic diocese which is kind of cool interesting yeah it's like for the sake of salvation of souls like there's somebody spiritually

designated to have spiritual authority over every soul on this earth. So although there's 10,000 people in my parish, I'm a pastor of a general area. My parish is not just my church. My parish is the whole area, the whole geographical area where I'm at. So I'm, of course, responsible for taking care of the Catholics at the church.

designated to have spiritual authority over every soul on this earth. So although there's 10,000 people in my parish, I'm a pastor of a general area. My parish is not just my church. My parish is the whole area, the whole geographical area where I'm at. So I'm, of course, responsible for taking care of the Catholics at the church.

designated to have spiritual authority over every soul on this earth. So although there's 10,000 people in my parish, I'm a pastor of a general area. My parish is not just my church. My parish is the whole area, the whole geographical area where I'm at. So I'm, of course, responsible for taking care of the Catholics at the church.

But also every other soul that lives in my area, whenever I die and I meet the Lord, one of the things that I've got to answer is like, how did I serve all the sheep in my area? And so it's like this spiritual authority would pray and make sacrifices for them and try to bring them to Jesus Christ. Interesting.

But also every other soul that lives in my area, whenever I die and I meet the Lord, one of the things that I've got to answer is like, how did I serve all the sheep in my area? And so it's like this spiritual authority would pray and make sacrifices for them and try to bring them to Jesus Christ. Interesting.

But also every other soul that lives in my area, whenever I die and I meet the Lord, one of the things that I've got to answer is like, how did I serve all the sheep in my area? And so it's like this spiritual authority would pray and make sacrifices for them and try to bring them to Jesus Christ. Interesting.

One of the things that really opened my eyes up to the universality of the church, that's a big thing. Catholic... And the small C, like the big capital C, Catholic refers to like the Catholic Church, but it means universal. It's like worldwide you say that, but what does that mean? My theology, after I finished seminary in Louisiana, I went to Rome.

One of the things that really opened my eyes up to the universality of the church, that's a big thing. Catholic... And the small C, like the big capital C, Catholic refers to like the Catholic Church, but it means universal. It's like worldwide you say that, but what does that mean? My theology, after I finished seminary in Louisiana, I went to Rome.

One of the things that really opened my eyes up to the universality of the church, that's a big thing. Catholic... And the small C, like the big capital C, Catholic refers to like the Catholic Church, but it means universal. It's like worldwide you say that, but what does that mean? My theology, after I finished seminary in Louisiana, I went to Rome.

I was in Rome for four years, which was a phenomenal experience. And I really had a universal experience or an experience of the universal church, people from all over the world. I did my graduate studies in theology at the Gregorian University. It's a university that was founded in 1551 by St. Ignatius of Loyola. So to go to a seminary that's that old, 500 years old, was really cool.

I was in Rome for four years, which was a phenomenal experience. And I really had a universal experience or an experience of the universal church, people from all over the world. I did my graduate studies in theology at the Gregorian University. It's a university that was founded in 1551 by St. Ignatius of Loyola. So to go to a seminary that's that old, 500 years old, was really cool.

I was in Rome for four years, which was a phenomenal experience. And I really had a universal experience or an experience of the universal church, people from all over the world. I did my graduate studies in theology at the Gregorian University. It's a university that was founded in 1551 by St. Ignatius of Loyola. So to go to a seminary that's that old, 500 years old, was really cool.

And the people in my class, there was around 120 students, men and women from all over the world. As I mentioned earlier, like the... The classmate, one of my classmates was from Iraq, just miles. We were miles apart. And then we were sitting inches apart a little bit later. And like little things like that. I keep saying little things. That's a very big thing.

And the people in my class, there was around 120 students, men and women from all over the world. As I mentioned earlier, like the... The classmate, one of my classmates was from Iraq, just miles. We were miles apart. And then we were sitting inches apart a little bit later. And like little things like that. I keep saying little things. That's a very big thing.

And the people in my class, there was around 120 students, men and women from all over the world. As I mentioned earlier, like the... The classmate, one of my classmates was from Iraq, just miles. We were miles apart. And then we were sitting inches apart a little bit later. And like little things like that. I keep saying little things. That's a very big thing.

But it's those things that really shows the greatness of our God and like the plan of all this. Like it's, there's so much, so much to unpack. You know, it's a big deal.