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Putting the Church in Chinese Hands (Liz Yore) 5/28/24

Release Date: 05/28/2024

Ask Father Mailbag #7 (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/21/25

The Catholic Current

Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. opens up the mailbag in this edition of Let’s Talk About This, answering listener questions for the first three segments of the show before finishing with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes

Tough Talk About Culture (John Horvat II) 2/20/25

The Catholic Current

John Horvat joins the show to talk about the good, the true, and the beautiful, and how our society has abandoned these pillars. How might we reinsert them back into the lives of our children, and build a truly Catholic culture? Show Notes

Let’s Take A Closer Look: Are You Guilty of This?

The Catholic Current

The fallacy of explaining something clearly and expecting people to understand and accept what you say is fraught with disaster. Following St. Bernadette's example, we can avoid this pitfall. Let's take a closer look.

Goodbye to DEI? (Fr. John Perricone) 2/18/25

The Catholic Current

We welcome back Fr. John Perricone, professor of philosophy at Iona College in New Rochelle, NY, as Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J., talks about the demise of DEI. What would a real Catholic education look like if there were no DEI? Father also finishes with timely thoughts. Show Notes:

Let’s Take A Closer Look: Good Preaching is Like Mortal Sin

The Catholic Current

How could it be that the fundamental elements of mortal sin and good preaching would be the same? Let's take a closer look.

Why Won’t We Help Our Children to Be Holy? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/14/25

The Catholic Current

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses raising mature disciples of Christ. Can we offer our children an example better than flowchart theology at St. Typical's? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes

Poverty: It’s Where the Money Is (Michael Hichborn) 2/13/25

The Catholic Current

We welcome back Michael Hichborn of the Lepanto Institute to discuss ideological colonialism, DOGE, and the untold history of USAID. Was USAID really immoral from its very beginning? Show Notes

Let’s Take A Closer Look: Magic and Martyrs

The Catholic Current

How did martyrs do it? Grace is not magic, nor does it happen by chance. Let's take a closer look.

Is Everything Fake? (Matt Archbold) 2/11/25

The Catholic Current

We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss DOGE, grift, and restoring sanity to women's sports. What are we to make of the response of those in government who prefer to both work and spend in secret? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes

Let’s Take a Closer Look: Don’t Fix the Mass

The Catholic Current

What if you are at Mass and the priest says, "In the name of the creator, the redeemer, and the sanctifier." What would you do? Let's take a closer look.

More Episodes

We welcome back Liz Yore of Yore Children to discuss the history of the Catholic Church in China and the reports of an upcoming renewal of the Vatican's secret deal with China. Is there any reason to believe that this won't be another slap in the face of the many missionaries and martyrs who ministered to the people of China? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.

Show Notes

Cardinal Kung Foundation

The Pope's Cabinet: Pius XII's Secret War for Saving Jews | Johan Ickx

The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi

Divini Redemptoris On Atheistic Communism - Papal Encyclicals

To the new Minister of China (16 February 1947) | PIUS XII

Cupimus imprimis. - All'Episcopato, al clero e ai fedeli della Cina (18 gennaio 1952) | PIO XII

On the Supranationality of the Church - Papal Encyclicals

Communism and the Church in China - Papal Encyclicals

The Hong Konger: Jimmy Lai's Extraordinary Struggle for Freedom

Jimmy Lai | Acton Institute

Catholic Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai: ‘The Lord is suffering with me’