It’s no surprise that there are daunting moral and cultural ills that plague American democracy in our republic today. But a return to the hope and sober wisdom of our founding can help save us from creeping nihilism. Dr Dan Mahoney has more.

Further Reading

Renewal and Gratitude

Book: The Idol of Our Age: How the Religion of Humanity Subverts Christianity

Book: The Persistence of the Ideological Lie: The Totalitarian Impulse Then and Now

Guest Info

Daniel J. Mahoney Daniel J. Mahoney is senior research fellow in the Simon Center at the Heritage Foundation, senior teaching fellow in the graduate program at Hillsdale College Washington, DC, contributing editor at the Claremont Review of Books, senior writer at Law and Liberty, and professor emeritus at Assumption University. His latest book is The Persistence of the Ideological Lie: The Totalitarian Impulse Then and Now (2025).

The Oakland County Board of Commissioners will vote this Thursday, August 13th to give $1.5 million in funding to Planned Parenthood. Monica Miller is planning a protest for that day, and she joins us with the details.

Guest Info

Monica Miller, Ph.D., is the Director of Citizens for a Pro-life Society. She holds a degree in Theatre Arts from Southern Illinois University and graduate degrees in Theology from Loyola University and Marquette University. She is the author of several books including The Theology of the Passion of the Christ (Alba House) and, most recently, The Authority of Women in the Catholic Church (Emmaus Road) and Abandoned: The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars

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In today’s reading from the Gospel of Matthew, the disciples ask Jesus who will be the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus’ response is key for all of us who want to follow Him. Marcus has more.

Fr. Wade Menezes has launched a new podcast called Stand Firm, Be Strong, inspired by his book of the same name. He invites men to answer the call to put on the armor of God for the daily struggles and trials of life. Fr Wade joins us with more.

Further Reading

Father Wade Menezes Teaches Men to ‘Stand Firm, Be Strong’ in New EWTN Daily Podcast

Listen to Fr. Wade’s podcast

Book: Stand Firm, Be Strong - A Men’s Catholic Daily Devotional of Scripture and Saints

Guest Info

Fr. Wade L. J. Menezes, CPM is the author most recently of Stand Firm, Be Strong: A Men’s Catholic Daily Devotional of Scripture and Saints and the host of the Tuesday edition of EWTN Open Line. He is a member of the Fathers of Mercy, a missionary preaching Religious Congregation based in Auburn, Kentucky. Ordained a priest during the Great Jubilee Year 2000, he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Catholic Thought from the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Toronto, Canada and his dual Master of Arts and Master of Divinity Degrees in Theology from Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell, Connecticut.

Deaths from opioid overdoses hit record highs in 2021 and 2022, and are now on the decline. But there is still much work to be done. Mike Vasquez has devoted his life to confronting the opioid crisis on a mental, physical, and spiritual front and he joins us with more.

Further Reading

The Untold Story of the Opioid Crisis in American Healthcare

Mike’s website - OpioidCM

Guest Info

Mike Vasquez is the CEO of Opioid Clinical Management and the author of The Untold Story of the Opioid Crisis in American Healthcare.

A few days ago we celebrated the great feast of St. Dominic. He was born at a time when Europe had magnificent cathedrals and expanding universities, but was also enduring one of the greatest spiritual crises of the Christian history. And every century is going to discover that ideas have consequences. Marcus has more.

As artificial intelligence drives a rapid expansion of energy-hungry data centers across the United States, Catholic environmental advocates are urging lawmakers, technology companies, and consumers to evaluate the industry’s growth through the lens of Catholic social teaching. We look at the issue with Tom Doran.

Further Reading

Data center surge drives Catholic climate groups to press for safeguards

Guest Info

Thomas M. Doran is the author of the Tolkien-inspired Toward the Gleam (Ignatius Press, 2011), The Lucifer Ego, and Kataklusmos (2020). He has worked on hundreds of environmental and infrastructure projects, was president of Tetra Tech/MPS, was an adjunct professor of engineering at Lawrence Technological University, and is a member of the College of Fellows of The Engineering Society of Detroit.

Today’s feast of St Lawrence is a great opportunity to remember this amazing martyr, and to reflect on the role deacons play in the Church. Marcus has more.

How did Roman Catholics shift from being perceived as un-American to emerging as the standard-bearers for political liberty and economic prosperity? We look at the rise of the American Church during the Cold War with D.G. Hart.

Further Reading

American Catholic: The Politics of Faith During the Cold War

Guest Info

Dr Darryl Hart is Professor of History at Hillsdale College. He is the author of several books including American Catholic: The Politics of Faith during the Cold War

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus walks across the stormy waters to His disciples. We unpack the Sunday readings with Rob Corzine.

Guest Info

Rob Corzine is the vice-president of programs for the St Paul Center for Biblical Theology.