Trending with Timmerie - Catholic Principles applied to today's experiences.

On this episode of Trending with Timmerie 

Episode Guide

• Tulsi Gabbard – didn’t have children and left politics to care for her husband (3:37)
• Public execution (17:49)
• The will of God (27:38)
• Lonely? There’s an easy fix – the Eucharist (44:34)

Resources mentioned: 

What’s wrong with IVF and Surrogacy https://relevantradio.com/2026/04/surrogacy-risks-elizabeth-banks/ 

Episode about  Mt. St. Michael 

https://relevantradio.com/2026/09/healing-power-of-gods-nature/

John J. Miller joins Trending with Timmerie – a journalist, author, and a college professor serving as the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College 

Episode Guide

• Coddling college students – universities shifting to get rid of grades... will it demotivate students? (2:40)
• Why the left won't leave nuns alone (17:15)
• Death & judgment – the 4 last things (28:35)
• Heaven & hell (42:26)

Resources mentioned: 

John J. Miller’s website

https://www.heymiller.com/  

How you can help the dead – on purgatory 

https://relevantradio.com/2026/10/helping-the-dead/ 

Padre Pio expert Mary O’Regan an Irish-born Catholic writer and journalist joins Trending with Timmerie

Episode Guide

• St. Francesca of Roma (St. Frances of Rome) (1:33)
• Holy Resignation and following the will of God (4:56)
• Consolation in friendship – Vanozza (18:08)
• Guardian angle (25:57)
• Your eye, your enemy – St. Padre Pio (28:14)
• Purgatory (46:14)

Resources mentioned: 

The book, “Padre Pio and You”: https://sophiainstitute.com/product/padre-pio-and-you/

Episode: Confession, demonic attack and the life of St. Padre Pio

https://relevantradio.com/2026/09/confession-demonic-attacks-st-padre-pio/

Peter Martino – a trial lawyer, law professor, former CEO, and former U.S. Navy nuclear submarine officer – joins Trending with Timmerie

Episode Guide

• The Resurrection on Trial: What does the evidence prove? (1:11)
• Cross-examination: Can skeptics explain away the Resurrection? (24:56)
•  Do you know the Catholic legend behind the Jack O’Lantern?  Don’t mess with the devil! (42:53)

Resources mentioned: 

Book: Resurrection on Trial

https://sophiainstitute.com/product/resurrection-on-trial/

Filmmaker Anthony D'Ambrosio joins Trending with Timmerie 

Episode Guide

• Finding hope in St. Maximilian Kolbe (1:57)
• PRIMETIME (2026) (25:25)
• Elizabeth Holmes documentary – You Can See Everything (39:30)

Resources mentioned: 

Anthony's Personal Account of Making the Film

https://www.triumphoftheheart.com/about

Dr. Phillip Chavez, who specializes in character formation and is the founder of  The Men’s Academy, joins Trending with Timmerie from Rome

Episode Guide

• The glorification of the dead? “Hug in Heaven”, Día de los Muertos, & Santa Muerte (0:39)
• The poor souls in purgatory (13:43)
• How you can help the souls in purgatory and give your day purpose (33:34)

Resources mentioned: 

The Men’s Academy

https://www.themensacademy.org/

Dr. Phillip Chavez’s regular updates from Rome https://www.youtube.com/@TheMensAcademy/videos 

PLENARY INDULGENCE DURING JUBILEE “YEAR OF ST. FRANCIS” 2026

(Sources: Enchiridion of Indulgences, January 24, 1969

and Decree of the Apostolic Penitentiary, January 16, 2026)

Dr. Phillip Chavez

General Info: An Indulgence is a grace granted by the Catholic Church (by merits of Jesus Christ) to remove the temporal punishment due to sin (already forgiven). A Plenary[1] Indulgence removes all temporal debt; a partial indulgence only some. One offering a plenary indulgence should move in a spirit of charity and foster detachment from all sin (most challenging condition); if not, the act or work becomes partial. Intention to gain a plenary indulgence can be for oneself or a deceased[2] person.

Hardly can one conceive of a greater act of charity than a Plenary Indulgence. To fulfill, aside from (1) Work performed, there must be (2) Reception of Holy Communion, ideally on same day, (3) Prayers for the Intentions of the Pope (such as Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be), and (4) Confession, 20 days before or after (though one must be in state of grace at time of indulgence performed).

While Enchiridion lists many Partial & Plenary Works, common Works enabling daily Plenary include:

•     Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament for at least one half an hour (n. 3);
•     Devout reading of the Sacred Scriptures for at least one half an hour (n. 50);
•     The pious exercise of the Way of the Cross (n. 63);
•     Recitation of Marian Rosary in a church/oratory OR in a family group or religious society (n. 48).

SPECIAL PLENARY INDULGENCE DURING “YEAR OF ST. FRANCIS”

(While 1969 directives from Enchiridion remain in effect) “The Apostolic Penitentiary, through Decree issued, in accordance with the Supreme Pontiff, on the occasion of the Year of Saint Francis, grants a plenary indulgence under the usual conditions (sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer according to the intentions of the Holy Father),… to all the faithful without distinction who, with a heart detached from sin, participate in the Year of Saint Francis:

by [1] visiting, in the form of a pilgrimage, any Franciscan conventual church or place of worship anywhere in the world dedicated to Saint Francis or connected to him for any reason, and there devoutly [2] follow the Jubilee rites or spend at least a reasonable period of time in pious meditation and [3] raise prayers to God so that, following the example of Saint Francis, feelings of Christian charity towards their neighbors and authentic vows of harmony and peace among peoples may spring forth in their hearts, [and] [4]

•     concluding with the Our Father, the Creed and
•     invocations to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Clare and all the Saints of the Franciscan Family.

