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We welcome back Joseph Pearce of The Imaginative Conservative to discuss his article in Crisis Magazine on Catholic beauty. Why do some desire to stifle the gifts of Catholic beauty, both physical and liturgical?

Show Notes

Joseph's Website

Beauty Beyond the Power of the World - Crisis Magazine

The Mystery of the 'Agatha Christie Indult'

Catholic Art Institute

Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child: Anthony Esolen

The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful (Joseph Pearce) 12/13/23

The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful: A History in Three Dimensions

The Catholic Art Institute | Conference 2024

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25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network

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We welcome back Fr. Peter Stravinskas to discuss his article in Catholic World Report. Many are rejoicing in the results of a new survey on Catholic belief in the Eucharist, but is this a case of false hopes and wishful thinking? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

Cause for hope in new data on Eucharistic faith?

The "Eucharistic Revival" in practical mode? 

Gutting the Mystery out of the Mystery 

What Many Priests No Longer Believe | Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion - Ronald Knox

Beware of "Hopium" and "Copium"

Number of German Catholics formally leaving the Church since 2019

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25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network

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We welcome back Fr. Robert Spitzer of The Magis Center for Reason and Faith to discuss the complexity of the human brain and the rise of theistic faith within the scientific community. Of believers and non-believers, which group is really the minority?

Show Notes

The Magis Center for Reason and Faith

Cubic millimetre of brain mapped in spectacular detail | Nature

The Four Levels of Happiness: Your Path to Personal Flourishing - Sophia Institute Press

Is Science a Gateway to God? (Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.) 12/7/23

The Human Brain: A Primer 

Curious Bedfellows: Soul and Brain 

The Remarkable Evidence for the Human Soul 

Brain Wars: The Scientific Battle Over the Existence of the Mind and the Proof that Will Change the Way We Live Our Lives 

Fides et Ratio (14 September 1998) | John Paul II

A Closer Look at Faith and Reason (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 1/6/23

Life's irreducible structure. Live mechanisms and information in DNA are boundary conditions with a sequence of boundaries above them

Mind and cosmos : why the materialist neo-Darwinian conception of nature is almost certainly false : Thomas Nagel | Internet Archive

Why Only Us: Language and Evolution

Insight; a study of human understanding : Bernard Lonergan | Internet Archive

Evolution of the brain : creation of the self : John Eccles | Internet Archive

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25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network

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In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the modern tendency towards institutional amnesia. What does it mean to have a good Catholic memory? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

RORATE CÆLI: URGENT - URGENT - Growing Rumors of a "Final Solution" for the Traditional Latin Mass - TLM

The Remnant Newspaper - Vatican Document Further Restricting TLM said to Exist, Backed by Cardinal Parolin 

RORATE CÆLI: Archbishop Viola, the violator of Tradition -- the dangerous secretary of Divine Worship and the man behind the attempts to ban the Traditional Mass. His letter to the Melbourne Archbishop 

The Library of Alexandria is on Fire | The Corbett Report 

Interview 1794 – The eLibrary is on eFire – #NewWorldNextWeek | The Corbett Report 

How to Scale a Paywall (and other useful tips) – #SolutionsWatch | The Corbett Report

The Last Catholic in America - John R. Powers

RORATE CÆLI: Accept or Reject the New Mass? 

Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available!

Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a Post Post-Christian Era

WE DO BELIEVE, O LORD (Theme Song Winner) on SoundCloud | The National Eucharistic Revival

Catholic Art Institute

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We welcome back Steven Mosher of the Population Research Institute to discuss his latest book with TAN Books, The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi. How can a closer study of history help to break through modern academia's pro-communist propaganda?

Show Notes

The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi

Population Research Institute

Vatican plans to renew its secretive China deal amid persecution of the underground Church - PRI

Bishop Fulton Sheen and Chairman Mao Agreed: Hate Drives Communism - PRI

China's Population Collapse Will Change The World Forever - Peter Zeihan

New Chinese Demographic Data = Population Collapse || Peter Zeihan

Zeihan Vindicated: Chinese Population DROPS Again

Vatican official praises China for witness to Catholic social teaching

Putting the Church in Chinese Hands (Liz Yore) 5/28/24

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25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network

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We welcome back Dr. Darrick Taylor of the Controversies in Church History podcast to discuss a recent article of his in Crisis Magazine. In this age of short attention spans, how can we be careful researchers without falling prey to either naïveté or confirmation bias?

