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Support this Podcast here: www.patrickcoffin.media/donate. "Like" us on Facebook HERE Sign up to the waiting list for our upcoming premium site Coffin Nation. You'll be the first to be notified!   ****************************   This episode with “Marcantonio Colonna” (real name Dr. Henry Sire) is a do-over, owing to poor sound quality. The upside is that  got to hit topics I didn’t get to because of time constraints in the previous episode. The pontificate of the former Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, as Pope Francis started off full of promise as one of reform and renewal. Most were happy to learn the new Pope was from Latin America, and many thought the Church could stand some fresh air and energy. But things have take one bad turn after another. Never has a Roman Pontiff been the source of so much confusion, weaponized ambiguity, nor been seemingly motivated by such a political modus operandi. A spate of books have come out in the last year discussing what can no longer be denied: that the current papacy has been tainted by corruption, scandal, and (to take one example) the Holy Father’s refusal to address the stunning allegations by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò. Space here forbids a full account of the problems Catholics around the world are now awakening to, but this interview with historian Dr. Henry Sire author is the-now worldwide publishing phenomenon, The Dictator Pope: The Inside Story of the Francis Papacy, goes into greater detail, starting with Bergoglio’s handling of predator priests in his native Buenos Aires to to current problems. If you’ve been wincing as you wonder what the next confusing or vexing papal decision or directive is going to be, don’t miss this respectful conversation.   In this episode you will learn: How the political philosophy of Argentine dictator Juan Perón, who ruled the country intermittently in the decades after World War II, strongly influenced young Jorge Bergoglio Why Perónism, as a strategy for implementing an agenda, is neither conservative nor liberal: it is Machiavellian How Pope Francis’s defenders do not answer the evidence, but change the subject or resort to ad hominem attacks The ways in which a climate of fear reigns inside the walls of the Vatican Specific names, places, and facts that must be confronted when assessing the level of dereliction of episcopal duty How to stay hopeful and balanced in the meantime through intensified prayer and renewing the effort at understanding the perennial teachings of the Church   Resources recommended in this episode: The Dictator Pope: The Inside Story of the Francis Papacy by Marcantonio Colonna (aka Henry Sire) Sacrilege: Sexual Abuse In the Catholic Church by Dr. Leon Podles Pope Francis In Context by E. Michael Jones Lost Shepherd: How Pope Francis Is Misleading His Flock by Philip Lawler To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism by Ross Douthat   Question of the week What is one practical thing you can do to strengthen your faith in the midst of the current turmoil in the Church?      "Like" us on Facebook HERE Sign up to the waiting list for our upcoming premium site Coffin Nation. You'll be the first to be notified! Tweet to Patrick HERE

If you enjoy this podcast please consider being a supporter here: Donate to The Patrick Coffin Show "Like" us on Facebook HERE Sign up to the waiting list for our upcoming premium site Coffin Nation. You'll be the first to be notified! Tweet to Patrick HERE.   ***************************** The pontificate of the former Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, as Pope Francis has not exactly met the excited hopes of Catholics around the world. Most were happy to learn the Holy Father was from Latin America, and many thought the Church could stand some fresh air and energy. But things have not turned out so rosy. Never has a Roman Pontiff been the source of so much confusion, ambiguity, and been motivated by such an obviously politicized modus operandi. A spate of books have come out in the last year discussing what can no longer be denied: that the current papacy has been tainted by corruption, scandal, and (to take one example) the refusal to address the stunning allegations by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò. Space here forbids a full account of the problems Catholics around the world are now awakening to, but this interview with Dr. Henry Sire (pen name Marcantonio Colonna), who wrote what is now a worldwide publishing phenomenon, The Dictator Pope: The Inside Story of the Francis Papacy, goes into greater detail, starting with Bergoglio’s handling of predator priests in his native Buenos Aires. If you’ve been wincing along, wondering what the next confusing or vexing papal decision or directive is going to be, don’t miss this conversation.   