The LOOPcast

Have Catholics lost the public debate on marriage…. and why? Tom, Josh, and Erika ask the tough questions surrounding the (Dis)Respect for Marriage Act. Then it’s Church politics and the blue wave that didn’t happen at the bishops’ conference last week (00:29:42). Twilight Zone transforms into the Thankful Zone – what is the team most grateful for over the last year of headlines, elections, and cultural chaos (00:37:00)? Find out on LOOPcast.

LINKS YOU’LL LOVE

• Senator Mike Lee’s address to Congress on the “Respect” for Marriage Act and religious liberty
• Alliance Defending Freedom on the (Dis)Respect for Marriage Act
• Ryan T Anderson Debates Marriage With Piers Morgan
• Archbishop Broglio is the New USCCB President
• Bishop Burbidge Supports Archbishop Cordileone
• Christianity Lite by the Babylon Bee

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Donald Trump kicks off his 2024 presidential bid to the tune of Les Miserables. Not the theme song we would have chosen. Then LOOPcast debates the merits of early, absentee, and in-person voting (00:19:42) before diving into a Twilight Zone featuring Elon Musk, the USCCB, and the death of the Miss America pageant (00:40:04). It’s all in a day’s work at LOOPcast.

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LINKS YOU’LL LOVE

• Trump Campaign’s New Anthem
• How DeSantis Handled Trump's Criticism   
• We Need to Talk About What Didn’t Happen on Election Day
• Early Voting is Here to Stay
• Do BETTER: Red Flags Raised by Pregnancy Workers Fairness Act

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The team analyzes the results of the 2022 midterms. We’ll be honest… it’s not what we expected (00:01:10). What happened to the red wave that slammed Florida…. and then dried up (00:05:15)? We take a hard look at the night’s hardest losses and what comes next (00:30:30). We learn about five-finger breathing, and raise a glass to heroes victorious and fallen (00:42:52).

LINKS YOU’LL LOVE

• MSNBC Cannot Believe That Miami-Dade Voted For DeSantis
• Abortion props win big in MI, VT, CA; prolife prop fails in KY
• Why did Beto run? Josh explains.
• GOP Wins Big in FL
• GOP HAS UNDERWHELMING NIGHT
• How to Cope… by the New York Times?

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CatholicVote president Brian Burch starts us off with the inside story on how he came to share the stage (and golf-cart motorcade) with Gov. Ron DeSantis (00:00:59). Then we ask if it’s time to grant “amnesty” to power-hungry pandemic politicians… spoiler alert: Babylon Bee Star Wars SHOUT OUT (00:17:31). We also look at October’s Heroes and Zeroes (00:31:56) before heading into a Twilight Zone so unreal that democracy and this podcast may be dead (00:47:12).

LINKS YOU’LL LOVE

• Sweet Florida Song
• “Let’s Declare a Pandemic Amnesty”
• The BEE: Galactic Empire Requests Amnesty For Anyone Who May Have Gotten Carried Away And Blown Up A Planet
• 3 Sinister Public Health Mistakes over COVID
• Heroes and Zeroes - October 2022
• Bonus Heroes! 10 Rising Catholic Stars of the 2022 Midterms!
• The “Offensive” Homily From Ireland 

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LOOPCAST VOTE-O-RAMA Take a deep dive into voting: why you should and HOW you should as a Catholic (00:01:12). LOOPcast has reasons and resources – including a breakdown of an incredible homily on conscience, politics, and our non-negotiable principles (00:23:21). Then it’s onto the Twilight Zone where we discuss race relations and… was that **common sense** we saw in New York this week (00:45:27)?

LINKS YOU’LL LOVE

• 3 Reasons Catholics Should Vote
• Awesome Homily: “Living as a Catholic citizen”
• USCCB’s “Priorities at the Polls”
• Benedict XVI’s 2006 address to European People’s Party 
• EWTN’s summary of the non-negotiables (includes citations from popes, CDF, USCCB, etc.)

Catholic Voter Sources: 

• USCCB’s “Priorities at the Polls”
• Benedict XVI’s 2006 address to European People’s Party 
• EWTN’s summary of the non-negotiables (includes citations from popes, CDF, USCCB, etc.)

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“Catholic” President Biden vowed to codify unlimited abortion for any reason up to the moment of birth into law… if he can get the Congressional seats to do it for him. Can he do it (00:00:58)? Election season is HOT, and we give you our quick takes on the most important races and why they matter (00:10:58). Josh Mercer, Oracle of the LOOP, places his bets before we all share our favorite St. John Paul II stories ahead of his feast day (00:35:23). Then, a crazy trip through the Twilight Zone with a visit to an Ulta Beauty salon, Chris Rufo’s masterclass in media, and a peek inside the mind of a liberal Catholic reporter (00:44:48).

