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Human Fertility and Current Controversies (Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk) 4/22/24

Release Date: 04/22/2024

Weekend Readiness (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 5/3/24

The Catholic Current

This is the new Weekend Readiness segment for today's Remastered Let's Talk About This episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes. Show Notes

The Last of the Catholic Troubadours? (Joseph Pearce) 5/2/24

The Catholic Current

We welcome back Joseph Pearce for another episode from his series in Crisis Magazine on the Unsung Heroes of Christendom: this time highlighting Roy Campbell. What does a 20th century poet have to do with the preservation of the writings of St. John of the Cross, and why has he been all-but written out of history? Show Notes

God’s Spymaster (Joseph Pearce) 5/1/24

The Catholic Current

We welcome back Joseph Pearce for another episode from his series in Crisis Magazine on the Unsung Heroes of Christendom, this time highlighting St. Nicholas Owen. What can this master craftsman teach us about bravery and self sacrifice, and how is it that his story is not better known? Show Notes

Timeless Thoughts (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/30/24

The Catholic Current

This is the new Timeless Thoughts segment for today's Remastered Timely Tuesday episode. Be sure to listen to the full episode linked in the show notes. Shote Notes

Here We Go Again... (Matt Archbold) 4/29/24

The Catholic Current

We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to once again discuss the madness in the world and the sanity of Christ. What happens when man attempts to create "Heaven on Earth"? Show Notes

Confronting the Demon of Discouragement (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/26/24

The Catholic Current

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses what to with discouragement and desolation. How do we fight back against our spiritual enemies? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes

Half-hearted, Half-witted Revival (Leila Lawler) 4/25/24

The Catholic Current

We welcome back Leila Lawler to discuss do-something-ism, McTeigue's Axiom, and unsatisfactory attempts at Eucharistic Revival. Can revival ever occur if those in charge refuse to address the problems that got us in our current position? Show Notes

Motherhood and Human Dignity (Dr. Catherine Pakaluk) 4/24/24

The Catholic Current

We welcome back Dr. Catherine Palaluk of The Catholic University of America to continue the discussion on her latest book through Regnery Publishing, Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth. What are the effects of many years of denigrating motherhood and family life? Show Notes

Eucharistic Art & Culture (Kathleen Carr) 4/23/24

The Catholic Current

We welcome back Kathleen Carr of the Sacred Art Institute to discuss beauty, liturgy, and the cultivation of good aesthetic taste. Why is sacred art so compelling, and why does it inspire so many conversions? Father Finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes

Human Fertility and Current Controversies (Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk) 4/22/24

The Catholic Current

On this special podcast-extended episode welcome back Fr. Tad of the National Catholic Bioethics Center to dive deep in discussion of controversial topics of human fertility, IVF, and the concept of embryo adoption. What are the moral issues involved in these beginning of life processes, and at this point what can be done for the children left in these cryogenic orphanages? Show Notes

More Episodes

Show Notes

Father Tad’s Website

The National Catholic Bioethics Center

Making Sense of Bioethics

FatherTad.com | Lectures

Father Tad — The Struggle of Infertility

Father Tad — Why is IVF Wrong?

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column #217 : Poking the Hornet’s Nest of IVF

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column #216 : Surrogacy and Child Trafficking

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 006: Babies in Test Tubes

Making Sense of Bioethics: Column 013: Thawing the Frozen Embryo Myths