A Podcast About Catholic Things

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) reopen Pope Francis' letter to the faithful, and more carefully dive into the text, paragraph by paragraph, noting even more of his apparent schizophrenia. This episode covers paragraphs 1 - 20. In current events, a man is beheaded by Muslim activists because of a remark made by...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss Pope Francis's latest letter to the faithful: Desiderio Desideravi… I desire to desire? The letter is Francis's thoughts on The Last Supper, and the way we participate in that (and in the crucifixion) - -the Mass. He is himself through much of the document, but surprisin...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss the state of the nation--America seems to be going down in flames. From vaccines for children to Uvalde police not allowing parents to protect their own children, we are not in a good place right now. Pope Francis is claiming that all of our problems in the church stem f...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss something Eric has admittedly been avoiding since the entire election scam of 2020. But, as good Catholics, he believes it is our duty to climb back into the subject of politics… even if we doubt our ability to have any effect on the outcome. Division of Church and State...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss the modern cultural phenomenon of angry women… especially when that anger is pointed at men.  It seems to be getting more and more prevalent, and we have yet to find a reason.  The female anger against men seems to be going somewhere, and it's not pretty. ...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss the 'underground' abortion movement--including the type of people not often mentioned in the high society fund-raising events or 40 Days For Life type of rallies. These are the people in the mud, and they deserve to be talked about. In current events, the Russia/Ukraine...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss a very much avoided subject--that of the seminarians claiming that they were preyed upon by priests.  While APACT absolutely condemns all sexual deviancy, especially by priests and bishops, we also want to examine the real nature of what was / is happening in the se...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss the modern American man--and his lack of bravery, valor, and nerve. Why is the modern American so wimpy? Is it possible to change this? Might the American bishops be the key to bringing masculinity back to the American culture? It's sure disappointing to see our bishops...

A quick word from Eric and Dan concerning the consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary by Pope Francis. VIEW ON APPLE PODCASTS VIEW ON GOOGLE PODCASTS VIEW ON AMAZON VIEW ON AUDIBLE VIEW ON CASTBOX VIEW ON PODCASTADDICT VIEW ON STITCHER VIEW ON BITCHUTE VIEW ON RUMBLE VIEW ON TUNE-IN VISIT US ON FACEBOOK

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss the idea of a weak pro-life movement, and go through the history of the movement itself, analyzing the weaknesses and illustrating why it's not likely to change. This is in response to the Timothy Gordon podcast criticizing the 40 Days Of Life people. Whether it's prolif...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss the crisis in Ukraine and Russia and how it ties in with Fatima--including Pope Francis' recent commitment to consecrating Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. This is big news on a big subject--but you'll hear a discussion in this podcast that you won't h...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss the history of the traditional/conservative movement in America. How did the conservative Catholic become the Traditional Catholic, leading us to the crowding of the TLM (Traditional Latin Mass), and becoming a force that liberal bishops, and even out pope, is frightened...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss something that many people have been worried about for over a hundred years--what's going to happen to all the jobs? Is automation and even AI (Artificial Intelligence) going to replace man in the workforce? Is Corporate domination going to push pout the small business i...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss some of the theories concerning the Francis pontificate… is it possible that he's really not the pope? If so, what does that mean for Catholics right now? What can be done about the situation, regarding his heresy? In the news, Ottawa police continue to deal with protest...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss the big question on the minds of all morally aware people--it is wrong (sinful even) to lie on a tax return? What about other forms of evasion? What about tax avoidance? We also discuss the recent news concerning Pope Benedict's legal statements, and the apparent 'untrut...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss science as an industry and compare it to important historical pivot points in scientific history, like in the times of Galileo and Louis Pasteur. Is there something different about science in present day and age that sets it apart from other eras? Are we living in an unp...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss the latest leftist name-calling: 'Vatican II Deniers'. Much like science-denier, climate-denier, and the age-old name 'RACIST', V2-denier has become a way for left leaning Catholics (those who wish to break from our 2000 year old traditions) to change the dialogue and pu...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) talk about how much is enough, when it comes to living out the faith. Do Catholics have a duty to dig into devotions and dogmas they don't understand? Can't we just go to Mass every week and trust in our salvation? And how is it possible to gain interest in something someone con...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) talk about being 'red pilled.' The term refers to the experience of waking up to a reality that you'd been ignoring… or opening your eyes to something you didn't want to see. But being red pilled is often an unsettling experience and can drive rational people to believe in irrat...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) talk about Responsa Ad Dubia, the Vatican's response to certain questions 'somone' had about Pope Francis' Motu Proprio Tradionis Custodes. Basically, the Vatican is closing its choke hold on the Traditional Latin Mass, making it harder and harder for traditional Catholics to wo...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) talk about evolution: the theory that supposedly challenged God. What is a Catholic required to believe concerning creationism and evolution? Are there arguments against evolution? Is science on the side of Darwin here? What is microevolution and what is macroevolution? Does one...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) talk about sports, the modern sports culture, sports history, and how a the Catholic church fits into this… or rather, how the Catholic Church ought to fit into this. Some questions stemming from this: how important is 'play' and how important is entertainment? In current events...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) talk about the fruits of prayer, the number of prayer intentions, and whether one effects the other. For example, if a man prays for two things, and offers something up for that, does whatever merit he have get divided between the intentions, like a piece of pie? This is a quest...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss something that has long been the subject of public debate… and yet, there's nothing really TO debate. Canon law is pretty specific and pretty clear on how public sinners ought to be treated in terms of distributing the Eucharist--as well as the Bible and the church fathe...

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss the latest goings-on in the church. This includes the latest French report on sexual abuse of minors by priests… something we can expect more of. Also big in the news, the 'Synod on Synodality' (I notice spell-scheck didn't recognize that word). Vigano talks more about t...