The Front Line with Joe & Joe

David Pinault re-joins the Joes to talk about his recent visit to Taiwan, and the signs of hope for the Church and the Taiwanese people he saw there. Taiwan, China, and the Regina Caeli Download the Veritas mobile app Joe & Joe on X Joe & Joe on YouTube

Ryan Patrick Budd joins the Joes to talk about "Salvation Stories", which reveals that the families in Scripture (Abraham, Jacob, Tobit, Judith, and more) experienced all that we do with our families. And just as God shaped their stories for His glory and their good, He does so for each of us. Ryan Patrick Budd: https://ryanpatrickbudd.com/ Download the Veritas app: https://www.veritascatholic.com...

Ed Vn Buskirk is the founder of If U Love Me, a nonprofit organization focused on restoring the truth and wisdom of God’s Ten Commandments in your school, your parish, and in your family. If U Love Me: https://ifuloveme.org/ Download the Veritas app: https://www.veritascatholic.com/listen Joe & Joe on X: https://x.com/withjoeandjoe Joe & Joe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@THEFRONTLIN...

Fr Richard Cipolla joins the Joes to talk about how beauty will save the world. Fr Cipolla is the retired pastor of St Mary’s Church in Norwalk CT, and formerly the Chair of the Classics Department at the Brunswick School in Greenwich. He holds a PhD in Chemistry, and a D.Phil from Oxford University. Download the Veritas app: https://www.veritascatholic.com/listen Joe & Joe on X: https://x.com...

Karen Hall is a television writer of hit shows like M*A*S*H, Hillstreet Blues, Moonlighting, and The Good Wife. Karen has written a book about Fr. Paul Mankowski, SJ, who died in September 2020. Fr. Mankowski was silenced by the order of the Society of Jesus for airing its dirty laundry and for upholding the two-thousand-year magisterium of the Catholic Church.  Karen Hall: https://x.com/khallwalk...

Fr Leandro Fernandez joins the Joes to talk about St Joseph's Men's Group at Ave Maria University. The group exists to form young men to become selfless husbands and loving fathers. St Joseph's Group: https://www.avemaria.edu/clubs-and-organizations/st-josephs-mens-group Download the Veritas app: https://www.veritascatholic.com/listen Joe & Joe on X: https://x.com/withjoeandjoe Joe & Joe o...

Claudia McAdam re-joins the Joes to talk about her book "The Day God's Helper Came"... the story of a first-century girl, mocked and ridiculed for her belief in Jesus, who experiences the descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost and is filled with the understanding, wisdom, and courage necessary for turning the hard hearts of her friends to the Lord. Claudia McAdam: http://www.claudiamcadam.com/ Do...

James Valois speaks with Joe Reciniello about Charlene Marie Richards, a little Cajun Catholic farm girl who died in agony of leukemia... who might just be our next American saint. Charlene Richard: https://www.charlenerichardfoundation.com/ Our Lady's Prophecies: https://sophiainstitute.com/product/our-ladys-prophecies/ Rod Dreher on Charlene: https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-miraculou...

Meredith Hinds has written a book "Eucharistic Saints: 20 Stories of Devotion to Jesus", in which your children will encounter stories of saints they may not know yet, like St. Peter Julian Eymard, St. Tarcisius, Blessed Carlo Acutis, St. Jacinta Marto, and Blessed Imelda. Eucharistic Saints: https://tanbooks.com/products/books/eucharistic-saints-twenty-stories-of-devotion-to-jesus/ Download the V...

Western civilization isn’t dying: it’s already dead. That’s the bad news. The good news is that the West can be reborn someday. It is the mystics, the martyrs, and the missionaries who must save the West once again. Michael Warren Davis joins the Joes to talk about his book "After Christendom", which explains how we should respond to the crisis of the early twenty-first century with the wisdom of...

Archbishop Emeritus Alfred Hughes serves at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans and is the author of "Spiritual Masters: Living and Praying in the Catholic Tradition".  Drawing on the rich teachings of saints (Augustine, Anthony of the Desert, Teresa of Avila, Benedict, Catherine of Siena, Francis de Sales, Ignatius of Loyola, Thomas à Kempis, John of the Cross, and more), each chapter in this wond...

Dan Fitzpatrick joins the Joes to talk about his book "Restoring the Lord's Day", helping us all appreciate the Lord’s Day more deeply as a means of attaining happiness — in the here and in the hereafter. Restoring the Lord's Day: https://sophiainstitute.com/product/restoring-the-lords-day/ Download the Veritas app: https://www.veritascatholic.com/listen Joe & Joe on X: https://x.com/withjoean...

