FAITH HOPE & HISTORY with FR. BILL

Fr. Bill offers his thoughts on the Pastoral Letter "Before I Formed You in the Womb I Knew You:  on the Human Dignity of the Unborn, Holy Communion, and Catholics in Public Life" by \Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco. Fr. Bill comments on the Content of the letter, as well as common responses to be expected by dissenting Catholics and why it is important for Catholics in the P...

Easter is 50 Days of Celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.  The Church spends Seven Weeks celebrating Easter. Christianity has been Celebrating Easter for 2,000 Years. But is the Resurrection of Jesus worth celebrating four weeks after Easter?  Is the Event of the Resurrection of Jesus still relevant 2,000 Years after the fact? Join Fr. Bill as he talks about the stories of the G...

April 15th is Tax Day in the United States; it is also the anniversary of the Death of Abraham Lincoln and the Sinking of the RMS Titanic. Fr. Bill talks about these important events and how they can speak to us in the midst of the turmoil of the past year -- What we should look out for, what our Duties are and ultimately what Hope is there in the Future.

A single podcast is hardly enough to cover all of the issues involved in the Cancel Culture that is sweeping the Western Nations and in particular the United States.  Fr. Bill discusses one element of the Cancel Culture -- that of being "offended" by someone or something; how it has contributed to the Cancel Culture and what we can do to counter the cancelation movement we see happening today...

There is no first hand account of the Resurrection of Jesus, even in the Bible.  Yet billions today and even more over the past 2000 years believe it - some even to the point of sacrificing their lives rather than renounce it. Join Fr. Bill's Easter Podcast as he ponders the presumed lack of evidence, why so many have come to believe in it, and why those who do not believe are still kept on e...

While many like to turn to movies about Jesus during Holy Week, Easter Sunday and the Easter Season, Fr. Bill makes a suggestion of a "trilogy" of movies that deal with the issue of Freedom, with a final resolution on how true Freedom is grounded in Faith in Christ. Join Fr. Bill as he discusses three unlikely films which build one upon the other to a climax in the third movie on where true freedo...

The United States of America was Founded on Faith, an historical reality that is being denied by an Atheistic interpretation of the "Separation of Church and State."  Fr. Bill discusses this important history of the founding of our nation, how the American Revolution is the Superior Revolution to the French Revolution and how Faith was essential to the Founding and continues to be essential t...

The Vatican reaffirmed that the Church and its ministers cannot bless same-sex unions.  Immediately media and celebrities reacted.  Fr. Bill reacts to the reactions with a little insight on the subject, and related topics.

The concept of "Separation of Church and State" is not meant to protect the State from the Church, but rather to protect the Church from the State.  Fr. Bill discusses how freedom FROM Religion is the beginning of the end to all freedom, while Freedom OF Religion ensures greater freedom from the tyranny of secularism and the tyranny of the State. Fr. Bill also addresses the issue of slavery i...

"Following 'the Science'" is a common invocation asserted by many as a one-upmanship to those who profess particularly a Christian faith; as if those of a deep faith are closed to accepting "the science."  More often than not the Church's conflict with Galileo is invoked as a demonstration of how the Catholic Church and the Christian Faith is hostile to Science.  Fr. Bill discusses the i...

Lent is a time for growth, but we need to approach it positively.  How do we tend to approach Lent negatively, perhaps without even knowing it?  What are the practices?  Why do Christians engage in such Practices?  When people approach Lent NEGATIVELY, how do people tend to skew the to make it "easier"?  How, when we approach Lent POSITIVELY, can we take advantage of the d...

For the Premier podcast of this series I introduce myself and the focus of this podcast, and conclude, on the occasion of Valentine's Day with a few comments on the subject "LOVE", how it is approached and discussed in the current social, cultural, and political climate, and how those discussions measure up to the Biblical and Christian understanding of Love.