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We welcome Stacy Trasancos to discuss IVF, examining both the biological and moral flaws. Father and Stacy explore alternatives for women and whether IVF is merely the lazy choice for doctors. Father finishes with timely thoughts.

Show Notes

Catholics: First and Final Defense Against IVF - Crisis Magazine 

IVF: Mr. President—You're Wrong. Call Me. | Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. 

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 162: Gene-Edited Babies and the Runaway Train of IVF 

Gianna Center (Women's Health Fertility in Manhatttan)

NaPro Technology 

Restorative Reproductive Medicine (RRM) - Natural Womanhood 

IVF is Not the Way: The False Promises of Artificial Procreation

Particles of Faith: A Catholic Guide to Navigating Science

Why In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Is Evil

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Totalitarians refuse to simply leave Christians alone, to let them live and worship in peace. Have you ever wondered why? Father McTeigue takes a closer look.

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Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. takes on this week's Let's Talk About This by comparing the time that we are in now with a prior year in which so much change was taking place. Can we use the mistakes of the past to forge a better future? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for the upcoming Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis

The Year Of Our Lord 1943 (Book Review)  

What 2018 Can Learn from 1943

Return of the Strong Gods

Worship in a Time of War

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We welcome William M. Briggs, known as Statistician to the Stars, to talk about feminism in the workplace and academia, as well as what the data can really show us. He explores the victim mindset and how we have built institutions around perceived oppression.

Show Notes

US Atty Ed Martin Tells Georgetown Law the DOJ will reject any applicant for a fellowship or internship program from a school with DEI programs | The Post Millennial 

"Feminism Is A Disease Of The Rich" – William M. Briggs

Jobs for the Girls (PDF)

Letter to Women (June 29, 1995) | John Paul II 

St. John Paul II's 'Letter to Women' at 25: 'Feminine Genius' Affirmed| National Catholic Register 

Everything You Believe Is Wrong by William M Briggs

The Church and the Culture War by Joyce A. Little

Ungodly Rage: The Hidden Face of Catholic Feminism by Donna Steichen

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Lent is easy for people to get wrong. What is the most important question to ask yourself to begin Lent well? If you don't know, and if your focus is wrong, you will do more harm than good in this season. Fr. McTeigue takes a closer look. 

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Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. presents a pre-Lenten special, so that listeners might be ready to embrace this penitential season, and draw closer to Christ.

Show Notes

Do We Really Need Another Lent? 

Lent: Because we're running out of time and into eternity 

Alligator OK to eat on Lenten Fridays, archbishop clarifies | Catholic News Agency

The Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows | Marians of the Immaculate Conception 

Cardinal Dolan Compares Catholic Fasting to Ramadan

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IVF is presented as the opposite of abortion—a pro-life measure to bring more children into the world. Yet, if we take a closer look, that's not quite right.

Watch on YouTube:  IVF: Mr. President—You're Wrong. Call Me.

Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. takes on this week's Let's Talk About This by discussing how our modern lives and the over-use of technology can keep us from a right relationship with God. Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for the upcoming Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

Apple Addresses iPhone Dictation Glitch that Auto-Fills 'Trump' Instead of 'Racist' › American Greatness

The Cross and the Machine - First Things 

The World-Ending Fire: The Essential 

The Abbey of Misrule 

The Minimalists 

Get your FREE copy of Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society 

1 John 2:14-17 

Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time | USCCB 

The Pope's Status Update

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We welcome back Fr. Gerald Murray to discuss recent pronouncements from the Vatican about immigration, in light of canon law and the tradition of the Church. 

Show Notes

Letter of the Holy Father to the Bishops of the United States of America (10 February 2025) | Francis

Vatican Thinks 'Charity' Means Championing Democrat Causes

Catholic Charities: Insurrection As Charity » Maureen Mullarkey

Pastor Doug Wilson — Christians and Immigration

Trump Should End Medicaid for Illegal Immigrants

This Lent, compare your life to a migrant's, pope says | USCCB

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Why does there seem to be a manufactured arrangement against periods of silence at Mass? Is this the way it's supposed to be? Let's take a closer look.

Watch on YouTube: Do We Need to Talk about Silence?