Eric Sammons talks with Jason Jones, a film producer, author, activist, and human rights worker. They discuss the plight of many of the vulnerable around the world, particularly in China, and why the Vatican is silent about these abuses. And Eric also asks Jason why a photo of Jason being arrested made the front page of Drudge last year.

Links:
• Movie to Movement
• The Vulnerable People Project
• The Jason Jones Show 

Fr. Dwight Longenecker discusses some of the current controversial issues in the Church, including the response to COVID, pro-abortion "Catholic" politicians, and Fr. James Altman. He then gives advice for how Catholics can navigate through today's crises and engage in spiritual combat.

Father's website: https://dwightlongenecker.com
Immortal Combat course: https://greatandmain.com/longenecker-masterclass-immortal-combat/
The Tale of Two Fr. Jameses: https://www.crisismagazine.com/2021/the-tale-of-two-fr-jameses

Eric Sammons sits down with Professor of Sociology David Ayers, Ph.D. to discuss the state of religion in America today.

Specifically, they attempt to answer the following:

• Why is religion collapsing in America since 2000?
• What impact on religion will COVID have going forward?
• Why do even those who remain Catholic or Evangelical Protestant reject the moral teachings of those religions?
• What is the path forward for religion?

Links:

• https://stream.org/the-vital-signs-of-american-christianity-critical-but-not-terminal/
• https://ifstudies.org/blog/cohabitation-among-evangelicals-a-new-norm
• https://ifstudies.org/blog/number-9-in-2019-sex-and-the-single-evangelical
• https://news.gallup.com/poll/341963/church-membership-falls-below-majority-first-time.aspx
• https://ericsammons.com/the-churchs-dunkirk-moment/
• https://www.crisismagazine.com/2021/will-catholics-ever-return-to-mass
• https://www.crisismagazine.com/2021/america-is-a-pagan-nation-now-what

Crisis Magazine Editor-in-Chief Eric Sammons interviews Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco about his recent pastoral letter "Before I Formed You in the Womb, I Knew You."

They discuss:

• Why His Excellency wrote the letter.
• The grave evil of abortion.
• Understanding the various levels of cooperation in evil.
• The principles involved in denying a public official Holy Communion.
• The case of Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
• Disagreements among bishops about this issue.
• The frustration from lay Catholics about the perceived inaction from bishops.
• And more!

The letter: https://sfarchdiocese.org/inthewomb

This week Pope Francis issued the Motu Proprio Antiquum Ministerium which institutes the new "ministry of catechist." Crisis Magazine editor Eric Sammons breaks down its troubling aspects and what it means for the Church.

The document: http://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/motu_proprio/documents/papa-francesco-motu-proprio-20210510_antiquum-ministerium.html

Taylor Marshall discusses growing up in a nominally Christian home, becoming an Anglican priest, and finally converting to Catholicism. He then addresses the current crisis in the Church, including the problems coming out of Rome, interpreting Vatican II, and dealing with the McCarrick scandal. Finally, he gives advice on how Catholics can live their faith in our troubled times.

Crisis Editor-in-Chief Eric Sammons answers questions about Catholicism and the crisis in the Church today.

Topics include:

• The line between proper obedience and following unjust/unfaithful directives.
• The Catholic teaching on the death penalty.
• How to invest in a way that aligns with the Catholic faith.
• How to approach Vatican II.
• Opus Dei.
• Is Natural Family Planning legitimate?
• and much more!

Eric Sammons speaks with author Kennedy Hall about what it's like to attend a SSPX chapel, as well as his thoughts about Archbishop Lefebvre, the 1988 episcopal consecrations, and the current "irregular" status of the Society.

(Note: there were some technical difficulties when recording, and so a few times Kennedy's audio was skipped briefly. Our apologies for this.)

Links:
• https://wdtprs.com/2020/04/ask-father-whats-the-truth-about-the-sspx/
• https://onepeterfive.com/sspx-mass-shelter/
• https://fatima.org/news-views/may-i-attend-sspx-masses/

Leila Lawler joins Eric Sammons to discuss her recent article for Crisis Magazine about the role of men in the Church, then talks about the impact of feminism on the Church, and that there is no such thing as "Catholic feminism."

• Leila's blog: http://likemotherlikedaughter.org
• Leila's article for Crisis: https://www.crisismagazine.com/2021/catholic-men-rise-up-and-fight

Eric Sammons, Editor-in-Chief of Crisis Magazine, discusses the debate within the Catholic world regarding the morality of abortion-tainted vaccines.

Related links:

Moral Reflections on Vaccines Prepared from Cells Derived from Aborted Human Foetuses (Pontifical Academy for Life, 2005)

Dignitas Personae (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 2008)

Note on the morality of using some anti-Covid-19 vaccines (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 2020)

Resisting Abortion-tainted Vaccines and the Culture of Death (Bishop Athanasius Schneider, 2021)