A Podcast About Catholic Things

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador Of Nonsense) discuss The Visitation--the second joyful mystery of the rosary. They ponder whether or not Joseph knew about Mary's pregnancy at the time. It would seem that Elizabeth knew--even though there's no record of her having been told. Why didn't Zechariah believe the angel? And what does this all have to do with modern (and not so modern) Marian apparitions? Fatima, Lordes, Guadalupe?

In current events, paralyzed man walks and FDA approves brain implants. AI creates antibiotic. North Korean spy satellite dies. German economy tanks for the first time this year. Russia and Belarus plotting, and issue warrant for Lindsey Graham. Oath Keepers founder sent to prison. Avalanche in Pakistan. Ken Paxton impeached. Uganda says no homos. Pope prays for no gas. Target being boycotted. North Face too. Pro-Life assassin sentenced to community service. Canada provides suicide room. Quebec students say no homo. Ontario school board says no homo. Two pro-lifers assaulted. Missouri nun incorrupt. Homos should get monkeypox shot. Elon Musk angers censors.

In the land of nonsense, men chasing cheese. American wins. Organ pipes found. Man drains lake to find phone.

Trivia question: who dreampt that the moon and stars bowed to him?

The Big Cheese in a UK race is an American
https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/american-wins-chaotic-uk-cheese-wheel-down-hill-race/507-2b8c89ec-6359-4013-8adc-35ba2f608477

Follow-up on earlier news...church organ pipes recovered
https://apnews.com/article/stolen-organ-pipes-calvary-episcopal-memphis-12a7b46b4adabc4b163ef5e226e61bf1

The perks of being an official
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65726193

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador Of Nonsense) discuss the strange world we're living in where people hold on to ceremony for the sake of ceremony--long after they've lost the important event that the ceremony was created to solemnize. Clocks with fake pendulums. ROTC graduations with fake guns. Blessings with fake blessings. It is truly a clown world, and it's getting a bit scary.

In current events, TikTok banned in Montana. Mad Cow disease in South Carolina. Pope Francis still trying to negotiate peace. H5N1 in Brazil… here come the culls. DeSantis is running for pres. The Dodgers can't make up their minds about gays. OpenAI CEO wants regulations. Josh Alexander released. Cops not sued for false arrest. Cops being killed in Canada. Sam Brinton arrested again. Vatican says Fatima was fake. Canadians want homeless dead. RFK Jr. is proabortion. Epstein blackmails Gates…supposedly. EU to force farms to stop growing.

In the land of nonsense, woman heals quickly. Roommate shot for stealing hot pocket. Art painted with beer leavings. Doc fired for asking someone to hold the sponge.

Trivia question: what is the City of David?

Link  to Jim Caviezel's interview:

https://rumble.com/v2ohw40-watch-the-sound-of-freedom-a-spotlight-on-the-global-movement-to-end-the-tr.html

If these genes can be fully mapped and replicated, maybe we can develop the mood organs envisioned by Phillip K. Dick
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/a-woman-barely-feels-pain-and-heals-rapidly-scientists-are-unraveling-her-weird-genetics/ar-AA1bDhdt

You didn't know they were really that good.
https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2023/05/kentucky-man-accused-of-shooting-roommate-for-eating-last-hot-pocket-reports.html

Beer has more to offer than we thought
https://apnews.com/article/danish-golden-age-beer-paintings-1717e9bfe5a9d253e24a0a5ebc1398cf

They let me wear this lab coat...
https://apnews.com/article/germany-operation-amputation-toe-surgeon-cleaner-b0f8d9299694db4057c9291aabb905b6

