The Catholic Current

We welcome back Steven Malanga of The Manhattan Institute to discuss his latest in City Journal about the effects of illegal immigration. What is its true cost, and where has our current policy come from? Show Notes Illegal Immigration's Terrifying Cost | City Journal The Immigration Solution: A Better Plan than Today's Open Borders Inc.: Who's Funding America's Destruction? Shocking Cost of the Illegal Immigration Crisis to Americans | The Heritage Foundation The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers | 2023 Cost Study Replacement Theory - A Baseless Conspiracy Theory? 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 author and friend of the show Matt Archbold on this Timely Tuesday to discuss some hot headlines from his website, Creative Minority Report. How are we to respond to the hatred of the world? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Trad Catholic Family Dragged Out of Home at Gunpoint, Locked in Van After FBI 'Goaded' Teen to Post Offensive Memes, Dad Says – Creative Minority Report Weaponization panel details FBI preparation of 'radical-traditionalist Catholics' memo | Just The News The two reasons totalitarian states detest the Church The Most Damaging Cliche All-Female Saint Mary's College Will Accept Men Pretending to be Women because…Catholic? Yeah, the Church Needs De-Masculinization. Duh. No Apologies: Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men Terror of Demons: Reclaiming Traditional Catholic Masculinity Why Men Hate Going to Church Goodbye, Good Men: How Liberals Brought Corruption into the Catholic Church 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 Michael Hichborn of the Lepanto Institute to discuss yet another report on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. What are the grantees doing with Catholic money, and how does this continue to happen? Show Notes: Catholic-Funded Organization Prayed to Demons More Embarrassments from the CCHD (Michael Hichborn) 11/7/23 Milwaukee Archbishop Denounces Kenosha Group CUSH CCHD Reports | The Lepanto Institute Charity Reports | The Lepanto Institute The Marxist Core of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development Where Are Your Donations Going Now? (Michael Hichborn) 10/26/22 Has the Catholic Campaign for Human Development Been Reformed? (Michael Hichborn) 10/23/18 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 season of Advent beginning this Sunday. How are we to take out the trash during this liturgical season? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass. Show Notes Getting Advent Right - Aleteia Beware of "Hopium" and "Copium" Spanish Catholics Prayerfully Protest Police U.S. Saw Record High Suicides in 2022 › American Greatness Rethinking Forgiveness (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 6/2/23 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 Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth Texas to discuss the annual meeting of Bishops that just concluded in Baltimore, along with the upcoming season of Advent. How are we to live with Hope in a world gone mad? Show Notes Plenary Assembly - November 13-16, 2023 | USCCB Statement by Bishop Olson Regarding Bishop Strickland Excluded From the Synod? (Leila Lawler) 11/15/23 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hope 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 Julian Kwasniewski to discuss his article about John Senior in One Peter Five. Who was he, where did he come from, and what should we make of his cultural criticism? In hindsight, just how accurate was he? Show Notes John Senior: Prophet of Tradition and Realism - OnePeterFive Andrew Senior on John Senior, Proponent of Beauty & Tradition ~ The Imaginative Conservative The Death Of Christian Culture - Angelus Press Restoration Of Christian Culture - Angelus Press The Remnants: The Final Essays of John Senior A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper Love Is As Strong As Death: The Legacy of Dr. John Senior (Fr. Francis Bethel) 6/21/19 To Be a Prophet is a Blessing and a Burden Passing the "redemption point": The Limits of Prophecy The Promise of Prophecy Christendom Lost and Found: Meditations for a Post Post-Christian Era Wyoming Catholic College 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 her latest article in Crisis Magazine on the toxic error of self-hatred. Why must we learn to live as loved sinners, and what happens when we get this wrong? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Self-Hatred as a Barrier to One's Calling - Crisis Magazine Lent: Sin Can Kill You; Shame Doesn't Have To The Living-Death of Crippling Shame Should You Recall Past Sins? – Padre Peregrino 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 friend of the show Fr. John Perricone to discuss his latest article in Crisis Magazine. How has death been trivialized in the Church, and what effect does that have on the faithful, both the living and the dead? Show Notes O Death, Where Is Thy…Tickle? - Crisis Magazine Seriously… how can death be "unexpected"? Sickness as a Harbinger of Death Who wants to think of death? I do, and I want you to, and here's why Death? It's about time! Rebuking death in 2020 St. Joseph College Seminary 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 exorcist Fr. Vincent Lampert to discuss sin, spiritual warfare, and the need for sacramental confession. Fr. Lampert also has a new online course on Exorcism through The Saint Paul Center for Biblical Theology's digital platform Emmaus Academy. Find out what the course covers! Show Notes Exorcism – St. Paul Center Exorcism: The Battle Against Satan and His Demons – St. Paul Center A Checklist for Spiritual Battle The Screwtape Letters Narrated by John Cleese - Complete Nefarious: The Must-See Movie (Cary Solomon) 5/15/23 Nefarious | Official Website Old Weapons for New Evils? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 9/15/23 Will there be a Eucharistic revival? Still Concerned About the Eucharistic Revival: A Response to Tim Glemkowski - Crisis Magazine When Atheism becomes vulgar--Aleteia Talking Back: A Monastic Handbook for Combating Demons 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 Controversies in Church History to discuss his article in Crisis Magazine about the loss of religious toleration in the public square. What happened to the social reign of Christ the King? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes: The Not So Strange Death of Religious Liberty - Crisis Magazine Controversiae Ecclesiasticae | Controversies in Church History Podcast Dr. Taylor's Substack The Rise of Bureaugamy (Dr. Darrick Taylor) 1/10/23 The Poor Old Liberal Arts The Two Reasons Totalitarian States Detest the Church (Aleteia) Father's First LTAT: Congressional Catholics – Let's Tell the Truth (Fr Robert McTeigue, SJ) 6/25/21 Confronting Congressional Catholics—Again (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 7/14/23 The Life Of Julia Will there be a Eucharistic revival? Still Concerned About the Eucharistic Revival: A Response to Tim Glemkowski - Crisis Magazine 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!