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We welcome back Fr. John Perricone to discuss his recent article in Crisis Magazine on the priesthood. How have generations of degrading the masculine created a culture of defeated men, and what is really needed to address the vocation crisis in the Church? Show Notes The Priest as Hercules - Crisis Magazine Goodbye Good Men By Michael S. Rose Bring Back the Box Do Men Need to Apologize for Masculinity? (Dr. Anthony Esolen) 5/26/22 No Apologies: Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men The Misogyny Myth (John Tierney) 10/19/23 10 Ways to crush the morale of priests--Aleteia The Priest is Not His Own Those Mysterious Priests by Fulton Sheen | eBook | Barnes & Noble The Priest in Union with Christ : R. Garrigou-Lagrange : Internet Archive The Priesthood and Perfection by Garrigou-Lagrange The Spiritual Direction of Saint Claude De Colombiere The Real Presence - St. Peter Julian Eymard Catena Aurea - Matthew Catena Aurea - Mark Catena Aurea - Luke Catena Aurea - John The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

This is the new Weekend Readiness segment for today's Remastered Let's Talk About This episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes. Show Notes What Can We Learn from Nineveh? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/5/24 Pete Buttigieg: 'Men Are More Free' When Abortion Is Legal 'It's Evil': Fans Erupt in Anger After Olympic Boxer Alleged to Have Male Chromosomes, Defeats Female Fighter in Under a Minute Illegal migrant from Venezuela left her receipt at the grocery store. Cashier took a photo... | Twitter Thread Reader The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Elisabeth Sullivan of the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education to discuss a unified Logos-centered vision of Catholic education. How can educating for freedom, wisdom, and virtue counter the secular pragmatism of current model-based educational fads? Show Notes The Institute for Catholic Liberal Education ICLE Launches Formation Program for Diocesan Educational Leaders Annual Conference on the Renewal of Catholic Education Attracts Record-Number of Attendees New Hope for Catholic Education (Elisabeth Sullivan) 7/17/23 Another Sort of Learning - Fr. James Schall, S.J. Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available! A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Fr. Joseph Fessio, S.J. of Ignatius Press to discuss St. Ignatius of Loyola on this, his feast day. Who is Ignatius of Loyola, and how has his vision affected both the Church and the World? Show Notes Ignatius Press A Pilgrim's Journey: The Autobiography of St. Ignatius of Loyola "Lord, I Want to See": How to Keep Your Spiritual Eyes Open The Examen Prayer: Ignatian Wisdom for Our Lives Today | Fr. Timothy Gallagher, O.M.V. Meditation and Contemplation: An Ignatian Guide to Praying with Scripture | Fr. Timothy Gallagher, O.M.V. An Ignatian Introduction to Prayer: Scriptural Reflections According to the Spiritual Exercises | Fr. Timothy Gallagher, O.M.V. Exposcit Debitum (1550) Nefarious: The Must-See Movie (Cary Solomon) 5/15/23 The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back author and scholar Raymond Ibrahim to discuss the Paris Olympics and the true history of the conflict between Islam and Christendom. Should we really be surprised by what we saw on display? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes The Muslim Persecution of Christians Reports - Archive Is Paris Burning? | Dominique Lapierre Is Paris Burning? | IMDB Media Cover Up the Jihad on French Churches France's Recent Elections and New Islamic Yoke Four go on trial in Paris over jihadist murder of French priest UPDATE: A map of the 100 churches that have been vandalized or burned since the residential schools announcement | True North Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam Defenders of the West (Raymond Ibrahim) 7/25/22 The Eastern Defenders of Christendom (Raymond Ibrahim) 11/17/22 'Respect For Jesus Christ Definite Matter For Muslims': Iran's Khamenei Slams Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony Muslim leaders condemn 'disgraceful' Olympics scene: It 'offended us as much as them' | Catholic News Agency Bishop Robert Barron "To the Paris Olympics organizing committee, not good enough..." Why Has Canada Become the Epicenter of Arson Attacks on Churches? Our First Discussion Of Coincidence: The Olympics Blackout Canadian Church Blood Libel (Kennedy Hall) 9/20/23 'Christians Should Stand Up': What the Left Fears Most Quote by Oswald Spengler: "To-day we live so cowed under the bombardment of this intellectual artillery..." The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back John Horvat of Tradition Family and Property to discuss his latest article in The Imaginative Conservative. What can the opening ceremony of the Olympics teach us about the First Commandment and the mystery of iniquity? Show Notes Why Everyone Needs the First Commandment ~ The Imaginative Conservative Blasphemy | EWTN There used to be a better class of atheist A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine The Cult of the Imperial Self The Injustice of an Irreverent Mass - Crisis Magazine Fatima Prayers of Reparation The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses patience, courage, and the valley of soul-making. Are the faithful being trained to respond well in times of trial and persecution? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Faith, Hope, Love - Josef Pieper Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a Post Post-Christian Era Doomscrolling Past Christ When It's Time to Fast from the News Beware of "Hopium" and "Copium" The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Michael Pakaluk of the Catholic University of America to discuss his latest in The Catholic Thing. How has federal funding changed the Church's voice in civil matters, and what does it really mean to form your conscience in these times? Show Notes Reason Amid the Ruins - The Catholic Thing U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time (usdebtclock.org) The reconstruction of the Republic : Harold O. J. Brown | Internet Archive The Life Of Julia The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Steven Mosher of the Population Research Institute to continue the discussion on China with his latest with TAN Books. What caused the Vatican's shift in policy towards China in recent history, and what price is being paid as a result? Show Notes The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi Population Research Institute Bishop Fulton Sheen and Chairman Mao Agreed: Hate Drives Communism - PRI Beware of "Hopium" and "Copium" The Devil and Communist China (Steve Mosher) 6/27/24 The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci – Jonathan D. Spence Helping Underground Church Chinese Rites Controversy | Jesuit Missionaries, Papal Bull, Synod | Britannica Maryknoll Goes to Asia, 1918 - Archives The 2 reasons totalitarian states detest the Church Archbishop McCarrick's unofficial role in Vatican-China relations | Catholic News Agency Don't Be Surprised by China's Collapse | Peter Zeihan China After Xi | Peter Zeihan The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss the commitment to untruth as seen in recent news headlines. Who benefits from widespread isolation and a spirit of perpetual distrust? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Creative Minority Report I'm No Conspiracy Theorist but… You Don't Despise the Media Enough. – Creative Minority Report The Would Be Assassin has no online presence and his phone is locked. Well, we tried. Secret Service director steps down after assassination attempt against ex-President Trump at rally You Don't Need Horns to Worship Satan. Just a Mirror. – Creative Minority Report Faith Under Fire: Dramatic Stories of Christian Courage: Matt Archbold A Treasury of Traditional Catholic Novenas Fisheaters - Catholic Library Sirach 2: 1-6 NRSVCE - Duties toward God - Bible Gateway The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Darrick Taylor of the Controversies in Church History podcast to discuss the intellectual and cultural influence of Germany within the Catholic Church. How has the contemporary Church been shaped by German figures, and what is the likely result of the "German Synodal Way"? Show Notes Controversiae Ecclesiasticae | Controversies in Church History Podcast Dr. Taylor's Substack Institute of Catholic Culture KULTURKAMPF: The Dismantling of German Catholicism | Institute of Catholic Culture Explainer: The German Synodal Way and the Catholic church, what you should know The Poor Old Liberal Arts The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the spiritual response necessary to combat the evil seen in recent days. What will it take to cast off business-as-usual Catholicism and to undergo a true hard reset? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Emergency Episode: Special Forces Sniper Explains Trump Shooting - Tim Kennedy Assassinated By Lies - by Sarah Cain - Homefront Crusade Slut Walk Leader Speaks at the RNC Apocalypse Now? / Doug Wilson & Friends The Consolation of Philosophy - Boethius Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion - Ronald Knox Beware of "Hopium" and "Copium" Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available! A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper God Wants You to Rest (feat. Sr. Mary Grace, SV) The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Philumina Johanni of Judicial Watch to evaluate some of the recent rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court. How can we be better informed about court decisions, and why is it important to not give blind trust to government institutions? Show Notes Justices rule Trump has some immunity from prosecution - SCOTUSblog Supreme Court strikes down Chevron, curtailing power of federal agencies - SCOTUSblog Murthy v. Missouri - SCOTUSblog Judicial Watch FOIA.gov Oyez | Cornell's Legal Information Institute The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Fr. Gerald Murray of EWTN to discuss synodality, the role of the laity, and to examine the cases of Archbishop Viganò and Fr. Marko Rupnik. Show Notes Two Perspectives on the Synod's New 'Working Document' - The Catholic Thing Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith Press Release - 7/5/2024 Edward Feser | Blogspot BREAKING: Knights of Columbus to cover Rupnik art in DC and Connecticut – Catholic World Report The Love Song of M. Ivan Rupnik » Maureen Mullarkey The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Matt Lamb of The College Fix to discuss free speech, dehumanization, and radicalized discourse on college campuses. Are we building a moral house in which we would like to live? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes The College Fix Pro-Palestinian student group claims Trump assassination attempt 'staged,' distraction from Gaza war | The College Fix The Crisis of Western Education Squelching Campus Unrest National Champions! – Bill Whittle College grad sues to stop mandatory student fee that supports liberal activist group Indiana U. could ban classroom speech under proposed 'expressive activity' policy, group argues | The College Fix Highs and Lows of Catholic Commencements in 2024 - Cardinal Newman Society Dartmouth Dean Rallies Students for Trans Agenda - Moonbattery The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Fr. John Perricone to discuss his article in Crisis Magazine on fatherhood. Why is fatherhood hated by so many, both inside and out of the Church, and what happens when we undermine the role of Fathers? Show Notes Fathers, Rise to Your Greatness - Crisis Magazine Do Men Need to Apologize for Masculinity? (Dr. Anthony Esolen) 5/26/22 No Apologies: Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men Why the World and the Devil Hate Men, and What the Church Can Do About It What's a Manly Man and How Can We Get More of Them? The Triumph of the Therapeutic: Uses of Faith after Freud The Life Of Julia The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the Instrumentum Laboris for the October session of the Synod on Synodality. Is this one as bad as the one from 2023? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes New 'Instrumentum Laboris' Focuses on How to Implement Goals of Synod on Synodality| National Catholic Register "Instrumentum laboris" for the Second Session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (October 2024) The Synod: A Crash Landing? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/25/23 The First (Bitter) Fruits of Synodality (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 11/17/23 "We May Not Fully Understand…" Reality Beyond Words: Or, Why It Is Better Not to Understand Everything Immediately — Part 1 | Tradition & Sanity by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski Incomprehension, Wonder, and the Search for Truth: Or, Why It Is Better Not to Understand Everything Immediately — Part 2 | Tradition & Sanity by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski Vindicating Mystery Against Its Rationalist Enemies: Or, Why It Is Better Not to Understand Everything Immediately — Conclusion | Tradition & Sanity by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski Vatican bans Latin Mass in Marian shrine for thriving Spanish walking pilgrimage - LifeSite The problem of religious traditionalists | Joseph Shaw | The Critic Magazine Silk Purses and Sow's Ears: "Inclusive Language" Comes to Mass by Paul V. Mankowski, S.J. Splitting the Faithful: Inclusive Language Is Wrong Biblically, Pastorally, and Doctrinally - Crisis Magazine Goodbye Good Men By Michael S. Rose This Porsche executive was convicted for (take the time to read this slowly) throwing her newborn daughter out of her window to save her career | Not the Bee She Finally Earned Her Stanford Master's Degree at 105: 'I've waited a long time for this' The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Fr. Casey Jones of the Diocese of Venice Florida to discuss the role of a pastor. How have we gotten to the point where less important administrative tasks prevent pastors from focusing on the preaching of the Gospel? Show Notes Pastor | Catholic Answers Encyclopedia Pastors, Administrators, Parochial Vicars (catholiceducation.org) Panel Discussion: Christian Nationalism, Women in Politics, & Jewish Influence on American Society 10 Ways to crush the morale of priests--Aleteia What Many Priests No Longer Believe - Homiletic & Pastoral Review Catholic priests survey finds lower morale, 'conservative shift' among U.S. clergy Is Catholic Preaching That Bad? Is Your Parish Like a Convenience Store? Why Do (Mass-going) Catholics Resent God? - Crisis Magazine Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Cheap Grace vs. Costly Grace The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Jennifer Morse of the Ruth Institute to discuss the ideological unreality of queer theory, and the attempts to render both motherhood and fatherhood meaningless. Where can we find stories of hope in this seemingly never-ending battle? Show Notes The Ruth Institute Dr J Show Archives – Ruth Institute Kansas' attorney general is telling schools they must out trans kids to parents, even with no specific law | PBS News "Bill #H4750 in MA would remove the word "father" on birth certificates..." Who's Carl? When parents are the last to know about their trans kids Proposed California bill aimed at protecting LGBTQ+ youth encourages parents to affirm their child's gender identity - ABC7 Los Angeles 3 Ways Feminism Laid The Groundwork For Transgenderism Seeing Things: Female Impersonation Maureen Mullarkey (studiomatters.com) A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine The Ruth Institute Podcast: Pedophilia from the Beginning - Dr. Jennifer Morse, Wichita, KS Combatting the Sexual Revolution at the Eighth Day Institute Symposium Interview With a Detransitioner - by Sarah Cain From Abuse Victim, to Lesbian, to Redemption: Nancy Charles Shares her Story | Dr. J Show ep. 243 Courage Is A Habit Parent Resources – Ruth Institute The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Michael Hichborn of The Lepanto Institute to discuss the many tangled knots surrounding the notorious CCHD along with other headlines in the Church. Are there any signs of good news? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Michael Hichborn and Timothy Flanders Discuss the Real Presence Survey Survey of U.S. Catholic Laity on the Real Presence Cause for hope in new data on Eucharistic faith? Eucharistic Faith and Wishful Thinking (Fr. Peter Stravinskas) 7/2/24 CCHD head resigns; program facing financial woes - CatholicCitizens.org USCCB Cuts Social Justice Staff - U.S. News CCHD Funds Controversy: False Claim by Gamaliel Foundation - The Lepanto Institute The Case of Bishop Stowe The Church and the Transgender Celebrity Hermit On Promoting Devotion to the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ | Catholic Culture Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus | EWTN The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Sarah Cain, known as The Crusader Gal, to discuss the role of religion within society and the modern misunderstandings of secularism. Why is there such ignorance of both American and Church history? Show Notes The Crusader Gal Homefront Crusade Cardinal Pie and the Social Kingship of Christ - Crisis Magazine CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Louis-Edouard-Desire Pie What Is Christian Nationalism? (Doug Wilson) 1/4/24 What's the Truth about Christian Nationalism? (John Horvat II) 3/20/22 Mere Christendom — Doug Wilson Liberals and the Libel of "Christian Nationalism" ~ The Imaginative Conservative Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a Post Post-Christian Era A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine The Death Of Christian Culture - Angelus Press Restoration Of Christian Culture - Angelus Press The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue again discusses Pope Leo XIII's letter on Americanism. How does the document from 1899 answer today's calls for a "synodal Church" with a contextual theology? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes What Is the Heresy of Americanism? (Jerome German) 2/8/23 The Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII/True and False Americanism in Religion - Wikisource Library : Americanism, Then and Now: Our Pet Heresy | Catholic Culture The Heresy of (Protestant) Americanism - Ad Fontes Americanism: Heresy or Fiction? - A Response to Miles Smith - Ad Fontes Integralism and the Common Good: Selected Essays from The Josias (Volume 1: Family, City, and State) Integralism and the Common Good: Selected Essays from The Josias (Volume 2: The Two Powers) Mere Christendom: The Case for Bringing Christianity Back into Modern Culture - Leading by Faith to Convert Secularism A Quick Christian Nationalism Walk Through | Doug Wilson Isaiah's Job To Be a Prophet is a Blessing and a Burden Archbishop Viganò Excommunicated UK cultural grandees urge Vatican to keep TLM in new 'Agatha Christie' letter Cardinal Parolin: 'The concept of just war needs to be reviewed' - Vatican News 88-year-old 'Proud' Foster Mom Retires After Raising Over 40 Children The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Joseph Pearce of The Imaginative Conservative to discuss his article in Crisis Magazine on Catholic beauty. Why do some desire to stifle the gifts of Catholic beauty, both physical and liturgical? Show Notes Joseph's Website Beauty Beyond the Power of the World - Crisis Magazine The Mystery of the 'Agatha Christie Indult' Catholic Art Institute Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child: Anthony Esolen The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful (Joseph Pearce) 12/13/23 The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful: A History in Three Dimensions The Catholic Art Institute | Conference 2024 The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Fr. Peter Stravinskas to discuss his article in Catholic World Report. Many are rejoicing in the results of a new survey on Catholic belief in the Eucharist, but is this a case of false hopes and wishful thinking? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Cause for hope in new data on Eucharistic faith? The "Eucharistic Revival" in practical mode? Gutting the Mystery out of the Mystery What Many Priests No Longer Believe | Homiletic & Pastoral Review Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion - Ronald Knox Beware of "Hopium" and "Copium" Number of German Catholics formally leaving the Church since 2019 The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Fr. Robert Spitzer of The Magis Center for Reason and Faith to discuss the complexity of the human brain and the rise of theistic faith within the scientific community. Of believers and non-believers, which group is really the minority? Show Notes The Magis Center for Reason and Faith Cubic millimetre of brain mapped in spectacular detail | Nature The Four Levels of Happiness: Your Path to Personal Flourishing - Sophia Institute Press Is Science a Gateway to God? (Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.) 12/7/23 The Human Brain: A Primer Curious Bedfellows: Soul and Brain The Remarkable Evidence for the Human Soul Brain Wars: The Scientific Battle Over the Existence of the Mind and the Proof that Will Change the Way We Live Our Lives Fides et Ratio (14 September 1998) | John Paul II A Closer Look at Faith and Reason (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 1/6/23 Life's irreducible structure. Live mechanisms and information in DNA are boundary conditions with a sequence of boundaries above them Mind and cosmos : why the materialist neo-Darwinian conception of nature is almost certainly false : Thomas Nagel | Internet Archive Why Only Us: Language and Evolution Insight; a study of human understanding : Bernard Lonergan | Internet Archive Evolution of the brain : creation of the self : John Eccles | Internet Archive The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the modern tendency towards institutional amnesia. What does it mean to have a good Catholic memory? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes RORATE CÆLI: URGENT - URGENT - Growing Rumors of a "Final Solution" for the Traditional Latin Mass - TLM The Remnant Newspaper - Vatican Document Further Restricting TLM said to Exist, Backed by Cardinal Parolin RORATE CÆLI: Archbishop Viola, the violator of Tradition -- the dangerous secretary of Divine Worship and the man behind the attempts to ban the Traditional Mass. His letter to the Melbourne Archbishop The Library of Alexandria is on Fire | The Corbett Report Interview 1794 – The eLibrary is on eFire – #NewWorldNextWeek | The Corbett Report How to Scale a Paywall (and other useful tips) – #SolutionsWatch | The Corbett Report The Last Catholic in America - John R. Powers RORATE CÆLI: Accept or Reject the New Mass? Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available! Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a Post Post-Christian Era WE DO BELIEVE, O LORD (Theme Song Winner) on SoundCloud | The National Eucharistic Revival Catholic Art Institute https://twitter-thread.com/t/1801718918085808619 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13551465/Pornhub-BANS-five-states-age-verification-laws-blocked.html https://twitter-thread.com/t/1806439543249203408 https://twitter-thread.com/t/1806137782596931967 The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Steven Mosher of the Population Research Institute to discuss his latest book with TAN Books, The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi. How can a closer study of history help to break through modern academia's pro-communist propaganda? Show Notes The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi Population Research Institute Vatican plans to renew its secretive China deal amid persecution of the underground Church - PRI Bishop Fulton Sheen and Chairman Mao Agreed: Hate Drives Communism - PRI China's Population Collapse Will Change The World Forever - Peter Zeihan New Chinese Demographic Data = Population Collapse || Peter Zeihan Zeihan Vindicated: Chinese Population DROPS Again Vatican official praises China for witness to Catholic social teaching Putting the Church in Chinese Hands (Liz Yore) 5/28/24 The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Darrick Taylor of the Controversies in Church History podcast to discuss a recent article of his in Crisis Magazine. In this age of short attention spans, how can we be careful researchers without falling prey to either naïveté or confirmation bias? Show Notes Controversiae Ecclesiasticae | Controversies in Church History Podcast Dr. Taylor's Substack Pope Francis and the Conspiracy Against the Church - Crisis Magazine Notes on The Gates of Hell » Maureen Mullarkey When the Vatican Gets It Wrong - Crisis Magazine Jack T. Chick | Infogalactic How to Be a Conspiracy Realist (James Corbett) 10/20/22 Humanae Vitae | Controversies in Church History Podcast Doomscrolling Past Christ The News Is a Social Construct (James Corbett) 6/17/24 The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Sarah Cain, known as The Crusader Gal, to discuss our culture's lack of moral imagination and why trying to build Christian culture without reference to Christ will always fail. Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes The Crusader Gal Homefront Crusade Louisiana Faces Lawsuit Over Mandatory Display of Ten Commandments in Classrooms The Freeloading Atheism of Richard Dawkins and Republicans On Christian Secularism: In Conversation with Jeff Ventrella | Doug Wilson A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper Does Jesus Love You Just the Way You Are? - Crisis Magazine Is Christ a Magician? - Crisis Magazine Why Do (Mass-going) Catholics Resent God? - Crisis Magazine The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back apologist Steve Ray to discuss atonement, covenant, and the meaning of Catholic worship. Why do many Catholics neglect and downplay the sacrificial nature of the Mass? Show Notes Steve Ray's Website | catholicconvert.com SteveRaysStore.com Defending the Eucharist Is The Mass Really A Sacrifice? Steve Ray's Audio Collection New Liturgical Movement: "The Old Leaven" of Catholic Truth, Part 1: Eucharistic Language and Eucharistic Faith in Medieval England New Liturgical Movement: "The Old Leaven" of Catholic Truth, Part 2: Eucharist as Sacrifice in the Language of Medieval England New Liturgical Movement: How Do Sins Against the Eucharist Cause Our Lord to Suffer? Will there be a Eucharistic revival? Still Concerned About the Eucharistic Revival: A Response to Tim Glemkowski - Crisis Magazine Adoration of the Lamb, 1432 - Jan van Eyck - WikiArt.org The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the trend towards relativism in recent documents to come out of Rome. How are all of the documents connected, and what can we expect in the future? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes The Bishop of Rome: Primacy and Synodality in the Ecumenical Dialogues and in the Responses to the Encyclical 'Ut unum sint,' Ecumenism and papal primacy: Vatican releases status report on dialogues | USCCB 'The Bishop of Rome': A brief guide for busy readers A First Look at Rome's New Document on the Papacy (Fr. Gerald Murray) 6/19/24 How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading - Mortimer Adler Straw Man Fallacy | Excelsior Online Writing Lab The First (Bitter) Fruits of Synodality (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 11/17/23 Exquisitely Preserved 1,000-yo Gaming Pieces Found in German Castle Offer Snapshot of Medieval Pastimes Mayor's pricey hair and makeup: In one year, Brandon Johnson's campaign has spent $30K on grooming Family sues over hospital's religious exemption for euthanasia | Catholic News Agency Viganò charged with schism, calls Vat II and Pope