Iifesitenews
• LA Dodgers decide not to honor group of ‘trans nuns’ that mocks Catholicism after backlash
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/la-dodgers-decide-not-to-honor-group-of-trans-nuns-that-mocks-catholicism-after-backlash/
§ LA Dodgers reissue invitation to anti-Catholic drag ‘nuns,’ apologize for excluding them from ceremony
§ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/la-dodgers-reissue-invitation-to-anti-catholic-drag-nuns-apologize-for-excluding-them-from-ceremony/
§ The baseball team apologized to the blasphemous group that openly mocks Catholicism and the 'LGBTQ+ community' and promised to ‘educate’ themselves in the future.
○ Far-left California mayor invites anti-Catholic drag ‘nuns’ to Angels baseball game
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/far-left-california-mayor-invites-anti-catholic-drag-nuns-to-angels-baseball-game/
○ The anti-Catholic drag troupe finds more support in the so-called City of Angels.
• OpenAI CEO calls for gov’t regulation of new technology that could ‘cause significant harm’
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/openai-ceo-calls-for-govt-regulation-of-new-technology-that-could-cause-significant-harm/
• Calgary Police release Josh Alexander after his arrest at school protest over gender ideolog
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/calgary-police-release-josh-alexander-after-his-arrest-at-school-protest-over-gender-ideology/
○ Transgender counter-protesters burned Bibles and harassed the 17-year-old Canadian Catholic student but faced no consequences.
• Canadian police officer shot to death in unprecedented surge of law enforcement murders
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canadian-police-officer-shot-to-death-in-unprecedented-surge-of-law-enforcement-murders/
○ There have been nine officers killed across Canada in the past seven months as police have been increasingly ambushed when responding to calls.
• Canadian cop who gave $50 to Freedom Convoy ordered to work 80 unpaid hours as punishment
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canadian-cop-who-gave-50-to-freedom-convoy-ordered-to-work-80-unpaid-hours-as-punishment/
○ Constable Michael Brisco will be forced to serve the extra hours on rest days and vacations.
• Vatican guards open fire, arrest man who sped through gates in his car
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/vatican-guards-open-fire-arrest-man-who-sped-through-gates-in-his-car/
• Biden’s ‘nonbinary’ former nuclear official arrested again for stealing fashion designer’s luggage
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/bidens-nonbinary-former-nuclear-official-arrested-again-for-stealing-fashion-designers-luggage/
○ Sam Brinton is now suspected of stealing dresses belonging to a Tanzanian fashion designer from Ronald Reagan National Airport.
• Vatican Mariologist suggests apparitions about God’s punishment are ‘false’ despite past approval
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/analysis/vatican-mariologist-suggests-apparitions-about-gods-punishment-are-false-despite-past-approval/
○ The president of Rome's Pontifical Marian Academy appeared to implicitly reject the authenticity of apparitions such as those of Our Lady of Fatima in comments labelled as ‘contrary to Divine revelation.’
○ April 15, 2023, a new body was established within the PAMI, which is set to provide key training and guidance to Catholic bishops on how to respond to alleged Marian apparitions. Reportedly it is a direct response to requests from bishops themselves for assistance dealing with alleged Marian phenomena.
• Students stay home in droves on a day when Ontario schools fly ‘pride’ flags
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/students-stay-home-in-droves-on-a-day-when-ontario-schools-fly-pride-flags/
• Texas passes bill to reform infamous ‘10-Day Rule’ that lets hospitals take patients off life support
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/texas-passes-bill-to-reform-infamous-10-day-rule-that-lets-hospitals-take-patients-off-life-support/
○ The new bill would extend the '10-Day Rule' and ban hospitals from ending patients' lives based on 'quality of life' judgments, among other things.
• New poll shows 28% of Canadians support euthanasia for homelessness, 27% for poverty
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-poll-shows-28-of-canadians-support-euthanasia-for-homelessness-27-for-poverty/
• Biden State Department offers free counseling to staff ‘triggered’ by accidental ‘misgendering
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/biden-state-department-offers-free-counseling-to-staff-triggered-by-accidental-misgendering/
• RFK Jr. declares he would ‘keep government away’ from banning abortion as president
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/rfk-jr-declares-he-would-keep-government-away-from-banning-abortion-as-president/
○ RFK dissents from his party and family on several issues, but not abortion on demand.
• Senate Democrats introduce bill to give federal government massive power over online platforms
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/democrats-introduce-bill-to-create-new-commission-with-massive-power-over-online-platforms/
○ Vast new rulemaking, investigative, and penalizing power over 'disinformation' and more
○ U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado and Peter Welch of Vermont has introduced legislation to give the federal government “comprehensive oversight” power over digital platforms, in what critics are calling a blatant threat to freedom of speech online.
○ Bennet’s Digital Platform Commission Act would create a new five-person body of commissioners nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate, backed by an 18-member Code Council of “experts” in various subjects including “disinformation.”
• Comedian Roseanne Barr condemns abortion as ‘barbaric,’ recounts choosing life as a pregnant teen
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/comedian-roseanne-barr-condemns-abortion-as-barbaric-recounts-choosing-life-as-a-pregnant-teen/
○ 'It really makes me mad when they say women have the right to choose and then the choice, they're talking about is that something so barbarian,' said comedian and actress Roseanne Barr.
• Report: Jeffrey Epstein threatened to blackmail Bill Gates by exposing affair with Russian woman
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/report-jeffrey-epstein-threatened-to-blackmail-bill-gates-by-exposing-affair-with-russian-woman/
○ Epstein attempted to use his knowledge about Gates’ alleged affair to coerce the tech billionaire into investing in his business ventures, The Wall Street Journal reported.
• Body of Missouri Benedictine Sisters’ foundress appears incorrupt after being buried for four years
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/body-of-missouri-benedictine-sisters-foundress-appears-incorrupt-after-being-buried-for-four-years/
○ While the coffin had filled with water and dirt, the body of Sr. Wilhelmina was discovered mostly intact after she had been buried for four years.
• Gorsuch blasts COVID lockdowns as among ‘the greatest intrusions on civil liberties’ in US history
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/gorsuch-blasts-covid-lockdowns-as-among-the-greatest-intrusions-on-civil-liberties-in-us-history/
○ 'Rule by indefinite emergency edict risks leaving all of us with a shell of a democracy and civil liberties just as hollow.'
• EU approves 1.5 billion euro climate scheme to forcibly close up to 3,000 Dutch farms
○ https://www.lifesitenews.com/analysis/eu-approves-1-5-billion-euro-climate-scheme-to-forcibly-close-up-to-3000-dutch-farms/
○ Dramatically cutting food production in the Netherlands will have a serious effect on world food supply, including that of affordable meat.

