The Catholic Current

Guess Who’s Wasting Your Money Now? (Michael Hichborn) 12/4/23

We welcome back Michael Hichborn of the Lepanto Institute to discuss yet another report on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. What are the grantees doing with Catholic money, and how does this continue to happen?   Show Notes: Catholic-Funded Organization Prayed to Demons More Embarrassments from the CCHD (Michael Hichborn) 11/7/23 Milwaukee Archbishop Denounces Kenosha Group CUSH CCHD Reports | The Lepanto Institute Charity Reports | The Lepanto Institute The Marxist Core of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development Where Are Your Donations Going Now? (Michael Hichborn) 10/26/22 Has the Catholic Campaign for Human Development Been Reformed? (Michael Hichborn) 10/23/18 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!  

Who Needs Another Advent? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 12/1/23

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the season of Advent beginning this Sunday. How are we to take out the trash during this liturgical season? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.   Show Notes Getting Advent Right - Aleteia Beware of "Hopium" and "Copium" Spanish Catholics Prayerfully Protest Police U.S. Saw Record High Suicides in 2022 › American Greatness Rethinking Forgiveness (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 6/2/23 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!

Updates on the Bishops’ Meeting in Baltimore (Bishop Michael Olson) 11/30/23

We welcome back Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth Texas to discuss the annual meeting of Bishops that just concluded in Baltimore, along with the upcoming season of Advent. How are we to live with Hope in a world gone mad? Show Notes Plenary Assembly - November 13-16, 2023 | USCCB Statement by Bishop Olson Regarding Bishop Strickland Excluded From the Synod? (Leila Lawler) 11/15/23 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hope 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!

The Prophet You’ve Never Heard Of (Julian Kwasniewski) 11/29/23

We welcome back Julian Kwasniewski to discuss his article about John Senior in One Peter Five. Who was he, where did he come from, and what should we make of his cultural criticism? In hindsight, just how accurate was he? Show Notes John Senior: Prophet of Tradition and Realism - OnePeterFive Andrew Senior on John Senior, Proponent of Beauty & Tradition ~ The Imaginative Conservative The Death Of Christian Culture - Angelus Press Restoration Of Christian Culture - Angelus Press The Remnants: The Final Essays of John Senior A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper Love Is As Strong As Death: The Legacy of Dr. John Senior (Fr. Francis Bethel) 6/21/19 To Be a Prophet is a Blessing and a Burden Passing the "redemption point": The Limits of Prophecy The Promise of Prophecy Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a Post Post-Christian Era Wyoming Catholic College 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!

Loving What God Has Made (Sarah Cain) 11/28/23

We welcome back Sarah Cain, known as The Crusader Gal to discuss her latest article in Crisis Magazine on the toxic error of self-hatred. Why must we learn to live as loved sinners, and what happens when we get this wrong? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.   Show Notes Self-Hatred as a Barrier to One's Calling - Crisis Magazine Lent: Sin Can Kill You; Shame Doesn't Have To The Living-Death of Crippling Shame Should You Recall Past Sins? – Padre Peregrino 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!

Trivializing Death (Fr. John Perricone) 11/27/23

We welcome back friend of the show Fr. John Perricone to discuss his latest article in Crisis Magazine. How has death been trivialized in the Church, and what effect does that have on the faithful, both the living and the dead?   Show Notes O Death, Where Is Thy…Tickle? - Crisis Magazine Seriously… how can death be "unexpected"? Sickness as a Harbinger of Death Who wants to think of death? I do, and I want you to, and here's why Death? It's about time! Rebuking death in 2020 St. Joseph College Seminary 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!

Introduction to Spiritual Warfare (Fr. Vincent Lampert) 11/22/23

We welcome back exorcist Fr. Vincent Lampert to discuss sin, spiritual warfare, and the need for sacramental confession. Fr. Lampert also has a new online course on Exorcism through The Saint Paul Center for Biblical Theology's digital platform Emmaus Academy. Find out what the course covers! Show Notes Exorcism – St. Paul Center Exorcism: The Battle Against Satan and His Demons – St. Paul Center A Checklist for Spiritual Battle The Screwtape Letters Narrated by John Cleese - Complete Nefarious: The Must-See Movie (Cary Solomon) 5/15/23 Nefarious | Official Website Old Weapons for New Evils? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 9/15/23 Will there be a Eucharistic revival? Still Concerned About the Eucharistic Revival: A Response to Tim Glemkowski - Crisis Magazine When Atheism becomes vulgar--Aleteia Talking Back: A Monastic Handbook for Combating Demons 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!

Whatever Happened to Religious Liberty? (Dr. Darrick Taylor) 11/21/23

We welcome back Dr. Darrick Taylor of Controversies in Church History to discuss his article in Crisis Magazine about the loss of religious toleration in the public square. What happened to the social reign of Christ the King? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.   Show Notes: The Not So Strange Death of Religious Liberty - Crisis Magazine Controversiae Ecclesiasticae | Controversies in Church History Podcast Dr. Taylor's Substack The Rise of Bureaugamy (Dr. Darrick Taylor) 1/10/23 The Poor Old Liberal Arts The Two Reasons Totalitarian States Detest the Church (Aleteia) Father's First LTAT: Congressional Catholics – Let's Tell the Truth (Fr Robert McTeigue, SJ) 6/25/21 Confronting Congressional Catholics—Again (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 7/14/23 The Life Of Julia Will there be a Eucharistic revival? Still Concerned About the Eucharistic Revival: A Response to Tim Glemkowski - Crisis Magazine 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!  

