The Popish Plotcast

Mike, Nate, and Jessica continue their series on Hispanic Heritage Month, with St. Rose of Lima.  We talk about may things connected with her life including: saintly clusters,  her life story, things that would freak Mike out, the Catherine of Siena fan club, fasting and penance, strange anti-beauty regimes, vegans, things Jesus is not a fan of,  Godless Heathens,  being on bra...

Mike, Nate, and Jessica continue their series on Hispanic Heritage Month, with St. Theresa of the Andes or St. Teresa Los Andes or St. Teresa of Jesus of Los Andes  or  St. Teresa of Jesus or The Flower of the Andes born Juana Enriqueta Josephina de Los Sagrados Corazones Fernández Solar (and called Juanetta.)  We talk about the number of Discalced Carmelite saints named Teresa (or...

It is Hispanic Heritage Month!  After working hard to remember the "month" that starts in the middle of a month Mike, Nate and Jessica did remember it.  And they start this month with a saint, who isn't actually Hispanic, but was 100% Native American but was from the Aztec Empire right when the Spanish showed up and created the Hispanic culture. That's right they are talking about the sa...

Mike, Nate, and Jessica start a new series on Catholic scientists, starting with one that most everyone learns about in school, Gregor Mendel. He was a meteorologist, mathematician, biologist, Augustinian friar and abbot.  He was raised by farmers, worked as a bee keeper and farmer, studied practical and theoretical philosophy and physics, became an Augustinian friar, wrote scientific papers,...

Nate and Jessica do the Paqui one chip challenge (not sponsored) while Mike discourages them.  They also talk about offering up suffering,  levels of participation, prayer before meals,  Bible verses about Hellfire, Florida,  short homilies, eating hot things, and not fearing the reaper.   Nate lasted 26 minutes and Jessica lasted 1 hour.   "The Popish Plot Does the O...

Mike talks about this month's prayer intention from the Pope as well as talks about the history of themes of this Pope.    August's prayer intention: The Church  Let us pray for the Church, that she may receive from the Holy Spirit the grace and strength to reform herself in the light of the Gospel.   "Pope's Prayer Intentions for August 2021" on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2QdVK...

Mike, Nate and Jessica answer the internet's questions on who do Catholics. . . ? The answer questions about prayer, worship, bishops report to, believe in, bugs pray to, priest confess to, and schools report to.  They also talk about shocking the Pope, word history and meanings, the best use of Twitter, saint's jokes, carousing,  is the world a simulation, creeds, verbal gymnastics and...

This episode of searching Catholicism is a little different then most ones, because it is the 8th episode.  Mike, Nate and Jessica answer questions on: the Beatitudes,  Sacraments, Catholic Letters, Social Teachings, Virtues, Covid Deaths, & Christmas.  They also play some games, and talk about: maths, Bible book locations, woes, annoying VBS songs, (Mike rants about people acti...

In part 1 of "Searching Catholicism: Where Do Catholics. . . ?" Mike, Nate, and Jessica talk about where priests, nuns, religious sisters, monks, and brother's live as well as about the history and development of Tradition (and not tradition, OK we talk a little about tradition.)   As well as what we think the questions will be, more on fasting rules,  Vatican gold, dorms, houses, c...

Mike, Nate, and Jessica talk about the saint of the day: St. Christina the ASTONISHING!!!  They talk about her early life, the number of times she died, her patronages, open coffin funerals, visions, levitating to avoid the smell of sin,  climbing up things and hiding in things, EXTREME!, jumping into fires, jumping into frozen rivers, water wheels,  jail time, Dominicans, and resea...

In part 2 of "Searching Catholicism: When Do Catholics. . . ?" Mike, Nate, and Jessica talk about when church bells ring, babies are baptized and priest wear pink.  We also talk about important things, the sound of the TARDIS with the breaks on, calling babies Stormageddon, Latin, dressing for the liturgical seasons and more.     "Searching Catholicism: When Do Catholics...? Pa...

Mike, Nate, and Jessica now take on the internet's questions on when Catholics do things.  In part one we answer, When do Catholic(s): not eat meat, go to church, get confirmed, and celebrate Easter.  We also talk about a story involving a demon that Mike isn't sharing at this time, Church controversies, dispensations, time travel, and more.  Also we know Latin Rite is the correct n...