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This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador Of Nonsense) discuss the latest beer commercial snafu. Perhaps the beer companies are learning--remember that they didn't release this commercial. One thing is certain, feminists have tried to take over every commercial, and it's getting tiring. Dan tackles the question: could the pope turn the entire ocean into holy water?

In current events, Taylor Marshall running for president. Sixteen people killed in Congo landslide. Monkeypox no longer an emergency. First Micro-Modular reactor. Elon Musk selects woke CEO. Pope Francis meets with Zelenskyy. Nambia recognizes some gay unions, but outlaws gay sex. Putin signs deal with Iran. Temp to raise. Church in New York gets rid of offensive sign… still has offensive art. UK produces 3 parent baby. Toronto school backs down from screaming karen. Illinois forces porn on libraries, Indiana saves libraries from porn. Oklahoma bishop cancels Latin Masses. Portugal legalizes euthanasia. Trump won't stand on abortion. Josh Alexander harassed by cops twice.

In the land of nonsense, man pays for stealing ruby slippers. Gator swimming in ocean. Taco Bell fights Taco John. Organ pipes stolen from church.

Trivia question: what should be made straight?

SHOW NOTES:

Dan's:

Maybe he was transitioning...
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/man-charged-stealing-wizard-oz-223153014.html

Gator decides to check out the beach
https://apnews.com/article/alabama-alligator-beach-swimming-video-468c5aa61224bf51da5823c19e391f0d

Taco Bell weighs in on ongoing "Taco Tuesday" dispute
https://apnews.com/article/taco-tuesday-trademark-taco-bell-911e62f2dc664c2a428c6741a94955e5

Who would steal from a church? Especially organ pipes?
https://wgntv.com/news/national/nearly-2000-organ-pipes-stolen-from-memphis-church/

Eric's:

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador Of Nonsense) discuss the banking and money lending institutions--is usury as big a problem as the Church has described? Why does the principal of usury not extend to property rental?

In current events, many people killing many people. Ancient DNA from elk tooth. Proud Boys convicted. WHO says Covid not emergency. Fire in gold mine. Hot in Vietnam. MiG-21 kills 3 women. Trump found guilty of rape. Kamala Harris announce AI Czar. Josh Alexander fighting for parents. Oklahoma says no to BlackRock. Manhattan church pro-gay art. Tucker Carlson to tweet. Pope Francis hosts Coptic Mass. Complains about TLM. Planned Parenthood now in the gender reassignment business. Pope Francis claims secret mission. Biden tells sanctuary to blow out candle. Texas Capitol occupied by gays. RFK Jr. says he'll cut big parma spending.

