The Catholic Current

In this week's Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue explores the origins of the term "social justice" and walks us through what is being proposed under the dubious auspices of compassion and charity. Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to prepare you for Sunday Mass. Show Notes Apostolic Exhortation Dilexi te of the Holy Father Leo XIV on Love for the Poor (4 October 2025) The Lepanto Institute The Market Ticker (Karl Denninger) Entering the darkness : Christianity and its modern substitutes by Norman, Edward R Leo XIV: A Pontificate On Ice Chesterton on Cheese | The Amish Catholic iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue’s Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome back acclaimed writer Joseph Pearce to show how great literature can help every Catholic man striving for virtue and holiness, and where to start. In a culture that fosters toxic masculinity on the one hand and effeminacy on the other, the literary giants of the past offer an inspiring alternative vision of true manhood. Show Notes Joseph Pearce - jpearce.co Great Books for Good Men: Reflections on Literature and Manhood iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue’s Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Fr. McTeigue asks the hard question—Who really benefits when bishops champion certain policies? Follow the money, follow the motives, and discover why credibility in the Church is worth protecting at any cost. Watch on YouTube: Should We Follow the Money?

Is America a proposition? An idea? A nation of immigrants? We welcome John Daniel Davidson, who explains that America is being ideologically rewritten in a way that denies her history and nationhood. Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes America Isn't A ‘Proposition,’ It's A People Open Borders Inc.: Who's Funding America's Destruction? By Michelle Malkin  Tougher Standards | Bill Whittle iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue’s Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. examines how the Church’s dependence on government money can quietly undermine her mission. When “Caesar’s coins” come with strings attached, credibility and moral authority suffer—shown recently in statements about immigration and social justice.  Watch on YouTube: What Does Caesar Want from Us?

We’re trying something new here on The Catholic Current for this special edition. All week long, Joe McClane will join Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. live, and together they’ll examine today’s hot topics with the light of Faith. Would you like to play a role in supporting the mission of The Station of the Cross? Donate now and pledge your gift. You can also call 1-877-711-8500.

We’re trying something new here on The Catholic Current for this special edition. All week long, Joe McClane will join Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. live, and together they’ll examine today’s hot topics with the light of Faith. Would you like to play a role in supporting the mission of The Station of the Cross? Donate now and pledge your gift. 

We’re trying something new here on The Catholic Current for this special edition. All week long, Joe McClane will join Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. live, and together they’ll examine today’s hot topics with the light of Faith. Would you like to play a role in supporting the mission of The Station of the Cross? Donate now and pledge your gift. 

We’re trying something new here on The Catholic Current for this special edition. All week long, Joe McClane will join Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. live, and together they’ll examine today’s hot topics with the light of Faith. Would you like to play a role in supporting the mission of The Station of the Cross? Donate now and pledge your gift. 

We’re trying something new here on The Catholic Current for this special edition. All week long, Joe McClane will join Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. live, and together they’ll examine today’s hot topics with the light of Faith. Would you like to play a role in supporting the mission of The Station of the Cross? Donate now and pledge your gift. 

This week on Let’s Talk About This, Father McTeigue examines the troubling signs of incivility creeping into our so-called “civilized” world—including within the life of the Church. He then considers practical solutions to these challenges, before closing with his always-insightful Weekend Readiness. Show Notes Dallas Anti-ICE Shooter Searched For Apps That Tracked ICE Activity; Hoped to Instill ‘Real Terror’ › American Greatness  Progressive pregnant women are ‘popping Tylenol like tic tacs’ to protest Trump’s prenatal autism warning – One America News Network  Lepanto Institute publishes Cdl. Cupich’s VG notice to all priests in Diocese Joseph Cardinal Bernardin – Seamless Garment Doctrine Opposition mounts to Archdiocese of Chicago plan to fete Durbin  After statement from Paprocki, Cardinal Cupich defends award for Durbin  Hillary Clinton WARNS against the rise of Christianity iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue’s Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome Grayson Quay to discuss the ideology behind artificial womb research and the attempts to elevate the human body beyond its normal, healthy function. What does our society become if it is not limited by the nature of man?  Show Notes The Theology of Transhumanism  A Brief History of Our Annihilation - Crisis Magazine  The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis Brave New World by Aldous Huxley NEW BOTTLES FOR NEW WINE BY Julian Huxley The Difference of Man and the Difference It Makes by Mortimer J. Adler iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue’s Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In some places, just getting a marriage license has been turned into an opportunity for Planned Parenthood to advertise its "services." Let's take a closer look. Watch on YouTube: Planned Parenthood Crashes a Wedding

We welcome Fr. Jerry Pokorsky to discuss how sin is an obstacle to human freedom, which is the opposite of what mainstream society proclaims. Father McTeigue finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes The Only Obstacle to Freedom | Catholic Culture iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue’s Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

Fr. McTeigue likens humanity to unruly children and God to an exasperated parent as he traces how voluntary Christian charity has been warped into entitlement-driven bureaucracy. Replacing faith-rooted charity with coercive redistribution only deepens moral disorder. Let's take a closer look. Watch on YouTube: We're Trying God's Patience

In this week's Let's Talk About This, Father McTeigue examines the distinction between the Real World and the Realm of Common Experience. Can we enter one in order to leave the other?  Show Notes Is This the “Real World”? | New Oxford Review iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue’s Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

We welcome Stephen White of the Catholic Project to discuss the vocations crisis, both towards the priesthood and marriage. What does this mean for our society, and what does the data show us about how we ought to respond? Show Notes The Invisible Vocations Crisis - by Stephen White Conversions and Receptions into the Church: A Look at the Numbers  A candid conversation about the source of vocations  Reflections on 25 Years of Religious Life  The Catholic Project iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue’s Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

How do men go from merely coping in the modern world to living as they ought to, and more accurately, as they were called to? Father McTeigue, S.J. takes a closer look. Watch on YouTube: Men—Merely Coping?

We welcome back Matt Archbold of Creative Minority Report to discuss what we should do differently in the wake of so many tragedies in recent days. Father finishes with Timely Thoughts. Show Notes Pope prays for Charlie Kirk and bereaved family - Vatican News Lepanto Institute on the USCCB’s handling of Charlie Kirk’s death vs George Floyd iCatholic Mobile The Station of the Cross Merchandise - Use Coupon Code 14STATIONS for 10% off | Catholic to the Max Read Fr. McTeigue’s Written Works! "Let's Take A Closer Look" with Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. | Full Series Playlist Listen to Fr. McTeigue's Preaching! | Herald of the Gospel Sermons Podcast on Spotify Visit Fr. McTeigue's Website | Herald of the Gospel Questions? Comments? Feedback? Ask Father!

In this special edition, Father McTeigue shares his conversation with the hosts of Catholic Unscripted, in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's assassination.  Watch on YouTube: We Must Not Be Silenced