The Patrick Madrid Show

• Patrick shares what the Catechism says about last rites and pleads with someone who is dying to ask for “The Apostolic Pardon”.
• Jean – My husband was able to receive last rites
• Jody – Do you know anything about the Bible in a year podcast? Any advice for those who are reading the bible for the first time?
• Billie – Question about the anointing of the sick while I was pregnant
• Jim – Asks for a clarification on the apostolic pardon.
• Cynthia – Is it a sacrilege for my Catholic son to perform a civil wedding?
• Robin – My son was battling cancer and received the anointing of the sick for strengthening before he died
• Patricia – Question about Anointing of the sick during COVID. Priest had to stand in the doorway.
• Sergio – Son struggling with creation in 7 days. Need a book recommendation for the creation story
• Gwen – I have a question about the Apostolic Pardon

Patrick walks the audience through St. Thomas Aquinas’s “5 Arguments for the existence of God” showing that anyone who masters these proofs can speak intelligently and persuasively with an atheist about the existence of God

• Show White House: Americans Not Required to Carry ‘Vaccine Passports’
• Idaho Becomes Fourth State To Ban ‘Vaccine Passports’
• United Airlines announce affirmative action plan to discriminate against white male pilots. Patrick asks, “How will they define women?”
• Kyle – If you receive the sacraments out of order, are they invalid?
• Elaine – making a correction about Divine Mercy Sunday that Patrick said yesterday
• Patty – Question about gun control and the idea of “live by the sword, die by the sword”
• Sad news. Beloved animal expert Jack Hanna has dementia, steps away from public life
• San Francisco school board postpones plan to rename 44 schools over social issues, and the reason is interesting.
• Matt – Do people who have never known Jesus through no fault of their own still go to hell?
• The Cult of COVID: Patrick comments on the emotional toll and fear based reactions he’s seeing on social media
• Man accused of strangling “I-5 Strangler” won’t face death penalty

• Monica – Is divorce a sin, and can you receive communion if you get one?
• Dana – Can a Catholic minster a non-Catholic wedding?
• Don – He is a nurse. He may have to administer COVID shots. What should he do?
• Patrick shares an email from Linda who comments on never having children and the loneliness she feels, but knows it was God’s will
• Ignatius – Disagrees with the conclusion Patrick came to the other day about his confession story.
• Bruce – We live in a Bizarro World
• Helen – What is the church’s stance, if any, on Artificial Intelligence?
• Patrick answers the question if a developmentally handicapped person can receive the sacraments?
• Julian, 10 years-old – Did Mary have other children?
• Diane – Where in the bible does it talk about leaving inheritance for kids?

• Patrick answers an email from Luga about picking the right college for her daughter
• Donald – Question about purgatory and infant baptism
• John – When was the St. Michael prayer instituted and taken away?
• Robert – Why did Jesus descend into hell for 3 days?
• Peggy – How do you prepare for Martyrdom?
• Patrick answers a question from Vera about differences in the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church
• Joe – Question about Baptism on someone’s deathbed
• Marsha – I need a resource on the differences between Catholics and Anglicans.
• Andrew – What happened to St. Joseph after he died? Where did he go?
• Cathy – How can I explain to my mom that her going to a wedding outside the Church is wrong?
• Donna – Question about the blessing a child with salt at Baptism