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Bringing Christ to the World and the World to Christ! Producer and Host Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. illuminates today’s issues with the love of Christ and the authority of His Church. Each show features expert guests that shed light on relevant and important topics.
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We’re trying something new here on The Catholic Current for this special edition. All week long, Joe McClane will join Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. live, and together they’ll examine today’s hot topics with the light of Faith.
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We’re trying something new here on The Catholic Current for this special edition. All week long, Joe McClane will join Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. live, and together they’ll examine today’s hot topics with the light of Faith.
Would you like to play a role in supporting the mission of The Station of the Cross? Donate now and pledge your gift.
This week on Let’s Talk About This, Father McTeigue examines the troubling signs of incivility creeping into our so-called “civilized” world—including within the life of the Church. He then considers practical solutions to these challenges, before closing with his always-insightful Weekend Readiness.
Show Notes
We welcome Grayson Quay to discuss the ideology behind artificial womb research and the attempts to elevate the human body beyond its normal, healthy function. What does our society become if it is not limited by the nature of man?
Show Notes
A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine
In some places, just getting a marriage license has been turned into an opportunity for Planned Parenthood to advertise its "services." Let's take a closer look.
Watch on YouTube: Planned Parenthood Crashes a Wedding
We welcome Fr. Jerry Pokorsky to discuss how sin is an obstacle to human freedom, which is the opposite of what mainstream society proclaims. Father McTeigue finishes with Timely Thoughts.
Show Notes
The Only Obstacle to Freedom | Catholic Culture
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Fr. McTeigue likens humanity to unruly children and God to an exasperated parent as he traces how voluntary Christian charity has been warped into entitlement-driven bureaucracy. Replacing faith-rooted charity with coercive redistribution only deepens moral disorder. Let's take a closer look.
Watch on YouTube: We're Trying God's Patience
In this week's Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue examines the distinction between the Real World and the Realm of Common Experience. Can we enter one in order to leave the other?
Show Notes
Is This the “Real World”? | New Oxford Review
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<...We welcome Stephen White of the Catholic Project to discuss the vocations crisis, both towards the priesthood and marriage. What does this mean for our society, and what does the data show us about how we ought to respond?
Show Notes
The Invisible Vocations Crisis - by Stephen White
Conversions and Receptions into the Church: A Look at the Numbers
How do men go from merely coping in the modern world to living as they ought to, and more accurately, as they were called to? Father McTeigue, S.J. takes a closer look.
Watch on YouTube: Men—Merely Coping?
We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss what we should do differently in the wake of so many tragedies in recent days. Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.
Show Notes
Pope prays for Charlie Kirk and bereaved family - Vatican News
Lepanto Institute on the USCCB’s handling of Charlie Kirk’s death vs George Floyd
In this special edition, Father McTeigue shares his conversation with the hosts of Catholic Unscripted, in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination.
Watch on YouTube: We Must Not Be Silenced
In this week's Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue discusses the recent tragedies and what they say about our culture. He explains the role of men in our society and how they can be (and should be) part of the solution.
Show Notes
What’s a Manly Man and How Can We Get More of Them?
Boys to Men: The Dire Need for Godly Friends and Spiritual Fathers
We welcome Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio, executive producer of the new movie, Triumph of the Heart. He shares the behind-the-scenes sacrifices that brought the movie into being, and how they managed to share the light of St. Maximilian Kolbe on the big screen.
Show Notes
If you want a Church that is conformed to the mind of Christ, you will need strong men within the laity and the clergy. Are we doing what is necessary to form them?
Watch on YouTube: Satan Wants Good Men. Do We?
We welcome Gia Chacón, founder of For the Martyrs, to discuss what Christian persecution looks like in a world of AI. It's a horrifying reality for the most persecuted religious group in the world. Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.
Show Notes
Here’s How AI Is Being Used to Persecute Christians| National Catholic Register
Meet Gia Chacon: Religious Freedom Advocate and Founder of the Non-Profit, 'For...
What causes priests to struggle, to grieve, and even to consider being laicized? Fr. McTeigue takes a closer look at the silent battles of brokenhearted priests.
Watch on YouTube: Brokenhearted Priests
Building on his recent reflections about male grief and the absence of strong leadership, Father McTeigue devotes this week’s Let's Talk About This to the role of men in society and the world. He examines the heavy cost of what we implicitly—and at times explicitly—teach boys, and concludes with his Timely Thoughts.
Show Notes
We welcome back Dr. Michael Pakaluk, who attests that Christian sanctity is far nearer and far more beautiful than we think.
Show Notes
Shock of Holiness By Michael Pakaluk
Today’s “Corban” is Social Security - The Catholic Thing
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In response to the exclamations about where the "good men" went, Father McTeigue presents a harrowing answer. What if we killed them? Let's take a closer look.
Watch on YouTube: Misleadering Our Men
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