Charlotte was once the pro-life movement's poster child-- a young survivor of sexual assault who wanted to carry her baby to term. As a child, her story was exploited by the movement to further the push for extreme anti-abortion policy. As she grew and evolved, her opinions on policy became more complex, and eventually led her to quietly step back from the movement. When she found herself considering abortion as an adult, former friends from the movement filed a fraudulent affidavit in an attempt to prevent her from attending her appointment.

Charlotte's story is one I wish she didn't have to tell, but a deeply important one nonetheless. She speaks to the exploitation of minors and vulnerable communities within the pro-life movement, and the extreme lengths they will go to if you attempt to leave.

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Saint Sydney-- patron of swear slaps, purity culture, and comedy. Join us for this deep dive on her Catholic story.

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Fun in Moderation

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Today we're diving into The Catholic Girl's Guide to Sex... and it had some unexpected plot twists

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Our Lady of All Nations has an offer you can't refuse-- all you have to do is declare a fifth Marian dogma naming her coredemptrix, mediatrix of all grace, and advocate. If you don't... she'll burn you to the ground. Sounds great right?

Join us as we deep dive on this fun little apparition that was approved, then disapproved, then approved again... in Japan?

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Bishop Barron was recently appointed to Trump's Commission for Religious Liberty. Dive down the rabbit hole of tweets, blog posts, and interviews with us as we discuss the Christian nationalism of it all

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Links:

https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/barron/my-experience-of-the-synod/

https://www.wordonfire.org/articles/despite-the-efforts-of-the-modern-project-there-is-no-secular/

https://www.facebook.com/BishopRobertBarron/videos/friends-as-i-reflect-on-my-extraordinary-experience-in-washington-id-like-to-sha/502815232629275/

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1366401441353440

https://x.com/BishopBarron/status/1918002518333735394

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3s7pOHPwRb/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGVomF3MNI8

https://youtu.be/xHRyn1O2oxs?si=YeDUodgnuhLcA3GX

https://youtu.be/XULEzTUua8U?si=lf7YwIODAn949DWv

https://www.heritage.org/conservatism/commentary/the-dog-whistle-christian-nationalism?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=10679077640&gbraid=0AAAAACfelfwja4YpZlHFwxVtExG-rWuR1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwoZbBBhDCARIsAOqMEZWcPo-RLetZ1B2Q3k8cxl3BR2i5kFeUCD9SqrsWO27kL9qDa8bvcgYaAoGlEALw_wcB

https://www.christiansagainstchristiannationalism.org/faqs

A collection of everything we know about the pope so far

Veronica & Colin discuss Dayspring, an incredible novel that transforms the gospels into a story of queer romance

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/713616/dayspring-by-anthony-oliveira/

In honor of Easter, we're combing through some of the logical fallacies that this lovely piece of apologetic literature throws at non-believers

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Building community can feel difficult for anyone, but navigating that world after leaving the Church is a special kind of hard. Here are all of our tips and tricks from the years beyond youth group.

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Join Veronica and Evelyn as we read Lenten story submissions from r/excatholic. Thank you to everyone who submitted their stories on Reddit!

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Many apologies for the bad quality of Veronica's audio, I did the best I could to mitigate in editing. Mea maxima culpa.