Francis 'cancer' The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss courage, the myth of the "modern man", and the powerful witness of facing persecution for Christ. Is the rise of secular activism the inevitable result of rejecting the transcendent? Show Notes Teen Denied Diploma for Mentioning Christ in Graduation Speech. – Creative Minority Report Tracker: Over 400 Attacks on U.S. Catholic Churches Since May 2020 - CatholicVote org Hate Hoax List This is Controversial but this Isn't? – Creative Minority Report Manhunt Underway for Driver Who Peeled Out Over Pride Rainbow. Meanwhile, Pro-Life Clinic Vandalisms Mysteriously Remain Unsolved. – Creative Minority Report More Faulty Wiring? - Creative Minority Report Twitter Thread: "From the Pope's General Audience yesterday..." General Audience of 19 June 2024 - Cycle of Catechesis. The Psalms, symphony of prayer in the Bible The Aztecs are back: deliberate syncretism in Mexican Catholicism toda Australian bishops approve Aboriginal liturgy, in landmark decision | National Catholic Reporter Chartres Pilgrimage 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Fr. Gerald Murray of EWTN to discuss the most recent document coming out of Rome. Is there a difference between what the text says and what it means, and why are some calling for "re-reception" of the teaching of Vatican I? Show Notes The Bishop of Rome: Primacy and Synodality in the Ecumenical Dialogues and in the Responses to the Encyclical 'Ut unum sint,' Ecumenism and papal primacy: Vatican releases status report on dialogues | USCCB 'The Bishop of Rome': A brief guide for busy readers 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Fr. John Perricone to discuss his recent article in Crisis Magazine. How have modern depictions of Jesus helped bring about the elevation of the self, and what will it take to reclaim our Catholic heritage? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Is Christ a Magician? - Crisis Magazine Works of St. Anselm: Cur Deus Homo: Book First About that 'Personal Relationship with Jesus' - The Catholic Thing The Lie of Eucharistic Hospitality (Fr. Casey Jones) 2/29/24 The Cult of the Imperial Self What Many Priests No Longer Believe | Homiletic & Pastoral Review Who Needs Worship? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 1/20/23 Why Mass Doesn't Need To Be "New and Improved" The 12 Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus - The Catholic Company The Five First Saturdays Devotion The Soul of The Apostolate - Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back James Corbett of The Corbett Report to discuss the creation of the 24-hour news cycle, mediated reality, and the power of suggestion. How susceptible to narrative are we, and how can we be more intelligent consumers of information? Show Notes The News is a Social Construct (2017) | The Corbett Report The Media Matrix | Full Documentary | The Corbett Report This Is What The Globalists REALLY Fear | The Corbett Report Operation Mockingbird | Liberty Wingspan Operation Mockingbird | Infogalactic The CIA And The Media — Carl Bernstein ASI presents: Hillary, Walter Cronkite and World Government Episode 459 – The Rwandan Genocide Is A Lie | The Corbett Report When It's Time to Fast from the News The Gulf War Did Not Take Place | The Corbett Report Doomscrolling Past Christ Mass Media: A History | The Corbett Report Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction: Alan Jacobs 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

This is the new Weekend Readiness segment for today's Remastered Let's Talk About This episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes. Show Notes Confronting the Demon of Discouragement (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/26/24 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Did you miss the live version of Ask Father during the On-Air Appeal? Check out his answers to your questions sent in, and please consider donating to The Station of the Cross to help us continue the great work of The Catholic Current. 2024 Spring On-Air Appeal: "This is My Body... This is My Blood." 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Did you miss the live version of Ask Father during the On-Air Appeal? Check out his answers to your questions sent in, and please consider donating to The Station of the Cross to help us continue the great work of The Catholic Current. 2024 Spring On-Air Appeal: "This is My Body... This is My Blood." 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Kathleen Carr of the Catholic Art Institute to discuss beauty, fellowship and the upcoming events of the Institute. How can the Church benefit from the development of the next generation of Catholic artists? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Retreat | Catholic Art Institute Conference 2024 | Catholic Art Institute His Majesty's Men Choral Concert & Conference | Catholic Art Institute Catholic Art Institute Duncan G. Stroik Center for Beauty and Culture | Benedictine College Beauty Will Save The World: Raffaella's Family Continues Her Legacy In New Classical Ballet | Ballet Herald 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk of the National Catholic Bioethics Center to discuss brain death and the ethically concerning technologies involved in organ donation. Why are some choosing to tinker with the definition of death? Show Notes Father Tad's Website The National Catholic Bioethics Center Making Sense of Bioethics FatherTad.com | Lectures To Die Well Seriously… how can death be "unexpected"? Bioethics on Air: Episode 120: Dead Enough is Good Enough: Update on Determining Brain Death and NRP Address to an International Conference on Organ Donation | Pope St. John Paul II (August 29, 2000) Procuring Organs Over My Dead Body Does the Catholic Church Have Doubts About Brain Death? Neither Ethical nor Prudent Integrity in the Determination of Brain Death: Recent Challenges and Next Steps Holding the Line on Brain Death 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue walks through his latest article published in Crisis Magazine. Does the bad behavior seen at St. Typical's really display an inward resentment of God? