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Show Notes: Archbishop Broglio, USCCB president, supports immigrants, rips ICE raids What We Can’t Not Know by J. Budziszewski (affiliate link) The Hell There Is: An Exploration of an Often-Rejected Doctrine of the Church by Msgr. Charles Pope (affiliate link) The Weaponization of Loneliness by Stella Morabito Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis by Michael Ward (affi...

Pro-Life Coalition Urges GOP to Advance Bill Repealing FACE Act: ‘Congress Must Do Its Part’ - Breitbart Protect Children’s Innocence Act - X Pope Leo: What unites Christians is far greater than what divides - Vatican News Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis by Michael Ward (affiliate link) Michael Ward: Frequently Asked Questions Do you look forward to our podcast?...

Show Notes: Beauty will save the neighborhood by Leila M. Lawler Worldwide Catholic population up slightly to 1.4 billion (CWN) French dioceses welcoming surge of conversions (CWN) English dioceses report surge in young adult male converts (CWN) Australian archbishop: jump in adult converts is sign of revival (CWN) Dublin archbishop reports record number of adult baptisms (CWN) Many dioceses in We...

Show Notes: The Home Front can come right to your email so you don’t miss an episode! Harvard Hates America: The Odyssey of a Born-Again American by John LeBoutillier (affiliate link — this book is out of print, but you can probably find it used somewhere!) God and Man at Yale: The Superstitions of 'Academic Freedom' by William F. Buckley (affiliate link) Updated: New chapel being established for...

Show Notes: Robert Royal’s new book, The Martyrs of the New Millennium: The Global Persecution of Christians in the Twenty-First Century The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century: A Comprehensive World History by Robert Royal (affiliate link) A Hidden Life See how the legacy media serves up the story: Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus due to abortion ban - NPR; Ca...

Show Notes: The first words of the new Pope: Pope Leo XIV @pontifex “Peace be with you all! This is the first greeting spoken by the Risen Christ, the Good Shepherd. I would like this greeting of peace to resound in your hearts, in your families, and among all people, wherever they may be, in every nation and throughout the world.” The simple truth of how Leo XIV was elected by Phil Lawler The Net...

Show Notes: The TikTok that encapsulates the argument and experience of Mental Load “Mental Load is a psy-op” by Leila Marie Lawler New state law in Washington will attack confessional seal Catholic Culture The Justice Department announces First Amendment investigation into Washington State’s new anti-Catholic law, Senate Bill 5375 Catholics are uneasy … Leila Marie Lawler on X The Vatican Financi...

Show Notes: Today we have a lively, wide-ranging conversation about the goings on in Rome, including the background on Cardinal Parolin and the amazing Cardinal Joseph Zen — and much more! Phil’s long experience with such matters shines through this discussion! New study reveals an adverse event rate 22 times higher than the FDA-approved drug label reports. EPPC Katy Faust on X Katy Faust: As of 2...

Show Notes: The death of Pope Francis: Facts—and fictions—about the papal interregnum ; What to do when the conclave comes ; The curious background of the Pope’s ‘fixer’ — all by Phil Lawler The Church After Francis by Arcbishop Charles Chaput College of Cardinals Report (with profiles and background information on papabili) The new Pope's #1 priority (Before he can get to all the other disasters)...

Show Notes: Whatever your worst fever dreams/nightmares about in vitro fertilization are, know that it’s already happening. We came for the infertility; we stayed for the brave new world? IVF must be made illegal. It should be absolutely illegal to conceive a child outside the mother’s womb. Eugenics: “This baby was carefully selected as an embryo.” — New York Times “This vial is made to hold huma...

Show Notes: * The Catholic Role in the American Founding by Phil Lawler; for a fuller picture of the argument, see also an earlier piece on a closely related topic: Has the American Experiment Failed? * Representatives Luna and Petterson on Proxy Voting in the House. They are as embarrassing to womanhood as they are ignorant of how things are done in Congress. “Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) and B...

Show Notes: Part One Durango mother accuses [trans] couple of illegally housing her transgender [sic] child A Man Called Otto Jon Root on Twitter : The Chosen’s wet dream And in general, just say no to The Chosen. Christology matters. Reject the false "Jesus” of the Chosen by Leila Miller How sitcoms helped shape “queer history” — from the perspective of a fan. Note that the “fairness” — i.e. prom...

Show Notes: * President Trump: Boasberg should be impeached! * Wall Street Journal: The Judicial Impeachment Distraction by William McGurn It isn’t a new problem. In Trump v. Hawaii—the 2018 travel ban case—Justice Clarence Thomas said the court had a constitutional obligation to take on the federal judiciaries’ increasing resort to nationwide injunctions. “These injunctions did not emerge until a...

