Dr. Greg Popcak has identified three styles of parenting: Permissive, Authoritarian, and Authoritative. When it comes to discipline, most parents swing between the permissive and authoritarian approaches. Greg joins us to talk about how to exercise our authority as parents in an effective and loving way.

Guest Info

Dr. Greg Popcak is the founder of CatholicCounselors.com Together with his wife Lisa, he’s the author of over 20 popular books, and the host of More2Life, heard each day at 10am E on EWTN radio. Greg and Lisa are also the founders of the CatholicHOM app that provides couples and parents with the coaching and resources they need to build strong domestic churches.

Despite Russia’s political failures, its rich history has been a deposit of wisdom for Western artists, philosophers and religious thinkers. Key to this conversation is Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn, a Russian literary giant who lived in exile in the West for two decades. We examine his contributions to modern thought with David Deavel.

Further Reading

Solzhenitsyn and American Culture: The Russian Soul in the West

Guest Info

David Paul Deavel is Associate Professor of Theology at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX, and Senior Contributor at The Imaginative Conservative. The paperback edition of Solzhenitsyn and American Culture: The Russian Soul in the West, edited with Jessica Hooten Wilson, is now available in paperback.

The Solemnity of the Assumption, August 15, falls on a Saturday this year and the Assumption Grotto in Detroit invites you for a special celebration. Throughout the day, the faithful are invited to participate in Masses, Eucharistic Adoration, Confession, and more. Alongside these spiritual devotions, families can enjoy fellowship, food, and fun parish activities in a festive atmosphere centered on honoring Our Blessed Mother and growing closer to her Son, Jesus Christ. Jeff Parlow has more.

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In today’s Gospel, the Pharisees ask Jesus why His disciples have broken from following the Mosaic Law. Jesus’ answer is instructive for all of us. We are defined by what comes out of our heart. Are our actions the ones of someone who is formed in Jesus’ image? Marcus has more.

A new edition of Apple’s “relax, it’s iPhone” ads shows a young toddler clutching the latest iPhone, subjecting it to drops, spills, and other hazards of childhood. While intended to show the phone’s durability, it inadvertently shows how we have normalized the use of tech by kids. Marcus has more.

Further Reading

‘Relax, It’s an iPhone’: The Ad Big Tech Got Wrong

Dr. Haywood Robinson performed abortions for 14 years before experiencing a radical conversion. He spent the rest of his life spreading the message that “abortion is the greatest injustice of our time.” He recently passed away, and Brian Gibson joins us with a look at his life.

Further Reading

Pro-life movement mourns the passing of abortionist-turned pro-life apostle

Guest Info

Brian Gibson is the CEO of Pro-Life Action Ministries

Catholics Come Home, Inc. is an independent, non-profit Catholic apostolate that creates effective and compassionate media messages and broadcasts them nationally and internationally, in order to inspire, educate and evangelize inactive Catholics and others, and invite them to live a deeper faith in Jesus Christ. Tom Peterson joins us to share more about their work.

Further Reading

Catholics Come Home website

Guest Info

Tom Peterson is the President and Founder of Catholics Come Home and VirtueMedia.org. He previously spent 25 years as an award-winning corporate advertising executive before experiencing a radical spiritual conversion at a Catholic men’s retreat. He’s also the author of a book called Catholics Come Home.

Tomorrow is the Feast of St John Vianney, known as the patron saint of all priests. Matthew Bunson joins us with a look at Vianney’s life and why all priests can look to him.

Further Reading

Sts. John Vianney, John Eudes and the Priestly Profile to the Visitation

Canonized 100 Years Ago, St. John Vianney Still Converts Hearts

Guest Info

Matthew Bunson is Vice President and Editorial Director of EWTN News and a Senior Fellow at St Paul Center for Biblical Theology. He’s the author or co-author of more than 50 books including the first English-language biography of Pope Francis and The Encyclopedia of Catholic History. Follow him on twitter at MattBunson. Register Radio airs Saturdays at 4 pm and Sundays at 11 am on Ave Maria Radio

We once again find ourselves approaching election season. In his Rules for Radicals, Saul Alinksy famously recognized the founder of the modern revolutionary spirit as “the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom – Lucifer.” As a secular Jew, Alinsky did not believe in a personal devil – but his analogy does give us an enlightening look at the state of our politics. Francis Maier has more.

Further Reading

An EZ Guide to Modern Politics

True Confessions: Voices of Faith from a Life in the Church

Guest Info

Francis X. Maier is a senior fellow in Catholic studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He is the author of True Confessions: Voices of Faith from a Life in the Church.

In recent years, organizations like the Nonhuman Rights Project have sought to obtain legal personhood for animals like chimpanzees and elephants. And while these cases have failed so far, they seem to be gaining momentum and sympathy within the legal system. Wes Smith joins us with a look at a recent case.

Further Reading

Michigan Courts: Chimpanzees Not ‘Persons,’ but One Justice Dissents

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Guest Info

Wes Smith is the Chair and Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism. He’s also the host of the Humanize Podcast. He’s the author of 13 books including “Culture of Death: The age of Do-Harm Medicine.” Follow him on Twitter @thewesleyjsmith and check out his articles at National Review, First Things and more.