David Hahn follows Pope Leo's apostolic visit to France, where vast crowds turned out in Paris, Lourdes and Metz and the Holy Father challenged the country's leaders on assisted suicide and surrogacy. He then looks at a new Institute for Family Studies report finding that churchgoing Catholics marry more, divorce less and report happier marriages and better sex lives than their secular peers. Finally, researchers begin drilling at a Turkish site some believe could hold Noah's Ark, and David asks what it would take to prove it.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:44 Pope Leo's challenge to France
5:04 Lourdes, Metz and Macron's change of plans
8:41 Could France lead a Catholic renewal?
15:48 Faith, trust and religious freedom
23:28 Churchgoers report happier marriages
26:59 The sexual revolution's broken promise
29:38 Marriage as sacrament and vocation
33:23 Drilling for Noah's Ark
37:08 Why the Ark matters to Catholics

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