In the land of Nonsense, space rock invades house. Vampire fish. Star Wars weddings.

Trivia question: What 2 things does Jesus compare us to?

Holy space rocks, Batman!
https://apnews.com/article/meteorite-hits-home-hopewell-new-jersey-fd8391f8c5daea1e596ed85ed3ae5a68

Another fish story (and this time it's not a repeat)
https://apnews.com/article/washed-up-weird-fish-fangs-oregon-beach-2f68e2ab46caa9a645d137e7f22735b7

A match made in .... space?
https://apnews.com/article/star-wars-weddings-may-fourth-ohio-dd6ad971a7af909cc7b48f99c2a6a439

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador Of Nonsense) discuss the rash of 'white beatings' that have become a phenomenon over the past 5 years. In the 90s, most of us thought racism was a thing of the past… but the left has revived it in a way that's hardly believable. But it is really that bad?

In the news, Anglicans reject their latest leader. UK launches warning system and fails. Goodbye Tucker Carlson… what's next? Northern lights in southern America. Japan loses contact with lunar lander.   MMA fighter challenges women. Father fighting to save his son's gender. 'Pro-lifers' against Trump. Supreme Court rejects case against abortion pill. Pride parade canceled in Florida. Bud Light still sinking. ABP Pagila defends suicide. Missouri diocese says no religious exemptions for vaccines--Mississippi backs exemptions. Backpay for employees fired for not accepting vaccine. Josh Alexander gets backing. Pope Francis selecting lay bishops. Denmark makes funny she-man statue.

In the world of nonsense, Germans must see nudity and pay full price. TSA looking for vampires. Nudists don't want to be filmed.

Show Notes:

Dan's: 

Some naked news
https://apnews.com/article/frankfurt-landlord-naked-naturism-germany-c22c131d68684426da908f82ec040c65

TSA is on the lookout for vampires
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-man-carrying-vampire-straw-arrested-boston-airport/3127588/

And yet more naked news
https://www.wral.com/story/vienna-nudists-oppose-plans-for-cable-car-over-their-beach/20822852/

Eric's Notes:

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador Of Nonsense) wrap up their discussion of madness in the world today. Is homosexuality at the root of so many mass killings?

In current events, North Korea launches again. 21 year old arrested for leak. Quebec fighting federal law. UK approves hands-free cars. Jupiter moon explorer. Germany shuts down power. Poland shuts down food supply. France still angry about retirement age. Elon Musk labels CBC. Plastics in storage instead of recycled. Netflix no longer rents DVDs. Fox settles against Dominion. SpaceX news. Reuven Ramat reenters atmosphere. Buzzfeed no longer feeding news. Russell Crowe's latest exorcist film. Texas bishop suspends Latin Mass. Canadian students protesting drag queens. Pornography addiction. British Columbia OD's. James O'Keefe exposes tranny fakes. California church ordered to pay for non-masks. McCarrick wanted by Wisconsin. Ohio tranny charged with indecent exposure. 5G news. China agents in NY. Katie Hobbs vetoes infanticide bill. Twitter drops regulations against tranny labeling. Matt Walsh leaved YouTube. Disney to host gay-nite.

In the land of nonsense, Columbian police chief dropped for using exorcists. Webster claims he's being terrorized. Hippos in Columbia.

Trivia question: What did Lazareth want from the rich man's table?

ShowNotes:

Now, what reason could the pres of Colombia have, for removing such a 
police chief?
https://apnews.com/article/colombia-police-chief-removed-exorcisms-sanabria-petro-a7924de10e0fb1756f734e1d940549a0


Merriam-Webster works with court to change the definition of 
"threatening" language (it would seem...)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jeremy-hanson-merriam-webster-prison_n_64386eb3e4b05765f381556b


And while we're in Colombia, an Escobar hippo was killed on the highway
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/13/americas/pablo-escobar-cocaine-hippo-dies-intl-scli/index.html

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador Of Nonsense) discuss some of the psychiatric "truths" that people take for granted. These psychological axioms, as Eric and Dan point out, often AREN'T true, and might possibly be part of the cause of the world's craziness.