In this episode you will learn: How the political philosophy of Argentine dictator Juan Perón, who ruled the country intermittently in the decades after World War II, strongly influenced young Jorge Bergoglio Why Perónism, as a strategy for implementing an agenda, is neither conservative nor liberal: it is Machiavellian How Pope Francis’s defenders do not answer the evidence, but change the subject or resort to ad hominem attacks The ways in which a climate of fear reigns inside the walls of the Vatican Specific names, places, and facts that must be confronted when assessing the level of dereliction of episcopal duty How to stay hopeful and balanced in the meantime through intensified prayer and renewing the effort at understanding the perennial teachings of the Church   Resources recommended in this episode: The Dictator Pope: The Inside Story of the Francis Papacy by Marcantonio Colonna (aka Henry Sire) Sacrilege: Sexual Abuse In the Catholic Church by Dr. Leon Podles Pope Francis In Context by E. Michael Jones Lost Shepherd: How Pope Francis Is Misleading His Flock by Philip Lawler To Change the Church: Pope Francis and the Future of Catholicism by Ross Douthat   Question of the week What is one practical thing you can do to strengthen your faith in the midst of the current turmoil in the Church?     Comment below or on our Facebook page "Like" us on Facebook HERE Sign up to the waiting list for our upcoming premium site Coffin Nation. You'll be the first to be notified! Tweet to Patrick HERE   Don’t forget to Subscribe to the show in YouTube, as well as the full length podcast available in iTunes and other podcast directories, while you are there, please leave an honest review. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. Thank you!

If you enjoy this podcast, please support here: www.patrickcoffin.media/donate Michael Pakaluk is a father of 15 (not a typo—you can read the fascinating backstory in the memoir The Appalling Strangeness of the Mercy of God about his late wife Ruth, who may one day be raised to the altars, but that’s another story). I mention that he’s the father of a sprawling passel of children because it is germane to this interview and to the essay he wrote in a recent edition of First Things magazine that got my attention. Pakaluk connects to dots that don’t seem at first to have much in common: the change of phrasing in the Catechism of the Catholic Church regarding the death penalty and the passive or abhorrent handling of the priestly abuse scandal. The basic connection is an inability to exercise fatherly authority when it come to imposing punishments that involve separation, vengeance, and isolation. All of which distinguish true justice from what he calls “regulatory compliance.” Bad fatherhood leads to weak and passive men, which in turn leads to doctrinal innovations and policies that are weak and passive, and hence dangerous for the Church, not to mention the victims of homosexual predators and other criminally behaving priests and bishops. Both deficiencies have made it harder for non-Catholics to accept the truth claims of the Church, and harder for Catholics to continue to trust their leaders.   In this episode you will learn: Why vengeance is a virtue not a vice How vengeance is not opposed to Christian meekness How passivity in the face of evil is not a masculine trait and how this has wreaked havoc in the Church The reason why saying “punishment is never retributive, but only deterrent” is a grave error How the crisis of fatherhood in general helps explain the crisis among men who are called Father by their flock Why a new emphasis on chastity in preaching and teaching needs to take root How the weak passivity has influenced and been influenced by the theory of Hans Urs Von Balthasar of a possibly-empty hell   Resources recommended in this episode: The Appalling Strangeness of the Mercy of God: The Story of Ruth Pakaluk - Convert, Mother & Pro-life Activist ed by Michael Pakaluk and Ruth Pakaluk Essay “Capital Punishment and the Priestly Abuse Crisis” by Michael Pakaluk, in First Things, August 22, 2018 By Man Shall His Blood be Shed: A Catholic Defense of Capital Punishment by Edward Feser and Joseph Bessette   Question of the week How has feminist ideology contributed to the crisis of masculinity in the Church and in the culture?   Join the conversation by leaving a comment below. Also, join the conversation in Coffin Nation Facebook page HERE Check our faith store HERE Tweet to Patrick HERE "Like" Patrick on Facebook HERE Don’t forget to Subscribe to the show in YouTube, as well as the podcast available in iTunes and other podcast directories, while you are there, please leave an honest review. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated!  