Show Notes: Vaccine resources — a compilation by Leila — please read before arguing with us! The Forgotten Triumph: How Public Health, Not Vaccines, Ended the Measles Mortality Crisis — many charts and graphs with explanations about how manipulations can fool you A must-listen/watch: Parents Of Child In Texas Measles Outbreak Death The doctor whose treatment should have been used — and is helping...

Show Notes: Just War Theory and Our Military Strategy by Phil Lawler Prof. Daniel Mahoney’s forthcoming book: The Persistence of the Ideological Lie: The Totalitarian Impulse Then and Now; Encounter Books Trump nominee pledges to prohibit use of aborted fetal tissue in National Institutes of Health-funded research A bitter taste of what aborted fetal tissue research involves: The Most Evil Man in...

Show Notes: To secure the talents of our tech support guru, the who takes our ramblings and makes a podcast out of them, Patrick McCaffrey, go to his LinkedIn or find him on Instagram . Four Problems with Assisted Suicide The states where “medical aid in dying” is legal Jennifer A. Frey on X: No guardrails for euthanasia possible Right to Life UK on X: Doctors would have to offer death with every...

Show Notes: Who’s Really Calling the Shots at U.S. Diocesan Chanceries? Vatican condemns publication of ‘credibly accused’ clergy lists — again The Executive Order on IVF More Human Embryos Destroyed Through IVF Than Abortion Every Year An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent by John Henry Newman (affiliate link) Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story) by Daniel Nayeri (affiliate link) We are so gr...

Show Notes: J. D. Vance and Europe’s “internal problem”: CBS is wrong about free speech, Germany, and the Nazis German candidates, including AfD’s Alice Weidel, debate their policies ahead of upcoming election Chemical AKA mail-order abortion: Thanks to Chemical Abortion Pills, You Should Be Worried About What’s in the Water IVF and Surrogacy: New York Times: Botched Care and Tired Staff: Planned...

Show Notes: The Pope’s disastrous letter on immigration by Phil Lawler (must read!) Pope Francis’s Apocalyptic Dream by R. R. Reno (Opens with the provocative line: “Pope Francis published his suicide note.”) Pope Francis’s immigration letter was seriously imprudent by Samuel Gregg (“In itself, the content of the Pope’s letter was unremarkable, if you read it in light of the Church’s established t...

Show notes: {In case it isn't clear in our remarks, we are not backing ethnic cleansing. We think, hope, and pray that Trump’s unusual negotiations will bring peace to the Middle East.} President Trump's Excellent Executive Order: Making America Real Again by Leila If RFK Jr. is confirmed, his promised policy on the abortion pill is a huge pro-life win by Leila Navigating the Coming Trade Wars (Ro...

A hearty thank-you to all our new subscribers! We are so happy to have you here! Show Notes: By Phil: Vance vs. the bishops on immigration, Part I Vance vs. the bishops on immigration, Part II Vance vs. the bishops on immigration, Part III Is It Time to Abolish the USSCB? by Leila Marie Lawler What Went Wrong with Vatican II by Ralph McInerny (affiliate link) The Faithful Departed: The Collapse of...

Show Notes: Bishop Mariann Budde tells NPR 'I won't apologize' for sermon addressing Trump Who is Mariann Edgar Budde, the bishop [sic] who angered Trump with inaugural sermon? Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified Elites Hate Phyllis Schlafly Because She Defeated Them From Home With Six Kids In Tow Phyllis Schlafly, antifeminist, has a bio that ought to make feminist...

Show Notes: Black Lives Matter Activists Executed A Shocking $83 Billion Shakedown Of American Corporations — or was it $340 billion? Candlemas All Creatures Great and Small Thanks for listening to The Home Front! Please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber so you won’t miss an episode! We are so grateful when you share our episodes! Don’t wish to subscribe just now? How about this: Get ful...

Show notes: How Cardinal McElroy came to Washington In facing ‘populist’ tide, Pope risks exposing Church skeletons Satanic ritual abuse and its cover-up. Why Bishop McElroy should never become a Cardinal by Leila Miller Questions raised about McElroy's response to 2016 McCarrick allegations Censored by the censorship industrial complex: Contagious Faith: Why the Church Must Spread Hope, Not Fear...

Show notes: Enjoy this episode! (Sorry about my sound quality! I have to address my settings going forward.) If we didn’t get to your question, hang in there. We’ll add this feature to the end of our more “current events” “non-holiday” podcasts as we go forward. And feel free to comment or ask us anything else! Keeping the 12 Days of Christmas Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burk...