Anthony DeStefano re-joins the Joes to talk about "Christmas in Heaven", his new book that combines a delightful teaching on the saints with a sweet story of a boy who, through the eyes of faith, gets to see his grandmother again in Heaven. It is sure to tug at the heartstrings of readers young and old, bringing yuletide joy to all. Anthony DeStefano: http://anthonydestefano.com/ Download the Veri...

Fr Edward Looney offers short daily meditations for Advent, based on the Collect for each day. Using his book "Praying with the Church Through Advent", you can spend a few minutes considering these meditations over a cup of coffee, or while resting in the Lord’s Presence, and praying with them before or after Mass.  Pray with the Church Through Advent: https://sophiainstitute.com/product/praying-w...

Sister Anne re-joins the Joes to talk about Rosa Mystica, Marian apparitions took place in Montichiari and Fontanelle, Italy... which the Vatican has just approved in July 2024. House of Mary: https://houseofmaryomd.org/ Download the Veritas app: https://www.veritascatholic.com/listen Joe & Joe on X: https://x.com/withjoeandjoe Joe & Joe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@THEFRONTLINEWIT...

Francis X Maier joins the Joes to talk about his book "True Confessions: Voices of Faith from a Life in the Church". Maier provides frank and in-depth interviews with 103 bishops, clergy, religious, and lay men and women from various backgrounds from Dec 2020 - May 2022.  Topics range from: the unseen challenges of life as a bishop; the pressures and satisfactions of the priesthood, the diaconate,...

Fr John Henry Hanson joins the Joes to talk about his new book "Coached by Josemaria Escriva: Lessons in Discipleship". Never one to mince words or refrain from action, St Josemaría Escriva can coach each of us in our day-to-day lives to help us live elevated, virtuous, and courageous lives. St Michael's Abbey: https://www.stmichaelsabbey.com/ Coached by Josemaria Escriva: https://stjosemaria.org/...

Dale Ahlquist re-joins the Joes to talk about his book "Localism: Coming Home to Catholic Social Teaching". While Catholic social teaching is often misunderstood, Dale explains that it originates with the family and involves taking an active role in what most directly affects the family, whether in commerce, government, or education. Society of GK Chesterton: https://www.chesterton.org/ Download t...

Ian Murphy made national news when, as valedictorian of his high school class, he was threatened by his school NOT to say the name of Jesus in his speech. He joins the Joes to talk about his book "Dying to Live", which details his extraordinary story and the unexpected twists and turns his life has taken... and the Lord who has never let him go along the way. Dying to Live: https://ignatius.com/dy...

Fr Greg Markey, head chaplain of Thomas Aquinas College in New England, joins the Joes to talk about the Camino de Santiago, the importance of pilgrimages, and his newly re-published fantastic book "Discovering the Camino de Santiago: A Priest’s Journey to the Tomb of St. James". Fr Markey & his book: https://www.thomasaquinas.edu/news/tac-chaplain-rev-greg-markey-reflects-camino-new-book Down...

Claudia Cangilla McAdam is the author of delightful & faithful books for children. She joins the Joes to discuss "St Paul's Nephew to the Rescue", which she derived from Acts 23. Claudia Cangilla McAdam: http://www.claudiamcadam.com/ Download the Veritas app: https://www.veritascatholic.com/listen Joe & Joe on X: https://x.com/withjoeandjoe Joe & Joe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com...

Scott Smith joins the Joes to talk about near death experiences... in Scripture, in literature, and in our world today. Scott Smith: https://www.thescottsmithblog.com/ Download the Veritas app: https://www.veritascatholic.com/listen Joe & Joe on X: https://x.com/withjoeandjoe Joe & Joe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@THEFRONTLINEWITHJOEJOE

Mark Bauerlein, senior editor at First Things, joins the Joes to talk about higher education in America. Mark Bäuerlein: https://www.firstthings.com/featured-author/mark-bauerlein Download the Veritas app: https://www.veritascatholic.com/listen Joe & Joe on X: https://x.com/withjoeandjoe Joe & Joe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@THEFRONTLINEWITHJOEJOE

In his book "Our Lady's Prophecies", James Valois masterfully recounts the stunning prophecies of Our Lady of Good Success of the Purification, which, though they occurred four hundred years ago in the capital city of Ecuador, concern the current crisis in the Church and the world. Our Lady's Prophecies: https://sophiainstitute.com/product/our-ladys-prophecies/ Download the Veritas app: https://ww...

Fr Robert Nixon, OSB, has translated Cardinal Richelieu's masterpiece, "A Treatise on Perfection: Saintly Counsel on Obtaining Salvation".  New Norcia Monastery: https://www.newnorcia.com.au/monastery/the-monastery Download the Veritas app: https://www.veritascatholic.com/listen Joe & Joe on X: https://x.com/withjoeandjoe Joe & Joe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@THEFRONTLINEWITHJOEJO...