Support this podcast here: www.patrickcoffin.media/donate.   Comment below or on our Facebook page  "Like" us on Facebook HERE Sign up to the waiting list for our upcoming premium site Coffin Nation. You'll be the first to be notified! Tweet to Patrick HERE   This special episode is made from three sit-down interviews I did at the recent 50th Anniversary of Humanae Vitae conference in Ontario, CA. I spoke with three experts in diverse fields, all with one thing in common: the ability to clearly describe why contraception is wrong and how to communicate that truth to others. Dr. Christopher Kaczor, PhD, is professor of philosophy at Loyola-Marymount University in Los Angeles. He spoke to me about the child as good—a great good. Seems odd to have to say that out loud, but this is where we’re at as a society and a Church. Kaczor delivered on the moral philosophy aspect of Humanae Vitae. Dr. George Delgado, MD, is medical director of Culture of Life Family Health Care in San Diego. He is also a Natural Family Planning Medical Consultant trained in NaProTECHNOLOGY and is board certified in family medicine as well as hospice and palliative medicine. Dr. Delgado also developed the abortion pill reversal medication. I’ve interviewed him many times on Catholic Answers Live. Our interview focused on the difference NFP makes in marriage. Father Paul Check, former executive director of Courage International and now rector of St. John Fisher Seminary in Bridgeport, CT, spoke to me about a little-made connection: that between dissent from HV and the rise of the homosexualist movement. Where else are you going to hear this content?   In this episode you will learn: A simple way to explain why kids are the fruit and crown of marriage, which is true even if some couples are infertile How moral philosophy helps explain why contraception is wrong The difference between contraception and NFP (natural family planning) A family doctor’s perspective on the emotional and spiritual health benefits of NFP How the rejection of the Church’s teaching on contraception led to societal acceptance of homosexuality Why straight couples who contracept have no logical basis to reject “gay” “marriage”   Resources recommended in this episode: Life Issues, Medical Choices: Questions and Answers for Catholics by Christopher Kazcor and Janet Smith A Defense of Dignity: Creating Life, Destroying Life, and Protecting the Rights of Conscience by Dr. Christopher Kazcor Desire of the Everlasting Hills documentary movie (free to watch)   Question of the week How can I grow in my understanding of the teaching on birth control and better share it with others?

Support this podcast: www.patrickcoffin.media/donate "Like" us on Facebook HERE Sign up to the waiting list for our upcoming premium site Coffin Nation. You'll be the first to be notified! Tweet to Patrick HERE   ----------------------------------------------------- The Grand Jury Report, released on August 14, destroyed any residual belief that the “long Lent of 2002” was somehow “a thing of the past.” It is devastating, and essentially concludes that the Catholic Church is a criminal syndicate that exists to protect the predators who lead it. This on the heels of the Theodore “Uncle Ted” McCarrick scandal, and the Chilean bishop scandal (badly botched by Pope Francis), the collosal problem of homosexual corruption in Nicaragua under Cardinal Maradiaga, and sundry financial malfeasance. Catholics everywhere are disgusted, demoralized, and prone to feelings of despair. Enter Dr. Ralph Martin with a prescription of hope. He wrote a perceptive and, I believe, prophetic, Letter to fellow troubled Catholics in the newsletter put out by Renewal Ministries, of which he is the president. What is needed—badly—is a sense of perspective and hope. Not “optimism,” not “moving forward,” and certainly not “lamenting the tragedy.” It’s not a tragedy. It’s a series of sexual crimes and sins that cry to heaven for vengeance. Where is the Lord Jesus in all this? Ralph Martin, seminary professor, writer, and TV/Radio host, and longtime renewal leader, cuts to the quick.   In this episode you will learn: How to frame the scandal in its historical context What the scandal is really about (hint: it’s not “pedophile priests”) The need to double-down on prayer and fasting for the Church Why we need to stop “protecting the Church’s image” Why this crisis resembles the way God punished faithless Israel The main reason for hope as we survey the wreckage   Resources recommended in this episode: Dear Troubled Catholics letter from Ralph Martin The Fulfillment of All Desire by Ralph Martin Crisis of Truth: The Attack on Faith, Morality and Mission in the Catholic Church by Ralph Martin   Question of the week Has this series of scandals led you to deepen your relationship with Christ? If not, why not?   Comment below or on our Facebook page   "Like" us on Facebook HERE Sign up to the waiting list for our upcoming premium site Coffin Nation. You'll be the first to be notified! Tweet to Patrick HERE   Don’t forget to Subscribe to the show in YouTube, as well as the full length podcast available in iTunes and other podcast directories, while you are there, please leave an honest review.