Slavery—The Rest of the Story (Dr. Paul Kengor) 11/20/23

In this podcast-extended episode, we welcome back Dr. Paul Kengor of The American Spectator to discuss the history of slavery in the Catholic Church through his latest book with The Saint Paul Center for Biblical Theology. What are the common narratives, and what is the truth? In the podcast-extended segment, Dr. Kengor discusses the ill informed narratives surrounding the so-called "doctrine of discovery". Show Notes The Worst of Indignities: The Catholic Church on Slavery The Catholic Church Against Slavery: Setting the Record Straight - American Thinker Christian slaves, Muslim masters : white slavery in the Mediterranean, the Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500-1800 Paul Kengor, Author at The American Spectator | USA News and Politics Explainer: 'The Doctrine of Discovery' and how the Catholic Church may officially reject it | America Magazine Indigenous Slavers: American Indians Who Whipped and Owned Blacks - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics Defenders of the West (Raymond Ibrahim) 7/25/22 The Eastern Defenders of Christendom (Raymond Ibrahim) 11/17/22 Watch: MSNBC's Joy Reid Agrees with Guest Who Trashes Christianity as Justification for Slavery and Genocide Free the Slaves 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!

The First (Bitter) Fruits of Synodality (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 11/17/23

In Let's Talk About This, Fr McTeigue offers his first look at the fruits of the Synod that recently concluded in Rome. What is so-called contextual theology, and why does it sound so similar to previous strands of moral theology? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.   Show Notes:   Unofficial Full English Translation Of Francis' Revolutionary Motu Proprio Ad Theologiam Promovendam (plus Breaking News Report On Text) – RETURN TO TRADITION Pius X to Francis: From Modernism Expelled to Modernism Enthroned https://twitter.com/DrKwasniewski/status/1724456452041920577 Pascendi Dominici Gregis - Papal Encyclicals 'Ad theologiam promovendam': A brief guide for busy readers New papal document reads like a conclusion in search of an argument "Trans" Baptisms – A Pastor's Response to the Recent Vatican Document Pope Francis' nuncio to USCCB assembly: 'Eucharistic revival and synodality go together' | Catholic News Agency Full text of letter from Bishop of Speyer defying Catholic teaching on homosexuality Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available! 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!

Death Comes to Ohio (Shawn Carney) 11/16/23

We welcome back Shawn Carney of 40 Days for Life to discuss the aftermath of the recent Ohio vote. What are the implications both spiritually and politically, and how should we best prepare for our own small personal battles around the Thanksgiving table?   Show Notes: Over 2 million Ohio voters may have jeopardized their eternal souls by ratifying abortion amendment Evangelical Doctors, Coughing Up Blood | Doug Wilson  What to Say When: The Complete New Guide to Discussing Abortion Project Rachel Abortion Activists Spent $67 Million Buying Ohio Vote, Had 3-1 Advantage on TV Ads - LifeNews.com Exit Polling Confirms Ohio Issue 1 Vote Does Not Mean Voters Support Abortion Up to Birth - LifeNews.com Pro-Life Groups Respond to Ohio Vote: We Will Keep Fighting to Protect Babies - LifeNews.com Ohio Passes Issue 1 to Allow Killing Babies in Abortions Up to Birth - LifeNews.com 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!  

Excluded From the Synod? (Leila Lawler) 11/15/23

We welcome back author Leila Lawler to discuss the concept of authority & who she believes were groups excluded from the Synod. Who was left out, and how important would hose voices have been? What has the Synod delivered thus far in its aftermath?   Show Notes: Happy Despite Them: The four groups entirely excluded by the Synod Like Mother, Like Daughter 'Ad Theologiam Promovendam': A brief guide for busy readers Vatican doctrine office: Transgender-identifying people can be baptized, witness marriages | Catholic News Agency Cardinal McElroy: Women and men religious can lead synodal shift | National Catholic Reporter Can a Priest Baptize the Baby of a Same-Sex Couple? – Padre Peregrino God Has No Grandchildren: A Guided Reading of Pope Pius XI's Encyclical Casti Connubii - Leila Lawler 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!

Endangering Women for the Sake of Inclusion (Sarah Cain) 11/14/23

We welcome back Sarah Cain, known as The Crusader Gal @TheCrusaderGal to discuss the transgender movement. Who is being sacrificed for the sake of ideology? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.   Show Notes: Lyft Endangers the Women It Pretends to Help  Trans Politics vs Women's Health The Crusader Gal Sarah's Substack: Homefront Crusade Baby Indi Gregory's father says he chose baptism for her after feeling 'dragged to hell' – Catholic World Report  

Bad Ideas Have Bad Consequences (Joseph Pearce) 11/13/23

We welcome Joseph Pearce of The Imaginative Conservative to discuss his article about the consequences of bad ideas. How did false historical narratives lead to the ethno-masochism rampant in western society? What were the errors of the so-called enlightenment?   Show Notes: Bad Ideas Have Bad Consequences | The Imaginative Conservative Joseph's Website The Drama of Atheist Humanism - Henri de Lubac FORMED Book Club: The Drama of Atheist Humanism Ideas Have Consequences: Expanded Edition - Richard M. Weaver The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful: History in Three Dimensions | Joseph Pearce Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available! 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!

World Youth Day: An Examination of Conscience (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 11/10/23

In Let's Talk About This, Fr McTeigue walks through the examination of conscience that was provided to those attending World Youth Day. What did he find objectionable in it? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Examination of Conscience from World Youth Day 2023 WYD 2023 Part III - Examination of Conscience Understanding the Sacrament of Penance Fr. Paulo Alvarez Youth Ministry: Who Needs It? Beware the juvenilization of American Christianity Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion - Ronald Knox 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!