Show Notes

Controversiae Ecclesiasticae | Controversies in Church History Podcast

Dr. Taylor's Substack

Pope Francis and the Conspiracy Against the Church - Crisis Magazine

Notes on The Gates of Hell » Maureen Mullarkey 

When the Vatican Gets It Wrong - Crisis Magazine

Jack T. Chick | Infogalactic 

How to Be a Conspiracy Realist (James Corbett) 10/20/22

Humanae Vitae | Controversies in Church History Podcast

Doomscrolling Past Christ

The News Is a Social Construct (James Corbett) 6/17/24

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We welcome back Sarah Cain, known as The Crusader Gal, to discuss our culture's lack of moral imagination and why trying to build Christian culture without reference to Christ will always fail. Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

The Crusader Gal

Homefront Crusade

Louisiana Faces Lawsuit Over Mandatory Display of Ten Commandments in Classrooms

The Freeloading Atheism of Richard Dawkins and Republicans

On Christian Secularism: In Conversation with Jeff Ventrella | Doug Wilson

A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper

Does Jesus Love You Just the Way You Are? - Crisis Magazine

Is Christ a Magician? - Crisis Magazine

Why Do (Mass-going) Catholics Resent God? - Crisis Magazine

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25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network

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We welcome back apologist Steve Ray to discuss atonement, covenant, and the meaning of Catholic worship. Why do many Catholics neglect and downplay the sacrificial nature of the Mass?

Show Notes

Steve Ray's Website | catholicconvert.com

SteveRaysStore.com

Defending the Eucharist

Is The Mass Really A Sacrifice?

Steve Ray's Audio Collection

New Liturgical Movement: "The Old Leaven" of Catholic Truth, Part 1: Eucharistic Language and Eucharistic Faith in Medieval England 

New Liturgical Movement: "The Old Leaven" of Catholic Truth, Part 2: Eucharist as Sacrifice in the Language of Medieval England 

New Liturgical Movement: How Do Sins Against the Eucharist Cause Our Lord to Suffer? 

Will there be a Eucharistic revival?

Still Concerned About the Eucharistic Revival: A Response to Tim Glemkowski - Crisis Magazine

Adoration of the Lamb, 1432 - Jan van Eyck - WikiArt.org

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In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the trend towards relativism in recent documents to come out of Rome. How are all of the documents connected, and what can we expect in the future? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

The Bishop of Rome: Primacy and Synodality in the Ecumenical Dialogues and in the Responses to the Encyclical 'Ut unum sint,'

Ecumenism and papal primacy: Vatican releases status report on dialogues | USCCB

 'The Bishop of Rome': A brief guide for busy readers

A First Look at Rome's New Document on the Papacy (Fr. Gerald Murray) 6/19/24

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading - Mortimer Adler

Straw Man Fallacy | Excelsior Online Writing Lab 

The First (Bitter) Fruits of Synodality (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 11/17/23

Exquisitely Preserved 1,000-yo Gaming Pieces Found in German Castle Offer Snapshot of Medieval Pastimes

Mayor's pricey hair and makeup: In one year, Brandon Johnson's campaign has spent $30K on grooming

Family sues over hospital's religious exemption for euthanasia | Catholic News Agency

Viganò charged with schism, calls Vat II and Pope Francis 'cancer'

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We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss courage, the myth of the "modern man", and the powerful witness of facing persecution for Christ. Is the rise of secular activism the inevitable result of rejecting the transcendent?

Show Notes

Teen Denied Diploma for Mentioning Christ in Graduation Speech. – Creative Minority Report

Tracker: Over 400 Attacks on U.S. Catholic Churches Since May 2020 - CatholicVote org

Hate Hoax List

This is Controversial but this Isn't? – Creative Minority Report

Manhunt Underway for Driver Who Peeled Out Over Pride Rainbow. Meanwhile, Pro-Life Clinic Vandalisms Mysteriously Remain Unsolved. – Creative Minority Report

More Faulty Wiring? - Creative Minority Report

Twitter Thread: "From the Pope's General Audience yesterday..."

General Audience of 19 June 2024 - Cycle of Catechesis. The Psalms, symphony of prayer in the Bible

The Aztecs are back: deliberate syncretism in Mexican Catholicism toda

Australian bishops approve Aboriginal liturgy, in landmark decision | National Catholic Reporter

Chartres Pilgrimage

25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network

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