The elderly, the sick and those who take care of them, and all those who are unable to leave their homes for serious reasons may also obtain a plenary indulgence, provided they detach themselves from any sin and intend to fulfil the three usual conditions as soon as possible, if they unite themselves spiritually to the jubilee celebrations of the Year of Saint Francis, offering to the Merciful God their prayers, the pains or sufferings of their lives.”

[1] Only one Plenary Indulgence is possible per day; though several partial indulgences permitted each day.

[2] Many theologians hold a deceased person can be named; yet ultimately, God determines the recipient.

[1] Only one Plenary Indulgence is possible per day; though several partial indulgences are permitted each day.

[1] Many theologians hold a deceased person can be named; yet ultimately, God determines the recipient.

Therapist Joe Sikorra joins Trending with Timmerie 

Episode Guide

• Warrior Saints: Demetrius and Nestor of Thessaloniki (2:49)
• Healing Your Inner Child: Does Revisiting Childhood Trauma Actually Make You Happier? (17:52)
• Do I owe my parents a relationship simply because they raised me? (35:08)
• My 33-year-old daughter told me I need to be emotionally responsible and accountable? (41:53)
• My son stopped talking to the whole family. He's had extreme ADD his whole life. What to do?  Is adult ADD part of it? (45:01)
• How can I help my grandkids who were abandoned by their parents? (49:03)
• Tomorrow on Trending (50:56)

Resources mentioned: 

Joe Sikorra — Official Website
https://joesikorra.com/

Book “A Whole World Going Crazy, But You Don't Have To”
https://www.amazon.com/Whole-World-Going-Crazy-But-Dont/dp/B0BXN9G4N7/

Book “Defying Gravity: How Choosing Joy Lifted My Family from Death to Life”
https://ignatius.com/defying-gravity-dgrap/

Find a therapist

https://catholicpsychotherapy.org/

https://find.catholictherapists.com/ 

Judson Carroll is a master herbalist and author specializing in traditional herbal medicine.  

Episode Guide

• What happened to the herbal tradition from our Catholic monks and nuns? (1:43)
• The Home Apothecary: what should we know? (21:34)
• Chinese buyers can easily find American wombs for rent – surrogacy (37:55)
• Our Lady of Sorrows (48:20)

Resources mentioned: 

Judson Carroll's Substack

https://judsonc.substack.com

Book: Herbs That Heal: (Catholic) Home Remedies to Forage and Grow

https://sophiainstitute.com/product/herbs-that-heal/ 

CBS News: "A surrogate, believing she was carrying a child for a single father, is actually having a baby for a Chinese billionaire 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DdO95C7R6sK/?hl=en 

Chinese buyers can easily find American wombs for rent—surrogacy 

https://expecting.ai/ 

7 Sorrows of Mary 

• The prophecy of Simeon. (St. Luke 2:34-35)
• The flight into Egypt. (St. Matthew 2:13-14)
• The loss of the Child Jesus in the temple. (St. Luke 2: 43-45)
• The meeting of Jesus and Mary on the Way of the Cross.
• The Crucifixion.
• The taking down of the Body of Jesus from the Cross.
• The burial of Jesus.

Episode Guide

• Former abortionist Dr. Catherine Wheeler shares her story (1:02)
• How the abortion industry vets mom against baby (29:50)
• Advice to aspiring physicians (35:18)
• What did feminists get wrong for women and families? (39:54)
• Pope St. John Paul II lost his mom at 9 and embraced Mother Mary (46:05)

Resources mentioned: 

 American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists

https://aaplog.org/ 

Abortion worker quit

https://abortionworker.com/quitter-of-the-month-abby-johnson/

Healing after abortion 

https://supportafterabortion.com/

Mother of the Redeemer

https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_25031987_redemptoris-mater.html 

The End of Woman: How Smashing the Patriarchy has Destroyed Us

https://www.regnery.com/9781684515295/the-end-of-woman/

A Boy Who Became Pope: The Story of John Paul II 

https://paulinestore.com/a-boy-who-became-pope-the-story-of-st-john-paul-ii-anniv-ed.html 

Father Nicanor Austriaco, a molecular biologist and Dominican Catholic priest, joins Trending with Timmerie: 
Episode Guide

• Dark humor everything becomes a joke – nothing is serious (2:15)
• Scientists are growing human brain tissue and implanting it in animals. Could it become conscious? (24:13)
• De-Extinction Breakthrough How AI is bringing the extinct Dodo back to life(45:17)

Resources mentioned: 

Relevant Radio is hiring! 

https://relevantradio.com/about/careers/current-openings/

Lab-grown brain organoids

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03048-5?linkId=63942662

De-Extinction Breakthrough: How AI Just Brought the Dodo 1 Step Closer to Reality

https://www.inc.com/divya-bhardwaj/de-extinction-breakthrough-how-ai-just-brought-the-dodo-1-step-closer-to-reality/91416856