Mike, Nate and Jessica finish out the questions for "How do Catholics. . . ?"  In this episode they talk about: worship, the Mass, the road to Emmaus, the liturgy of the Hours, Adoration, planes and helicopters,  celebrating Easter, the Easter vigil, the triduum, fire, setting/ not setting the deacon on fire, reading the entire bible, and  fasting. "Searching Catholicism: How do Cat...

Mike, Nate, and Jessica answer more questions from the internet, this time "How do Catholics. . .?"  This series of questions took so long to answer that we break it up into 2 parts.  This is part 1 of 2.  We talk about the answer of why Catholics light candles that we didn't know the answer for sure last time,  We also talk about what the saints are doing, prayer, types of pra...

Mike, Nate, and Jessica had a hard time thinking up a show for today, so they let the internet make up the show, by which we mean we open up an incognito web search and see what pops up when we ask, "Why do Catholics. . .?"  So we talk about a range of questions on Catholicism,  with answers ranging from; we don't know why to we don't do that. "Searching Catholicism: Why do Catholics. ....

Mike, Nate, Jessica talk about the bad theology of "Hello" this time the version by Lionel Richie.  They talk about: the rash of stalker songs from the 1980's, how creepy the music video is, the problematic nature of the lyrics, obsessive thoughts and lust, Fulton Sheen, the philosophical definition of love, objectifying and using people,  loving someone vs. loving the idea of someone, &...

Mike, Nate and Jessica talk about the theology of the song "Hello" by Adele (and not "Hello" by Lionel Richie) as well when it feels like no one is listening to your prayers.  They also talk about how to deal with spiritual desolation/ dryness in prayer.   As well as different types of prayers, the three answers that a prayer may get, being angry at God (like all the Old Testament P...

For our last episode for #AsianAmericanandPacificIslanderHeritageMonth Mike, Nate and Jessica talk about a whole country that is very unique in Catholic history, Korea.  (In part because every saint from the country is a martyr who we may not know much more about besides that fact.)   Korea has the 4th most canonized saints in the Church, was the location of the 1st canonization out...

Mike is still off on his secret mission, so Nate and Jessica talk about today's Saint, St. Lorenzo Ruiz aka St. Lorenzo of Manila.  We talk about he seems to be the patron of everything Filipino, his good handwriting, how his life compares to last weeks' saintly person, murder, a boat with at least three Dominicans and possibly a lay leper, poor planning, last words that are 1000 times better...

Nate and Jessica talk about Blessed Dom Justo Takayama, aka Justo Takayama Ukon, Takayama Hikogorō & Shigetomo.  Mike is not with them, either because he is on a secret mission from the Pope, or because he was recovering from the vaccine. They apologize for how many things they mispronounced and then talk about the life of Justo Takayama, a samurai on the path to sainthood. They talk abou...

Mike, Nate, and Jessica talk about another saintly person from Asia or the Pacific Islands, in this case a blessed from what is now Papua New Guinea. They talk about his life including: how to say his name, how many times the name/country he lived in changed (without him moving), the importance of education, what a Catechists is (note this was filmed before we learned that Pope Francis will be wri...

It is Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month so every Monday this month Mike, Nate and Jessica will talk about a saint from Asia or the Pacific Islands.  Today they talk about St. Alponsa of the Immaculate Conception born Anna  Muttathupadathu. She was born 1 month early, was raised by an aunt, was almost forced into an arranged marriage, became a Franciscan, was miraculously...

Mike, Nate, and Jessica talk about St. Joseph the worker.  They also discuss: the life of Jesus, The Catechism of the Catholic Church #2427-2428,  working in The Shop, unicorn ranching, narwhals, the gift of administration, economic justice, TVs in the bathroom, naming every girl Mary, Communism, Socialism, Capitalism,  the definition of Socialism used by the Popes compared to count...

Mike, Nate, and Jessica do a viewer requested episode on St. Margaret (Middleton) Clitherow the Pearl of York.  They discuss how no one  has proven that she isn't related to Kate Middleton and therefore in a way will have her revenge on the British crown, the 40 martyrs of England and Wales, chandlers, butchers, the Jesuits, etc. Act of 1584, renting and priest holes, accents, the finer...

Mike, Nate and Jessica answer a viewer question on whether or not the 5th commandment covers acts of self-defense by the military, police and citizens, with a resounding maybe.  As the 5th commandment (number may vary for non-Catholic Christians and Jews) deals more with murder then any killing.  A true act of self-defense that had the unintended side effect of the death of the aggressor...