The Catholic Current

We welcome back Joseph Pearce of The Imaginative Conservative to discuss his article in Crisis Magazine on Catholic beauty. Why do some desire to stifle the gifts of Catholic beauty, both physical and liturgical? Show Notes Joseph's Website Beauty Beyond the Power of the World - Crisis Magazine The Mystery of the 'Agatha Christie Indult' Catholic Art Institute Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child: Anthony Esolen The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful (Joseph Pearce) 12/13/23 The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful: A History in Three Dimensions The Catholic Art Institute | Conference 2024 The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Fr. Peter Stravinskas to discuss his article in Catholic World Report. Many are rejoicing in the results of a new survey on Catholic belief in the Eucharist, but is this a case of false hopes and wishful thinking? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Cause for hope in new data on Eucharistic faith? The "Eucharistic Revival" in practical mode? Gutting the Mystery out of the Mystery What Many Priests No Longer Believe | Homiletic & Pastoral Review Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion - Ronald Knox Beware of "Hopium" and "Copium" Number of German Catholics formally leaving the Church since 2019 The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Fr. Robert Spitzer of The Magis Center for Reason and Faith to discuss the complexity of the human brain and the rise of theistic faith within the scientific community. Of believers and non-believers, which group is really the minority? Show Notes The Magis Center for Reason and Faith Cubic millimetre of brain mapped in spectacular detail | Nature The Four Levels of Happiness: Your Path to Personal Flourishing - Sophia Institute Press Is Science a Gateway to God? (Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J.) 12/7/23 The Human Brain: A Primer Curious Bedfellows: Soul and Brain The Remarkable Evidence for the Human Soul Brain Wars: The Scientific Battle Over the Existence of the Mind and the Proof that Will Change the Way We Live Our Lives Fides et Ratio (14 September 1998) | John Paul II A Closer Look at Faith and Reason (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 1/6/23 Life's irreducible structure. Live mechanisms and information in DNA are boundary conditions with a sequence of boundaries above them Mind and cosmos : why the materialist neo-Darwinian conception of nature is almost certainly false : Thomas Nagel | Internet Archive Why Only Us: Language and Evolution Insight; a study of human understanding : Bernard Lonergan | Internet Archive Evolution of the brain : creation of the self : John Eccles | Internet Archive The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the modern tendency towards institutional amnesia. What does it mean to have a good Catholic memory? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes RORATE CÆLI: URGENT - URGENT - Growing Rumors of a "Final Solution" for the Traditional Latin Mass - TLM The Remnant Newspaper - Vatican Document Further Restricting TLM said to Exist, Backed by Cardinal Parolin RORATE CÆLI: Archbishop Viola, the violator of Tradition -- the dangerous secretary of Divine Worship and the man behind the attempts to ban the Traditional Mass. His letter to the Melbourne Archbishop The Library of Alexandria is on Fire | The Corbett Report Interview 1794 – The eLibrary is on eFire – #NewWorldNextWeek | The Corbett Report How to Scale a Paywall (and other useful tips) – #SolutionsWatch | The Corbett Report The Last Catholic in America - John R. Powers RORATE CÆLI: Accept or Reject the New Mass? Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available! Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a Post Post-Christian Era WE DO BELIEVE, O LORD (Theme Song Winner) on SoundCloud | The National Eucharistic Revival Catholic Art Institute https://twitter-thread.com/t/1801718918085808619 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13551465/Pornhub-BANS-five-states-age-verification-laws-blocked.html https://twitter-thread.com/t/1806439543249203408 https://twitter-thread.com/t/1806137782596931967 The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Steven Mosher of the Population Research Institute to discuss his latest book with TAN Books, The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi. How can a closer study of history help to break through modern academia's pro-communist propaganda? Show Notes The Devil and Communist China: From Mao Down to Xi Population Research Institute Vatican plans to renew its secretive China deal amid persecution of the underground Church - PRI Bishop Fulton Sheen and Chairman Mao Agreed: Hate Drives Communism - PRI China's Population Collapse Will Change The World Forever - Peter Zeihan New Chinese Demographic Data = Population Collapse || Peter Zeihan Zeihan Vindicated: Chinese Population DROPS Again Vatican official