Support our podcast here: www.patrickcoffin.media/donate "Like" us on Facebook HERE Sign up to the waiting list for our upcoming premium site Coffin Nation. You'll be the first to be notified! Tweet to Patrick HERE   Don’t forget to Subscribe to the show in YouTube, as well as the full length podcast available in iTunes and other podcast directories, while you are there, please leave an honest review. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. Thank you!   ***************************** Ever wonder about the origins of scary movies and disturbing novels? E. Michael Jones, founder and editor of Culture Wars www.culturewars.com magazine and the author of over a dozen books on Catholic faith and culture, locates the horror genre in the chaotic wake of the Enlightenment. The first horror novel is considered to be Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Or the Modern Prometheus. Most people are unaware of the severely dysfunctional, occultic, and thoroughly Enlightenment family context in which Mary Shelley was raised and into which she married (her family history and that of her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley’s read like a bad novella). These people embraced the political and sexual revolution ignited by the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. Bad consequences were the result. Much of this trauma and chaos got internalized by writers and artists and the horror genre was born, beginning with Frankenstein and then extended by Bram Stoker’s Dracula.   In this episode you will learn: Why the hidden history of horror in film and fiction is tied to revolution, first, the French, then the Russian, and then the Sexual Revolution How artists who rationalized their own sexual misbehavior told stories that covertly revealed the cost of disobeying the dictates of conscience The connection between The Creature of the Black Lagoon (1854) and The Shape of Water (2017) The role that abandonment from the Christian, hence reasonable, view of sexual expression played in the rise of the horror films of the 70s and 80s The way in which many horror films are actually highly moralistic How Dracula is a reworked version of Christianity (hint: it’s all about the meaning of blood—shedding vs sucking)   Resources recommended in this episode: Monsters From the Id: The Rise of Horror in Film and Fiction by E. Michael Jones Libido Dominandi: Sexual Liberation and Political Control by E. Michael Jones Degenerate Moderns: Modernity as Rationalized Sexual Misbehavior by E. Michael Jones Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Dracula by Bram Stoker  

If you would like to support this channel please donate here: www.patrickcoffin.media/donate. Connect with Patrick: iTunes Podcast: www.patrickcoffin.media/itunes Stitcher Podcast: www.patrickcoffin.media/stitcher Tweet to Patrick: https://twitter.com/Patrick_Coffin Follow Patrick on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patrickcoffin.media/ Check out our swag: https://www.patrickcoffin.media/swag For Catholic Resources: www.patrickcoffin.net/store ***********************************     The founding fathers of America never envisioned the secularist UCLU version to which we are conditioned to accept as normative. References to the Bible, to Jesus Christ, and to God the Father abound in presidential speeches and writings at the outset of the United States of America. So how did we get here? Attorney Charles Limandri has some thought-provoking answers to that question. The founder of the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund talked about Supreme Court decisions that have deformed the culture, from the 1957 Roth decision that redefined obscenity under the First Amendment right to free speech; to the 1963 demolition of prayer in public schools, to the Griswold v Connecticut decision that legalized the sale and advertising of contraception; on up to the 2018 Obergefel v Hodges case, which imposed gay marriage on the country.   In this episode you will learn: Why the founders anticipated the societal and institutional health of the country only in the context of a religious and moral people. How the law allowing contraception led to the 1973 Roe v Wade decision based on a made-up thing called “the right to privacy” as found in the U.S. Constitution. The true meaning and origin of the phrase “separation of Church and state” and how it’s used as a cudgel against Christian ideals in the public square. Why “freedom of religion” is a far broader and richer reality that “freedom of worship” Current threats to free speech in areas such as the wedding industry (and photography, and B&Bs, and bakeries) when it comes to refusing to advocate for the LGTB lobby. Strong motivations for continuing to support cultural sanity and common sense in the face of increasing persecution.   Resources recommended in this episode: After the Ball: How America Will Conquer Its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90's by Hunter Madsen and Marshall Kirk. Good-bye Religious Liberty? How the Attacks on Marriage Are Threatening Your Religious Freedom audio CD by Charles LiMandri. The Naked Communist: Exposing Communism and Restoring Freedom by W. Cleon Skousen. How the US Became a Secular Nation article in The Wanderer by Charles LiMandri.