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Why Do (Mass-going) Catholics Resent God? - Crisis Magazine What To Do When the Truth Hurts (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 5/31/24 "We May Not Fully Understand…" Reality Beyond Words: Or, Why It Is Better Not to Understand Everything Immediately — Part 1 | Tradition & Sanity by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski Incomprehension, Wonder, and the Search for Truth: Or, Why It Is Better Not to Understand Everything Immediately — Part 2 | Tradition & Sanity by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski Vindicating Mystery Against Its Rationalist Enemies: Or, Why It Is Better Not to Understand Everything Immediately — Conclusion | Tradition & Sanity by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Cheap Grace vs. Costly Grace Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute to discuss her latest in City Journal on the Racial Justice Act of 2020 in California. What was Operation Windstar, and how are unrelated accusations of historical racial bias being used to overturn criminal convictions? Show Notes California's Looming Crime Catastrophe | City Journal California Racial Justice Act for All Signed Into Law | Official Website San Francisco Police Department will stop releasing most mug shots to combat racial bias | CNN When Race Trumps Merit (Heather Mac Donald) 6/29/23 Race, Fact and Law (Heather Mac Donald) 7/26/23 White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era: Shelby Steele No Apologies: Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Judge Glock of the Manhattan Institute to discuss his latest in City Journal on the debt crisis facing major cities. Given the seemingly insurmountable debt they face, is it wrong to ask whether the municipal budgets were designed to fail? Show Notes How Debt Ate Chicago | City Journal U.S. Debt Clock World Debt Clocks Debate: 75 Years after A-Bomb - Did Welfare Cause Detroit's Decline and Lack of It Cause Hiroshima's Rise? - Frank Report Hiroshima vs. Detroit: Then and Now Another Look at School Choice (Dr. Corey DeAngelis) 8/9/23 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Steve Malanga of the Manhattan Institute to discuss his latest in City Journal on homelessness, and the government responses fueled by do-something-ism. How much worse have government housing policies made the situation? Father finishes with some Timeless Thoughts. Show Notes Gimme (Government) Shelter | City Journal U.S. Debt Clock World Debt Clocks Bad Ideas Have Bad Consequences | The Imaginative Conservative The High Cost of Good Intentions: A History of U.S. Federal Entitlement Programs: John Cogan Fathers: The Great Adventurers of the Modern World - The Catholic Gentleman No Apologies: Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men Do Men Need to Apologize for Masculinity? (Dr. Anthony Esolen) 5/26/22 The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Jim Meigs of the Manhattan Institute to discuss his latest in City Journal on plagiarism and an anti-scientific trend within the scientific community. Is ideology valued above truth even within scientific journals? Show Notes Unscientific American | City Journal The Great Debate: Dinesh D'Souza v. Dr. Michael Shermer - The Thinking Conservative Two DEI deans at elitist MIT accused of being serial plagiarists 'An Existential Crisis' for Science: Institute for Policy Research The Sokal Hoax: The Sham That Shook the Academy: The editors of Lingua Franca How Alan Sokal Won the Battle but Lost the 'Science Wars' – Commentary Magazine Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters: Abigail Shrier Bad Ideas Have Bad Consequences | The Imaginative Conservative The Hidden Life of Hilary Cass - by Sarah Cain The Closing of the American Mind: How Higher Education Has Failed Democracy and Impoverished the Souls of Today's Students Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the virtues needed to commit to the truth. How can we prepare ourselves to better hear and accept difficult and painful calls to conversion? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes An Unteachable Society and the Church Does modern education endanger the soul? Why do we lie to ourselves? What will make people more likely to accept the "truthiness" of truth? Are we educating for freedom? Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available! Docilitas: On Teaching and Being Taught: Fr. James Schall S.J. Diocese of Buffalo plans merger of one-third of its parishes Diocese of Buffalo Announces Plan to Reshape the Number of Parishes through Merger Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J. of EWTN to begin to scratch the surface in discussing Eastern Catholicism. How did the spread of the twelve apostles lead to such liturgical diversity within the Catholic church, and how can we best appreciate and participate in this rich history? Show Notes Why Istanbul Is Not Constantinople (Anymore) Answering Orthodoxy - A Catholic Response to Attacks from the East: Michael Lofton Finding A Hidden Church - Eastern Christian Publications The Forgotten: Catholics of the Soviet Empire from Lenin through Stalin Fr. Pacwa Interviews Fr. Daniel Dozier | EWTN Live The Light of the East | EWTN The Eastern Catholic Church Explained: 7 Fascinating Facts All Roman Catholics Should Know 20 ANSWERS: EASTERN CATHOLICISM | EWTN Religious Catalogue Light of the East Podcast Fr. Thomas Loya Fr. Thomas Loya - Tabor Life Institute Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Jennifer Morse of the Ruth Institute to discuss the newly instituted Ex-Gay Visibility Day to be celebrated on June 2nd. Why do proponents of the sexual revolution despise those who advocate for sexual orientation change? Show Notes Ruth Institute Counseling Freedom For All – Ruth Institute References, Sources, and Citations – Ruth Institute Parent Resources – Ruth Institute Refute the Top 5 Gay Myths – Ruth Institute Father Sullins Research – Ruth Institute The Dr. J Show - Podcast Free - YouTube Gay no More: Testimonies from Women and Men who Journeyed away from an LGBT Identity - YouTube Born That Way? Dr. Sullins Puts the Myth to the Test (And Finds It Wanting) | Dr. J Episode 209 pt2 Courage International Who Is Silencing Therapists? (Fr. Paul Sullins) 1/3/24 Human Dignity and the Gender Agenda (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 4/17/24 Don't Be Fooled by the Rainbow (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 6/1/23 Five Ways to Protect Your Family (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 5/8/23 Sexual Identity–Behavior Discordant Heterosexuals in Britain: Findings from the National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyle 2010–2012 The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies are Destroying Lives and Why the Church Was Right All Along Discernment in the Service of Friendship - Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J Breaking Up With Pornography (Steve Pokorny) 10/10/23 Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Liz Yore of Yore Children to discuss the history of the Catholic Church in China and the reports of an upcoming renewal of the Vatican's secret deal with China. Is there any reason to believe that this won't be another slap in the face of the many missionaries and martyrs who ministered to the people of China? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Cardinal Kung Foundation The Pope's Cabinet: Pius XII's Secret War for Saving Jews | Johan Ickx The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi Divini Redemptoris On Atheistic Communism - Papal Encyclicals To the new Minister of China (16 February 1947) | PIUS XII Cupimus imprimis. - All'Episcopato, al clero e ai fedeli della Cina (18 gennaio 1952) | PIO XII On the Supranationality of the Church - Papal Encyclicals Communism and the Church in China - Papal Encyclicals The Hong Konger: Jimmy Lai's Extraordinary Struggle for Freedom Jimmy Lai | Acton Institute Catholic Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai: 'The Lord is suffering with me' Catholic pro-democracy figure Jimmy Lai gets jail time for involvement in Hong Kong Tiananmen Square vigil Pro-democracy Catholic Jimmy Lai marks 1,000th day in jail awaiting trial The Life of Ignatius Cardinal Kung Pin-Mei | Msgr Stephen M DiGiovanni Cardinal Kung Foundation - Our Lady of China prayer Ten facts you should know about the Chinese Marian shrine of Sheshan - ACN International Vatican Conference on Catholic Church in China Reflects the Vatican's Compromises Vatican makes fresh overture to China, reaffirms that Catholic Church is no threat to sovereignty | AP News VATICAN - Cardinal Tagle: the "new beginning" of the Council of Shanghai and the mission of the Church today - Agenzia Fides Vatican offers assurances as China sets out rules for dialogue - Catholic Herald Vatican makes fresh overture to China, reaffirms that Catholic Church is no threat to sovereignty - ABC News The Pope wants Chinese Catholics to be 'best among citizens,' Cardinal Parolin says Vatican wants China deal to be renewed | Crux Parolin's 'no diplomacy' diplomacy for a Chinese Church VATICAN - Between memory and prophecy. Insights from the "Council of Shanghai" documents - Agenzia Fides Vatican Apologizes for Catholic Missionaries in China, Calls on Communist "Bishops" to Rule the Chinese Church Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses skepticism, credulity, and the intersection of symbol and mystery. What's wrong with the desire to always "understand" and "comprehend" the mysteries of the Faith? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes "We May Not Fully Understand…" Reality Beyond Words Or, Why It Is Better Not to Understand Everything Immediately — Part 1 | Tradition & Sanity by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski Worship in a Time of War The Once and Future Roman Rite: Returning to the Traditional Latin Liturgy after Seventy Years of Exile "Three Essential Books for Laity" Bundle | Os Justi Press Illusions of Reform: Responses to Cavadini, Healy, and Weinandy in Defense of the Traditional Mass | Os Justi Press Does a past-less present mean a hopeless future? Why We Need the Holy Spirit Peachy Keenan: "I want to know where this boy went to college because that's where I'll send my daughters" Kansas City Has 'Separated' From Employee Who Doxxed Harrison Butker | The Daily Wire Remember the New Jersey gym owner who was fined for opening up during lockdowns? He has now been cleared of all charges | Not the Bee Baltimore to cut number of parishes, as city's population declines | Crux Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!