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We welcome back author and friend of the show Matt Archbold on this Timely Tuesday to discuss some hot headlines from his website, Creative Minority Report. How are we to respond to the hatred of the world? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

Trad Catholic Family Dragged Out of Home at Gunpoint, Locked in Van After FBI 'Goaded' Teen to Post Offensive Memes, Dad Says – Creative Minority Report

Weaponization panel details FBI preparation of 'radical-traditionalist Catholics' memo | Just The News

The two reasons totalitarian states detest the Church

The Most Damaging Cliche

All-Female Saint Mary's College Will Accept Men Pretending to be Women because…Catholic?

Yeah, the Church Needs De-Masculinization. Duh.

No Apologies: Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men

Terror of Demons: Reclaiming Traditional Catholic Masculinity

Why Men Hate Going to Church

Goodbye, Good Men: How Liberals Brought Corruption into the Catholic Church

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We welcome back Michael Hichborn of the Lepanto Institute to discuss yet another report on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. What are the grantees doing with Catholic money, and how does this continue to happen?

Show Notes:

Catholic-Funded Organization Prayed to Demons

More Embarrassments from the CCHD (Michael Hichborn) 11/7/23

Milwaukee Archbishop Denounces Kenosha Group CUSH

CCHD Reports | The Lepanto Institute

Charity Reports | The Lepanto Institute

The Marxist Core of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Where Are Your Donations Going Now? (Michael Hichborn) 10/26/22

Has the Catholic Campaign for Human Development Been Reformed? (Michael Hichborn) 10/23/18

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In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the season of Advent beginning this Sunday. How are we to take out the trash during this liturgical season? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.

Show Notes

Getting Advent Right - Aleteia

Beware of "Hopium" and "Copium"

Spanish Catholics Prayerfully Protest Police

U.S. Saw Record High Suicides in 2022 › American Greatness

Rethinking Forgiveness (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 6/2/23

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We welcome back Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth Texas to discuss the annual meeting of Bishops that just concluded in Baltimore, along with the upcoming season of Advent. How are we to live with Hope in a world gone mad?

Show Notes

Plenary Assembly - November 13-16, 2023 | USCCB

Statement by Bishop Olson Regarding Bishop Strickland

Excluded From the Synod? (Leila Lawler) 11/15/23

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hope

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We welcome back Julian Kwasniewski to discuss his article about John Senior in One Peter Five. Who was he, where did he come from, and what should we make of his cultural criticism? In hindsight, just how accurate was he?

Show Notes

John Senior: Prophet of Tradition and Realism - OnePeterFive

Andrew Senior on John Senior, Proponent of Beauty & Tradition ~ The Imaginative Conservative

The Death Of Christian Culture - Angelus Press

Restoration Of Christian Culture - Angelus Press

The Remnants: The Final Essays of John Senior

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

Love Is As Strong As Death: The Legacy of Dr. John Senior (Fr. Francis Bethel) 6/21/19

To Be a Prophet is a Blessing and a Burden

Passing the "redemption point": The Limits of Prophecy

The Promise of Prophecy

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

Wyoming Catholic College

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We welcome back Sarah Cain, known as The Crusader Gal to discuss her latest article in Crisis Magazine on the toxic error of self-hatred. Why must we learn to live as loved sinners, and what happens when we get this wrong? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

Self-Hatred as a Barrier to One's Calling - Crisis Magazine

Lent: Sin Can Kill You; Shame Doesn't Have To

The Living-Death of Crippling Shame

Should You Recall Past Sins? – Padre Peregrino

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We welcome back friend of the show Fr. John Perricone to discuss his latest article in Crisis Magazine. How has death been trivialized in the Church, and what effect does that have on the faithful, both the living and the dead?

Show Notes

O Death, Where Is Thy…Tickle? - Crisis Magazine

Seriously… how can death be "unexpected"?

Sickness as a Harbinger of Death

Who wants to think of death? I do, and I want you to, and here's why

Death? It's about time!

Rebuking death in 2020

St. Joseph College Seminary

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We welcome back exorcist Fr. Vincent Lampert to discuss sin, spiritual warfare, and the need for sacramental confession. Fr. Lampert also has a new online course on Exorcism through The Saint Paul Center for Biblical Theology's digital platform Emmaus Academy. Find out what the course covers!

Show Notes

Exorcism – St. Paul Center

Exorcism: The Battle Against Satan and His Demons – St. Paul Center

A Checklist for Spiritual Battle

The Screwtape Letters Narrated by John Cleese - Complete

Nefarious: The Must-See Movie (Cary Solomon) 5/15/23

Nefarious | Official Website

Old Weapons for New Evils? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 9/15/23

Will there be a Eucharistic revival?

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

When Atheism becomes vulgar--Aleteia

Talking Back: A Monastic Handbook for Combating Demons

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We welcome back Dr. Darrick Taylor of Controversies in Church History to discuss his article in Crisis Magazine about the loss of religious toleration in the public square. What happened to the social reign of Christ the King? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes:

The Not So Strange Death of Religious Liberty - Crisis Magazine

Controversiae Ecclesiasticae | Controversies in Church History Podcast

Dr. Taylor's Substack

The Rise of Bureaugamy (Dr. Darrick Taylor) 1/10/23

The Poor Old Liberal Arts

The Two Reasons Totalitarian States Detest the Church (Aleteia)

Father's First LTAT: Congressional Catholics – Let's Tell the Truth (Fr Robert McTeigue, SJ) 6/25/21

Confronting Congressional Catholics—Again (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 7/14/23

The Life Of Julia

Will there be a Eucharistic revival?

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

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In this podcast-extended episode, we welcome back Dr. Paul Kengor of The American Spectator to discuss the history of slavery in the Catholic Church through his latest book with The Saint Paul Center for Biblical Theology. What are the common narratives, and what is the truth? In the podcast-extended segment, Dr. Kengor discusses the ill informed narratives surrounding the so-called "doctrine of discovery".

Show Notes

The Worst of Indignities: The Catholic Church on Slavery

The Catholic Church Against Slavery: Setting the Record Straight - American Thinker

Christian slaves, Muslim masters : white slavery in the Mediterranean, the Barbary Coast, and Italy, 1500-1800

Paul Kengor, Author at The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Explainer: 'The Doctrine of Discovery' and how the Catholic Church may officially reject it | America Magazine

Indigenous Slavers: American Indians Who Whipped and Owned Blacks - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Defenders of the West (Raymond Ibrahim) 7/25/22

The Eastern Defenders of Christendom (Raymond Ibrahim) 11/17/22

Watch: MSNBC's Joy Reid Agrees with Guest Who Trashes Christianity as Justification for Slavery and Genocide

Free the Slaves

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