We grieve another tragedy in which children were caught in the crosshairs. Around us, we also see the buying, selling, and killing of the young. In this week’s edition of Let’s Talk About This, Father McTeigue examines how society is treating its children in every sphere of life.

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Thank God The War Against C̶h̶i̶l̶d̶r̶e̶n̶ the Flag Has Ended! | Creative Minority Report 

Gay Man Describes Creating, Destroying Dozens Of Babies To Get Designer Kids That Will Be Implanted Into Rented Wombs

Surrogacy Update Video on X

Reports circulating that Catholic Church shooter was trans... We've obtained his manifesto 

The Ugly Truth About Gay AdoptionWhen ‘Conservatives’ Sell Children Too - by Sarah Cain

Scottish girl defends herself with axe and knife

Pedophile sting ‘Operation Battle Ground’ nabs 12 suspects charged with child sex crimes in WA

BBC Does Unbelievable Censorship Job On Viral Knife Girl

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We welcome Benjamin O'Brien to the show, a fireman who discovered the overlap between his faith and his life of service. Between fighting fires and fighting bureaucracies, Benjamin found his trust in God to be of utmost importance. 

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The Proving Grounds: A Catholic on Ladder 17

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Our culture has been failing men and vilifying them. They should find healing and solace in the Church, but are today's priests up to the task? Fr. McTeigue takes a closer look.

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We welcome back Kathleen Carr, president of the Catholic Art Institute, to discuss why art matters, in our churches and in our homes. From architecture to painting, let's immerse our senses in that which draws us toward the Transcendent.

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Conference 2025 | Catholic Art Institute

CHRISTIAN ART 

How Beauty Draws us Closer to God | Fr Patrick van der Vorst 

Duncan G. Stroik | Architect

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Men have been forgotten by so much of our society, and tragically, that can extend into so many parishes. Father McTeigue takes a closer look at male pain, deaths of despair, and how to live masculine lives as Christians.

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In this week's Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue dives into the new fad of creating chatbots and videos of the dead, talking to AI versions of our ancestors, and what this means for our spiritual lives. He finishes with Weekend Readiness.

Show Notes

AI Resurrection: Grief and Digital Life After Death 

Deepfakes of your dead loved ones are a booming Chinese business | MIT

'I love you robo-dad': Meet a family using AI to preserve loved ones after deathDying man spends final weeks creating AI version of himself to keep his wife company

World's first robot able to give birth to human baby

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time | USCCB 

These Trees Survived Hiroshima: Group Plants Their Seeds Worldwide to Preserve Their Memory

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We welcome back Theodore Dalrymple to discuss the self-loathing that has become so common amongst Westerners, especially academics and elitists. What caused it, what does it mean for our civilization, and how might we recover? 

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The New Vichy Syndrome: Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism

Striking a Chord - Taki's Magazine 

Architects of Our Own Destruction - Taki's Magazine 

On France’s sordid Olympic spectacle | City Journal 

A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine 

Christians at the End of the Pax Americana | New Oxford Review 

The Cube and the Cathedral: Europe, America, and Politics Without God by George Weigel 

Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray

'Oikophobia': Our Western Self-Hatred 

The Hall of Uselessness: Collected Essays

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Does the talk about "revival" respect the sacrifices and admonitions of the saints and martyrs? If we take those heroes seriously, how then would we act? Father McTeigue takes a closer look.

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We welcome back Steve Ray, convert and Bible scholar, to discuss whether the Old Testament is simply replaced by the New Testament, and if we need to know scripture in order to live well as Catholics. 

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Catholic Convert | Steve Ray

Genesis: A Bible Study Guide and Commentary: Ray, Stephen K.

Isaiah's Job by Albert Jay Nock

Catholic Bible Dictionary: Scott Hahn

Gay Man Describes Creating, Destroying Dozens Of Babies To Get Designer Kids That Will Be Implanted Into Rented Wombs

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In this special interview, Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. talks with historian Raymond Ibrahim about what we can realistically expect in regards to Islamic acclimation. Is it true that Muslims can embrace enough of Western traditions for us to leave peacefully together?

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