praises China for witness to Catholic social teaching Putting the Church in Chinese Hands (Liz Yore) 5/28/24 The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Dr. Darrick Taylor of the Controversies in Church History podcast to discuss a recent article of his in Crisis Magazine. In this age of short attention spans, how can we be careful researchers without falling prey to either naïveté or confirmation bias? Show Notes Controversiae Ecclesiasticae | Controversies in Church History Podcast Dr. Taylor's Substack Pope Francis and the Conspiracy Against the Church - Crisis Magazine Notes on The Gates of Hell » Maureen Mullarkey When the Vatican Gets It Wrong - Crisis Magazine Jack T. Chick | Infogalactic How to Be a Conspiracy Realist (James Corbett) 10/20/22 Humanae Vitae | Controversies in Church History Podcast Doomscrolling Past Christ The News Is a Social Construct (James Corbett) 6/17/24 The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Sarah Cain, known as The Crusader Gal, to discuss our culture's lack of moral imagination and why trying to build Christian culture without reference to Christ will always fail. Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes The Crusader Gal Homefront Crusade Louisiana Faces Lawsuit Over Mandatory Display of Ten Commandments in Classrooms The Freeloading Atheism of Richard Dawkins and Republicans On Christian Secularism: In Conversation with Jeff Ventrella | Doug Wilson A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper Does Jesus Love You Just the Way You Are? - Crisis Magazine Is Christ a Magician? - Crisis Magazine Why Do (Mass-going) Catholics Resent God? - Crisis Magazine The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back apologist Steve Ray to discuss atonement, covenant, and the meaning of Catholic worship. Why do many Catholics neglect and downplay the sacrificial nature of the Mass? Show Notes Steve Ray's Website | catholicconvert.com SteveRaysStore.com Defending the Eucharist Is The Mass Really A Sacrifice? Steve Ray's Audio Collection New Liturgical Movement: "The Old Leaven" of Catholic Truth, Part 1: Eucharistic Language and Eucharistic Faith in Medieval England New Liturgical Movement: "The Old Leaven" of Catholic Truth, Part 2: Eucharist as Sacrifice in the Language of Medieval England New Liturgical Movement: How Do Sins Against the Eucharist Cause Our Lord to Suffer? Will there be a Eucharistic revival? Still Concerned About the Eucharistic Revival: A Response to Tim Glemkowski - Crisis Magazine Adoration of the Lamb, 1432 - Jan van Eyck - WikiArt.org The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses the trend towards relativism in recent documents to come out of Rome. How are all of the documents connected, and what can we expect in the future? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes The Bishop of Rome: Primacy and Synodality in the Ecumenical Dialogues and in the Responses to the Encyclical 'Ut unum sint,' Ecumenism and papal primacy: Vatican releases status report on dialogues | USCCB 'The Bishop of Rome': A brief guide for busy readers A First Look at Rome's New Document on the Papacy (Fr. Gerald Murray) 6/19/24 How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading - Mortimer Adler Straw Man Fallacy | Excelsior Online Writing Lab The First (Bitter) Fruits of Synodality (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 11/17/23 Exquisitely Preserved 1,000-yo Gaming Pieces Found in German Castle Offer Snapshot of Medieval Pastimes Mayor's pricey hair and makeup: In one year, Brandon Johnson's campaign has spent $30K on grooming Family sues over hospital's religious exemption for euthanasia | Catholic News Agency Viganò charged with schism, calls Vat II and Pope Francis 'cancer' The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss courage, the myth of the "modern man", and the powerful witness of facing persecution for Christ. Is the rise of secular activism the inevitable result of rejecting the transcendent? Show Notes Teen Denied Diploma for Mentioning Christ in Graduation Speech. – Creative Minority Report Tracker: Over 400 Attacks on U.S. Catholic Churches Since May 2020 - CatholicVote org Hate Hoax List This is Controversial but this Isn't? – Creative Minority Report Manhunt Underway for Driver Who Peeled Out Over Pride Rainbow. Meanwhile, Pro-Life Clinic Vandalisms Mysteriously Remain Unsolved. – Creative Minority Report More Faulty Wiring? - Creative Minority Report Twitter Thread: "From the Pope's General Audience yesterday..." General Audience of 19 June 2024 - Cycle of Catechesis. The Psalms, symphony of prayer in the Bible The Aztecs are back: deliberate syncretism in Mexican Catholicism toda Australian bishops approve Aboriginal liturgy, in landmark decision | National Catholic Reporter Chartres Pilgrimage 25 Year Anniversary Celebration | The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network Read Fr. McTeigue's Written Works! Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!