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Fact-Checking Theologians, Part 2 (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 5/12/23

In this podcast-extended Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue fact-checks some more theologians: this time, some who argue in favor of using so-called preferred pronouns. What is the difference between truth and experience, and what is the relevance of experience when evaluating a moral claim? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. A Catholic Case for Choosing Your Own Pronouns - Outreach I Am the Jesuit Whisperer The Ruth Institute's Transgender Resource Center The Ruth Institute | Top 5 Myths The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies are Destroying Lives and Why the Church Was Right All Along Why Transgenderism? Why Now? (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse/Dr. Paul Hruz) 11/7/22 Courage International Scripture Matters: Essays on Reading the Bible From the Heart of the Church – St. Paul Center Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living The Restored Bells of Notre Dame Cathedral Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Nefarious: The Must-See Movie (Cary Solomon) 5/15/23

We welcome writer and director Cary Solomon to discuss his newest work which Fr. McTeigue calls a true must-see, Nefarious. Cary details the unbelievable spiritual attack during the making of the film, and the great response among lay and clergy alike. As Fr. McTeigue says, "If you don't take evil seriously, you can't take God seriously." Nefarious | Official Website Sarah Cain's Interview with Cary & Chuck - "Spiritual & Earthly Battles" Cardinal Burke's Endorsement of Nefarious Mister Frost (1990) - IMDb When Atheism becomes vulgar--Aleteia Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Hate Crimes against Churches (Raymond Ibrahim) 5/10/23

We welcome back author and scholar Raymond Ibrahim to discuss the increase in hate crimes committed against Christians around the world. How can so much vandalism and murder be covered up, and what do we now owe the blood of these modern Martyrs? Report: Unprecedented Rise in Hate Crimes against American Churches Why Muslims Hate the Cross: Part 1 Why Muslims Hate the Cross: Part 2 "That's Not Happening and It's Good That It Is" - The American Mind A Global Pandemic: The Jihadist Rape of Christian Women :: Gatestone Institute Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West Defenders of the West: The Christian Heroes Who Stood Against Islam The Regensburg Lecture - w/ Intro by Fr. James Schall Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Guess Who Else Hates Catholics? (Matt Archbold) 5/9/23

On this Timely Tuesday, we welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss some of the headlines regarding the Church and the world. Is there any good news to be found? Father finishes with some Timely Thoughts. How Long Until the Bible is Viewed as "Hate Speech?" Big Government Targets Catholic Hospital. Loses Badly. Trudeau to remove religious symbols from Canada's Royal Coat of Arms I Just Wish Georgetown Took Catholicism as Seriously as it takes Islam Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Five Ways to Protect Your Family (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 5/8/23

We welcome back Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse of the Ruth Institute to discus the newest free e-book about the top five myths proponents of the sexual revolution use to argue in favor of acting on same-sex attractions. The Ruth Institute | Top 5 Myths The Ruth Institute's Transgender Resource Center No One Is Born Gay: Cardinal Hollerich Is Not Following the Science Are You Really Born That Way? (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 2/28/22 The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies are Destroying Lives and Why the Church Was Right All Along 'Save women's sports' bill passes House with zero votes from Dems, who call it transgender 'bullying' | Fox News Controversy erupts after transgender cyclist Austin Killips wins women's race: 'Insane' Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Ask Father McTeigue 2023 Spring On-Air Appeal - Day 5

Did you miss the final day 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. The Station of the Cross 2023 Spring Appeal: Lord, Hear Our Prayers Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Ask Father McTeigue 2023 Spring On-Air Appeal - Day 4

Did you miss day four 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. The Station of the Cross 2023 Spring Appeal: Lord, Hear Our Prayers Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Ask Father McTeigue 2023 Spring On-Air Appeal - Day 3

Did you miss day three 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. The Station of the Cross 2023 Spring Appeal: Lord, Hear Our Prayers Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Ask Father McTeigue 2023 Spring On-Air Appeal - Day 2

Did you miss day two 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. The Station of the Cross 2023 Spring Appeal: Lord, Hear Our Prayers Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Ask Father McTeigue 2023 Spring On-Air Appeal - Day 1

Did you miss day one 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. The Station of the Cross 2023 Spring Appeal: Lord, Hear Our Prayers Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!  

Fact-Checking Catholic Theologians, Part 1 (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/28/23

Father McTeigue begins a new series in Let's Talk About This, starting with a podcast-extended analysis of the "Open Letter From Catholic Women" theologians who advocate for abortion. What did they say, and more importantly what did they really mean? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Open Letter from Catholic Women: Reclaiming Public Debates about Abortion & Reproductive Justice Let's Have a Grown-Up Conversation About One's Conscience Conscience Should Begin, Not End, Moral Discourse Conscience: You're Probably Doing It Wrong Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living Evangelizing Our Reality-Denying Nonculture - Crisis Magazine Project Rachel Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Invalid Marriages? (Leila Lawler) 4/27/23

We welcome back author Leila Lawler to discuss marriage, prudence, and how to rightly answer questions about attending weddings of dubious validity. Our children are watching - what are we teaching them by our actions? Like Mother, Like Daughter Why Parish Marriage Prep Fails, with Leila Miller - The Center for the Restoration of Christian Culture Vatican Is Preparing Text for Divorced-and-Remarried Couples, Cardinal Farrell Says| National Catholic Register Two Commentaries on the McElroy Controversies - The Catholic Thing No, Annulment Is NOT Catholic Divorce (Fr. Gerald Murray) I'd Like to Tell the 2015 Synod Fathers about my Friend, Pete God Has No Grandchildren: A Guided Reading of Pope Pius XI's Encyclical Casti Connubii - Leila Lawler The Summa Domestica 3-Volume Hardcover Set - Sophia Institute Press Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Conservatives Pretending to Conserve? (Dr. Darrick Taylor) 4/26/23

We welcome back Dr. Darrick Taylor of Controversies in Church History to discuss a recent article of his in Crisis Magazine. Why are so many attached to using the political and cultural strategies of old to address our insane and increasingly uncivil society? The Conservative Ghost Dance - Crisis Magazine Dr. Taylor's Podcast - Controversiae Ecclesiasticae The Age of Entitlement - Christopher Caldwell Evangelizing Our Reality-Denying Nonculture - Crisis Magazine Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a Post Post-Christian Era Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Learning to Lead On Abortion (Jon Schweppe) 4/25/23

We welcome back Jon Schweppe of the American Principles Project to discuss the current political standing Pro-Life movement. Why does there seem to be a desire to back down from the fight? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. American Principles Project Republicans Should Follow Ron DeSantis's Lead on Abortion | Opinion Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Bill to Ban Abortions on Babies With Beating Hearts - LifeNews.com Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Heartbeat Protection Act Whoopi Goldberg: "Damn All of You" Pro-Life People Saving Babies From Abortions - LifeNews.com Republicans Need To Stop Being Cowards on Abortion, Save the Babies - LifeNews.com Colorado hearing on "abortion reversal" reveals nationwide chaos on reproductive health Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

The Cold War: Then & Now (Bill Whittle) 4/24/23

We welcome back cultural and political commentator Bill Whittle to discuss the Cold War. Why is this period of history so poorly understood? Can we learn from the past, or are we doomed to fall to the pride of utopian ideology? The Best Cold War Series - Trailer The Cold War: What We Saw Part 1: An Iron Curtain Silent America: Essays from a Democracy at War - Bill Whittle The Cold War: What We Saw Podcast | The Daily Wire A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine What Ever Happened to Empathy? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ) THE STORY OF FRIENDLYISM! Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!