Connect with Patrick and please subscribe in iTunes: Tweet to Patrick: https://twitter.com/Patrick_Coffin Follow Patrick on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patrickcoffin.media/ Check out our swag: https://www.patrickcoffin.media/swag For Catholic Resources: www.patrickcoffin.net/store *********************************** Resources recommended in this episode: Why Humanae Vitae Was Right: A Reader ed by Janet Smith Why Humanae Vitae Is Still Right ed by Janet Smith Humanae Vitae A Generation Later by Janet Smith The Contraception Deception: Catholic Teaching on Birth Control by Patrick Coffin Sex Au Naturel by Patrick Coffin (On SALE at $8.99) What is Humanae Vitae, you ask? It’s the 1968 papal Encyclical by Blessed Pope Paul VI (who will be canonized this fall). I can still remember walking into the Daughters of St, Paul Catholic bookstore in Toronto when I was teaching high school there. My glance fell to a book titled, Humanae Vitae: A Generation Later by someone called Janet E. Smith. It had a huge effect on me. I was already on board with the norms of the Encyclical, but this Janet Smith person broadened and deepened my appreciation of the teaching, from multiple angles of consideration. Well, I ended up meeting her at a couple of conferences through the years, and I’m so happy to present this interview with her. She is courageous, articulate, and knows the teaching inside and out. In this episode you will learn:: -The context in which Humanae Vitae was released and rejected. -The level of authority with which the Encyclical is presented by the Church. -A simple way to understand the why behind the what of the teaching. -How soon-to-be-Saint Paul VI was vindicated as a prophet. -How contraception paves the way for abortion. -The moral difference between natural family planning (NFP) and contraception. -Why NFP is good for marital longevity, happiness, and stability.

Connect with Patrick: Tweet to Patrick: https://twitter.com/Patrick_Coffin Follow Patrick on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patrickcoffin.media/ Check out our swag: https://www.patrickcoffin.media/swag For Catholic Resources: www.patrickcoffin.net/store *********************************** THIS was a really fascinating conversation with the world’s best known expositor of the Theology of the Body by St. John Paul II. In his second appearance on The Patrick Coffin Show, Christopher West is in fine form connecting all manner of dots as we talk about the impact of dissent from Humanae Vitae, the 1968 encyclical by soon-to-be-St. Paul VI, in light of West’s new ebook, Eclipse of the Body. If you use the code ECLIPSE you can get a copy free + shipping by clicking here. If you enjoy Christopher’s writing and speaking, you will love this.   After this interview you will know: How the “errors of Russia” in the message of Fatima have to do with the destruction of marriage and family The way in which the sexual revolution started with exalting the body, is now running its last lap because of debasing the body How the gender confusion in the world has affected the divine liturgy Why the transgenderism movement is an inevitable consequence of dissent from Humanae Vitae The deep influence of St. John Paul II in the writing and implementing of Humanae Vitae How profound is the connection between the small r real presence of Christ in the marital act is organically tied to the capital R of the Real Presence in the Eucharist   Resources recommended in this episode:   Eclipse of the Body: How We Lost the Meaning of Sex, Gender, marriage & the Family (and how to get it back) by Christopher West (Free + shipping if you use the code ECLIPSE).   Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body by St. John Paul II, translated by Michael Waldstein.   The Contraception Deception: Catholic Teaching on Birth Control by Patrick Coffin   Question of the week: Do I really believe that the body, and not just the soul, is a visible reflection of God’s image and likeness? If not, why not?