In the news, scientists discover exoplanet waves. 2 Democrats are expelled in Tennessee. Iran adopts Big Brother. Avalanche in French Alps. Twitter quits NPR. Vatican wants dialogue with gay Germans. Born Alive Bill in Kansas. Ontario clears protestors. New Mexican abortion goals. COVID idiosyncrasies. Dylan Mulvaney causing business loss. Stormy Daniels to pay Trump. Idaho says no to trafficking abortion. Science gets censored. Gold--backed crypto-currency. Dems investigate Thomas. Buddhists suck tongues?

In the land of nonsense, The Terminator terminates potholes. Bat cuisine seized. A squirrel stuck in a hole. A moose stuck in a mall.

Trivia Question: What commandment held promise?

Dan't Notes:

He's not afraid to pick up a shovel...
https://apnews.com/article/california-governor-arnold-schwarzenegger-los-angeles-potholes-c778451f7d913378e4b3c8440a417cd5

Holy smuggle operation, Batman!
https://apnews.com/article/germany-police-seize-bats-fish-190e8308f49ccdbfa6c288b4c9cf9aba

Those German squirrels...
https://apnews.com/article/germany-squirrel-rescue-manhole-dortmund-a2e58aaf5238a0fd0dd13512c051a72c

He "moose't" have been there for a check-up
https://apnews.com/article/anchorage-alaska-moose-hospital-eats-plants-a4b2ef03db24089b12c693500286838e

Eric's Notes:

Should We Be Scared Of Or Awed By Artificial Intelligence?

Is It Really Going To Change Things?

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador Of Nonsense) discuss AI and the seeming boundless advantages promised by techies--along with the seemingly impending damnation about to come upon us. Should we really be frightened, or awed, by it?

In current events, Brazil and China to trade in their own currencies. AUMF repealed. Helicopter crash. Avalanches, mine collapses, and landslides. Vatican repudiates 'discovery doctrine.' High risk storms predicted. Snailfish at 8,300 meters. NASA picks astronauts. Satellite launcher bankrupt. Hatchet attack in Brazil. TikTok bill would empower feds. James O'Keefe still making videos. Dylan Mulvaney can do anything girls can do only better. Sidewalk counselors win free speech challenge. Douglass Mackey convicted of election interference. Schonborn defends his Covid reaction. St. Louis Catholics fighting to stay alive.

In the land of nonsense, giant ice circles. Pranksters eat with chopstics. Pranksters steal spoon.

Trivia Questions: How long did Jesus roam before ascending?

If you're a regular listener, then you know we don't interview often... in fact, we never do.  But you'd also know that we're always interested in historical context... especially when it comes to movements like the Prolife Movement and the TLM Movement.  Randal Terry (The Ambassador Of Resistance) was the perfect one to give us that context.  This interview was a thrill for us, and someday we hope to have him on again, if for no other reason than to swap stories about the days of old--back when being prolife meant something more than praying 40 days a year.

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador Of Nonsense) discuss the idea that logic and philosophy are an essential part of what kids ought to be taught in school today. Are our problems REALLY stemming from the fact that no one was taught logic? Could a lesson in Thomistic philosophy really help overcome dysphoric teenagers? We think not. So what SHOULD be taught in school today?

In current events, mass killing in Nashville. Riots in France over retirement age. First 3D rocket fails. Tornadoes in Mississippi. Snow in Afghanistan. Putin positions nukes. Venezuela under corruption lens. Asteroid comes close to Earth. Train derailment in ND. Water and glass on the moon. Bishop Schnider complains about Latin Mass restrictions. House committee files reports. Wisconsin bishop sits on priest. Utah minor restriction on social media. Arkansas and Virginia restrict porn. Israel drops anti-Christian measures. Vatican goes dark. Billboards promote Latin Mass. Scottland's non-white First Minister. Trans-Day-Of-Vengence coming soon.

In the land of nonsense, wooly mammoth meatballs. Authors get ripped off. Angler fish meat.

Trivia Question: What was Jesus's new commandment?