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We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss what to do when panic looks attractive. The headline news grows more depressing with each passing day. How can a faithful Catholic hold firm and avoid despair, even when it appears to be the only option? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

No, it’s not time to panic. Here’s why

Why the TFP Protest at the Religious Education Congress Matters

Don't Get Too Excited

Collapse Won’t Reset Society

The Bishops and the Border | The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Gunman stopped at St. Mary school Mass in Sacramento - California Catholic Daily

More evidence of a crisis in religious orders

Cardinal Sarah on SSPX: ‘Faith can never lead us to renounce obedience to the Church’

Cardinal Müller: SSPX must stay ‘within the Church’ to have a ‘positive effect’

https://x.com/NuryVittachi/status/2025829366765383685

Mexico Fears More Violence after Army Kills Leader of Powerful Jalisco Cartel | Newsmax.com

Is This Like Arresting Capone on Tax Evasion? – Creative Minority Report

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The people who gave us such cultural highlights as Bell Bottoms, Leisure Suits and pink tuxedos took it upon themselves to design our vestments, our churches, and our sanctuaries. Father McTeigue takes a closer look.

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Fr. Robert McTeigue examines who truly “stands with Rome.” With traditional Catholic teaching and lessons from the Doctors of the Church often conflicting with statements from modern Church leadership, it is becoming increasingly difficult to understand what that phrase means. How can Catholics best navigate the inconsistencies? Father concludes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

Communiqué from the General House: the Society’s response to Rome

Msgr. Schneider responds to Tucho about the FSSPX: the pastoral documents of Vatican II can be corrected, only the Word of God is immutable

Sic et non : a critical edition

Commonitory for the Antiquity and Universality of the Catholic Faith, Against the Profane Novelties of All Heretics (Os Justi Theological Classics)

Sixty Years After: Catholic Writers Assess the Legacy of Vatican II

Bound by Truth: Authority, Obedience, Tradition, and the Common Good

Ultramontanism and Tradition: The Role of Papal Authority in the Catholic Faith (Os Justi Studies in Catholic Tradition)

Studies in the Spirituality of Jesuits

Mysterious ‘Hero’ Dog Leads Police Straight to Missing 3-year-old Officer Says in Body Cam Video

Daily Readings - First Sunday of Lent

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We welcome back Mike Parrott to unravel the truth about silver, gold, and other forms of currency. Should surging silver prices be viewed as a resounding success, or is there more to the story? What is real money, where does it come from, and how should those things impact the way in which families navigate our current economic climate?

Show Notes

Silver Is Surging: But That’s Not the Story

Why Gold Can't Displace Fiat? || Peter Zeihan

Money Manipulation and Social Order

The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve

The Reconstruction of the Republic

The Crash Course: An Honest Approach to Facing the Future of Our Economy, Energy, and Environment

When Money Dies: The Nightmare of Deficit Spending, Devaluation, and Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany

Leverage: How Cheap Money Will Destroy the World

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What does it mean when we say that we "stand with Rome" in an era of so much ambivalence and confusion? Father McTeigue takes a closer look. 

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We welcome back Karl Denninger to take a look under the hood of major social media companies and examine why extensive use of their platforms often leaves users feeling anxious, angry, and unfulfilled. What is it that companies such as Meta and X have actually set out to accomplish, and do they really have their users' best interest in mind? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

How Social Media Fuels Apparent Insanity Today

What If This Is Part of The Intent?

How The Sexual Revolution Is Linked To School Shootings | Mary Eberstadt

‘Transgender’ shooter in Canada leaves 10 dead, 25 wounded

BREAKING UPDATE: Trans suspect in mass shooting at RI hockey game identified as Robert 'Roberta' Dorgan

The Echo Chambers That Form Killers

Trans Father Shoots His Kids?!

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Are you ready for Lent? Father McTeigue reflects on how to prevent your almsgiving from becoming mere bribery and your fasting from being distorted into dieting.

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Fr. Robert McTeigue highlights some of the things that frustrate God and proposes how we can best avoid pitfalls. Are we really acting on the nature that God has given us and fulfilling His purposes for us? Father concludes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

Mamdani Stiffs Catholics for Third Time

FTC Probing Pediatrician Group, Non-Profit Over Gender Dysphoria Treatments For Kids

Bishop Rhoades Expresses ‘Strong Opposition’ to Pro-Abortion Appointee at Notre Dame

Venerable Fulton Sheen to be beatified

Conservative Catholic member of Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission ousted in dispute over antisemitism

Yes, Some Moral Acts Are Disordered—Here’s Why

What We Can't Not Know

Lead Pollution Has Dropped 100-Fold in the U.S. Over the Last Century

Fulton Sheen’s Warning About Counterfeit Catholicism

Daily Readings - Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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We welcome back Dr. Anne Hendershott to discuss her latest book, A Lamp in the Darkness: How Faithful Catholic Colleges Are Helping to Save the Church. It isn't always safe to assume that "Catholic colleges" are truly Catholic in practice. What warning signs might indicate the need for a closer look, and how should parents and prospective students evaluate educational institutions with higher education in a state of crisis?

Show Notes

A Lamp in the Darkness: How Faithful Catholic Colleges Are Helping to Save the Church - Dr. Anne Hendershott

The Cardinal Newman Society

The Poor Old Liberal Arts - Fr. Robert Gannon, S.J.

The Dying of the Light: The Disengagement of Colleges and Universities from Their Christian Churches - James Tunstead Burtchaell

Are we educating for freedom?

An Unteachable Society and the Church

Graduates: Are You Ready for the “Real World?”

As Feminized Universities Falter, Faithful Catholic Colleges Flourish

Another Sort of Learning - Fr. James Schall, S.J.

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Is “shut up, he explained” really a strategy for parenting, teaching, or governing the Church? In the spirit of St. Thomas Aquinas, Father McTeigue imagines a Summa Contra Traddies that actually answers objections instead of dismissing them.

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