The Catholic Current

We welcome Father Kevin Dyer, S.J. to discuss his work with FOCUS missionaries. What causes young people to give their life to Christ in service, and what are signs of false motivation for this work?

• FOCUS Announces Changes in National Chaplain Corps
  

We welcome back Sarah Cain, known as The Crusader Gal, to discuss her latest article at Crisis Magazine. Who is it that determines Marriage? They then discuss the role of government and the rise of practical atheism. Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

• Real Marriages Are Founded on God, Not Government
  

We welcome back Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse of the Ruth Institute to discuss the silencing of those speaking out against the sexual revolution. Check out her book - The Sexual State: How Elite Ideologies are Destroying Lives and Why the Church Was Right All Along.

• YMCA Bans 80 Year-Old
  

In Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue discusses the anti-Catholic bigotry and postmodernism on display in a recent article featured in The Atlantic. Why try and link the Rosary to hateful extremism? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for Sunday Mass.

• How the Rosary Became an Extremist Symbol - Archived Version
  

We welcome back Dr. Anthony Esolen of Magdalen College for a special podcast-extended episode. Dr. Esolen and Father McTeigue discuss culture, worship, and recite selections of poetry, including works from Dr. Esolen's book The Hundredfold: Songs for the Lord, and from his online magazine Word & Song.

• Word & Song Magazine: Reclaiming the Good, the Beautiful, and the True
  

We welcome back Jordan Boyd of the Federalist to discuss the growing movement of 'designer babies'. What happens when a culture moves from an understanding of procreation to one of mere reproduction? Who is hurt by this, and why do so few talk of its harmful effects?

• When Sperm And Eggs Are Monetized, Human Existence Becomes Transactional
  

We welcome back Fr. Bill Watson, S.J. of the Sacred Story Institute to discuss scrupulosity, love, and the meaning of salvation. How is the sin of Pride involved in excessive religious anxiety? Father McTeigue finishes with Timely Thoughts.

• Ask Fr. Bill - When Does a Thought Become a Mortal Sin?
  

We welcome back Jerome German of Crisis Magazine and Catholic Stand to discuss the meaning of the Catholic Priesthood. What's the difference between a priest and presider, and what is the effect of evacuating the role of fatherhood from both religion and from the broader culture?

• Presiders Be Gone – Give Us Priests!
  

On this special episode of The Catholic Current, Fr. McTeigue celebrates the four year anniversary of hosting the show. He reminisces about his unlikely journey into Catholic radio, and shares highlights of the past year. As always, he finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.

• No One Could've Known (Except God)
  

We welcome Joe Garcia, the Chief Revenue Officer of eCatholic to discuss the role technology plays in our life. What should we have learned through the experience of 2020, and how can the Priests and faithful better use technology to promote the Kingdom of God?

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