LINKS YOU’LL LOVE

• Biden’s Abortion Vow
• Dems Out of Touch with Americans on Abortion? POLLS
• Cortez Masto Uses Our Lady As A Political Prop
• Rev. Jesse Jackson reads Green Eggs and Ham
• John Oliver Reads Rufo’s Script
• Oh, look. Female Blackface from Ulta.

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Somehow, we morphed this episode into the Dominican podcast. But first, the FBI sends in the big guns, literally, to arrest a pro-life dad again (00:00:52). And it’s our first LOOPcast major interview! Senior Reporter for the Daily Signal, Mary Margaret Olohan, shares with Tom what it was like to get run out of the Women’s March in a post-Roe America (00:21:06). Then Josh, Erika, and Tom share stories of the Rosary, Our Lady of Victory, Dominican popes, and volcanoes in Pompeii (00:43:37). And we finish up with the Twilight Zone… what a time to be alive (00:59:42).

LINKS YOU’LL LOVE

• Pro-Life Father Arrested by Armed FBI Agents… AGAIN
• Mary Margaret Olahan’s Twitter Page
• Lepanto and the Rosary
• Bartolo Longo: The Satanic Priest Turned Saint
• Woke Journalism Hits a New Low with Hinson
• Sorry, Trans Women. You’re Actually Men, Says Biden.
• Cori Bush Shares Her Abortion Story

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This week we break down the Supreme Court’s upcoming religious freedom case – and why super LOOPer Fr. James Martin says you shouldn’t trust “anything” we say (00:01:05)! And listeners asked if Catholics should even be involved in politics, so we deep dive on the separation of church and state and what John Paul II had to say about efforts like CatholicVote (00:14:19). Then it’s “Heroes and Zeroes” time – who stood up and who sold out (00:26:01)? Are we living in the Twilight Zone? It sure felt like it this week… Janet? Janet? Where are you (00:46:41)?

LINKS YOU’LL LOVE

• 303 Creative SCOTUS case and Father James Martin
• CV’s September Heroes & Zeroes
• Pope John Paul II’s Christifideles Laici
• Planned Parenthood’s Trans Video for Kids
• Delano Squires - Drag Queen Conservatism and Religious Freedom
• Sunny Hostin Says Conservatives are “Ageist”

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It’s the feast of the Archangels, and boy, do we need their help! Today we dive right into the shocking arrest of pro-life Catholic dad Mark Houck. What happened and why (00:01:15)? And how should Catholics respond? In search of answers, we turn to “7 Ways to Increase Your Eucharistic Devotion (00:18:45).” Then, viva Italia! We line up devout Catholic world leaders Joe Biden and the soon-to-be elected Italian prime minister Giorgia Maloni and notice… one of these things is not like the other (00:31:54). And finally, it’s not LOOPcast without the Twilight Zone. The burning question this week: are you bigoted against non-existing persons?  Find out now (00:41:37).

LINKS YOU’LL LOVE

• The Mark Houck Story
• How to Increase Your Eucharistic Devotion
• Biden Claims the Church Now Allows Some Abortions
• Giorgia Maloni is FIRE
• Archbishop Vigneron Explains Michigan’s Prop 3
• Stacy Abrams Redefines “Heartbeat”
• Pandemic Fraud: The Non-Existent Children of Minnesota

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What does Martha’s Vineyard have in common with the men in your life, TikTok Timeout, and Biden walkbacks? They’re all in the mix for this week’s LOOPcast. The team breaks down what exactly happened with the progressive meltdown over Gov. DeSantis’ flying 50 migrants to their vacation homes (00:00:45) and how Catholics should respond to the border crisis (00:12:33). We look at the current crisis for men in our culture and how women can support the amazing guys in their lives (00:25:10). We got banned from TikTok! Here’s the skinny (00:36:20). And of course… We end with the Twilight Zone and discuss whether Fordham needs new management (00:44:26).  

LINKS YOU’LL LOVE

• Martha’s Vineyard Roundup
• 7 Ways to honor the men in your life
• TikTok Bans Catholic Non-Profit after Videos Flagged for 'Hateful Behavior' | National Review
• Exposed: CDC Made Up Social Distancing Rules
• Biden on '60 Minutes': 'The pandemic is over' 
• Yeshiva University Suspends All Campus Clubs After Supreme Court Thwarts Efforts To Block LGBTQ+ Group

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