The Catholic Current
Bringing Christ to the World and the World to Christ! Producer and Host Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J. illuminates today’s issues with the love of Christ and the authority of His Church. Each show features expert guests that shed light on relevant and important topics.
What’s Wrong with Third-Party Reproduction? (Patience Sunne) 9/8/26
We welcome Patience Sunne, Engagement Director at Them Before Us, to examine the differences between adoption and surrogacy or IVF. What happens when the desire of adults to have a child takes precedence over the child’s needs? How do these practices shape a child’s sense of identity and connection to his or her biological family? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.
Show Notes
The "Primal Wound"
No, Adoption and Third-Party Reproduction Are Not the Same
Them Before Us
It's A Girl
Babies, Made to Order...
Novel Prophecies Pt. 8 - Lewis’ “It Can’t Happen Here” (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 9/4/26
Father Robert McTeigue continues his "Novel Prophecies" series with Sinclair Lewis’ It Can't Happen Here, a novel that asks whether totalitarianism could take root in America. What should we be watching for, and what does it mean to remain faithful when the culture demands conformity? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass.
Show Notes
It Can't Happen Here
Survivals and New Arrivals: The New and Old Enemies of the Catholic Church
Whose side are you on?
The 2 reasons totalitarian states detest the Chu...
Can Literature Be Saved? (Liza Libes) 9/3/26
We welcome author and literary critic Liza Libes to examine the contemporary status and future prospects of literary study. Is classic literature losing its place in our culture as short-form media and changing classrooms redefine how we read? If so, what will it take to bring it back?
Show Notes
Pens and Poison
Liza Libes
Pens and Poison - YouTube
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LTACL: Wishful Thinking Will Kill Us (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.)
The FBI promises that it won't confuse "radical traditional Catholics" with violent extremists again, but how sure can we really be? Father Robert McTeigue takes a closer look.
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Read the FBI report: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/weaponization-working-group-releases-report-2023-fbi-richmond-field-office-memo-targeted-non
Will Europe Survive? (Drieu Godefridi) 9/1/26
We welcome Belgian scholar Drieu Godefridi to take a hard look at what lies ahead for Europe. As birth rates fall and migration increases, the continent is also facing economic troubles and a growing loss of cultural and religious identity. Is there reasonable hope for improvement? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.
Show Notes
Do the Math: Why Europe May Not Pull Through
How the EU is Controlling the Ceuta Story
Asylum seekers told rape and harassment illegal in UK in new Home Office booklet
Why Comfortable People D...
LTACL: Culture of Lies—Catholic Edition?
Father Robert McTeigue reflects on living under pervasive falsehoods during the Soviet Union and connects that to modern diocesan communications. He asks listeners for help.
Links that were referenced in the video:
https://catholicproject.catholic.edu/catholic-church-finances/diocesan-restructuring/ https://www.solzhenitsyncenter.org/live-not-by-liesWatch this episode on Youtube: Culture of Lies—Catholic Edition?
Novel Prophecies Pt. 7 - Forster’s “The Machine Stops” (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/28/26
Fr. Robert McTeigue continues his "Novel Prophecies" series with E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops. Written more than a century ago, the story imagines people living apart from one another and relying on technology for nearly everything. Does Forster's world still look quite so far-fetched today? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass.
Show Notes
The Machine Stops - E.M. Forster
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Bra...
Kneeling Before the World? (Dr. Darrick Taylor) 8/27/26
We welcome back historian and friend of the show Dr. Darrick Taylor to examine how the Church's relationship with the modern world has changed since Vatican II. What have Catholics gained and lost in trying to keep pace with a culture that has changed so dramatically?
Show Notes
Kneeling Before the World, 60 Years On
A Catholic seminary in New Jersey that once trained boys for the priesthood is set to become the fourth campus of an expanding Islamic school network
My Appeal to Pope Leo XIV: The TLM Is E...
The Revenge of Amoris Laetitia (Eamonn Clark) 8/25/26
We welcome licensed moral theologian Eamonn Clarke to discuss the legacy of Amoris Laetitia ten years after its publication. Has the push for a more flexible pastoral response created greater confusion about marriage, annulments, and cohabitation? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.
Show Notes
The Revenge of Amoris Laetitia
Ten years after Amoris laetitia: proclaiming the Gospel with families today
Amoris Laetitia - Thematic Framework
Precepts of the Church: Basic Norms for Active Catholics
The Number One Reason for Divorce… and How to Avoid It
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LTACL: Why Does Evil Smile? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.)
Why does evil smile? Father McTeigue takes a closer look at the recent abortion legislation in Massachusetts and New Jersey. He is perplexed at why Governor Mikie Sherrill and Governor Maura Healey would sign this harmful legislation with glee despite both being Catholic. Using context from history, Father McTeigue examines why evil operates without remorse and with a smile.
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Novel Prophecies Pt. 6 - Huxley’s “Brave New World Revisited” (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/21/26
Fr. Robert McTeigue continues his "Novel Prophecies" series with Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World Revisited. Huxley warned that propaganda and technology could make people easier to control. Are we seeing some of that today, and if so, what can we do about it? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass.
Show Notes
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited
The Inner Ring
76 Fallacies
Propaganda Watch | The Corbett Report
Daily Readings - Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
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What Next for America? (Karl Denninger) 8/20/26
We welcome back Karl Denninger from Market Ticker to evaluate the economic issues facing America, from runaway debt and rising healthcare costs to job losses and the AI boom. How serious are these problems, and what can ordinary Americans do now to prepare?
Show Notes
So Perhaps My Podcast Was A Bit Of A Downer...
You Have Died Of Mathematics
The Market Ticker
Leverage: How Cheap Money Will Destroy the World
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LTACL: Cristero War 2.0? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.)
Father McTeigue examines the current conflict between Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, and the Catholic Church. Although history may not repeat itself, similar patterns from the Cristero War are arising in this conflict. Is this a sign of a new bloodbath to come? Father takes a closer look.
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Whom Do You Serve? (Matt Archbold) 8/18/26
We welcome back friend of the show Matt Archbold to examine the growing rejection of truth in our culture. What happens when truth is replaced by ideology, and how can Catholics remain faithful to Christ in a culture that increasingly rejects the good, the true, and the beautiful? Father finishes with Timeless Thoughts.
Show Notes
Whom Do You Serve?
Catholic Governor Approves Abortion Up Until Birth
The Massachusetts bishops' polite collapse
Cambridge academics reject university’s attempt to end row over Jason Arday
Who Hired the...
LTACL: The Saint We Need Right Now (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.)
Which saint do we most need to hear from today? Father McTeigue has in mind a martyr whose heroic death has overshadowed his great words of wisdom—words that can help us make our way through the current crisis.
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Novel Prophecies Pt. 5 - Huxley’s “Brave New World” (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/14/26
Fr. Robert McTeigue continues his "Novel Prophecies" series with Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, a novel about a society in which suffering has been largely eliminated at the cost of freedom, family, and individuality. What does Huxley’s imagined world tell us about the things that people are willing to give up for an easier life? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass.
Show Notes
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited
The Far Side - Sheep Cartoon
How To Be a Nonco...
Is Moral Certainty Possible? (W.M. Briggs) 8/13/26
We welcome back William M. Briggs, known as Statistician to the Stars, to take up the question of whether there are things we can know for certain about right and wrong. How do faith, reason, and logic help us to spot the difference between a sound moral argument and a persuasive one that is simply incorrect?
Show Notes
Hume’s Guillotine, Euclid’s Catapult: Induction, Axioms, and Objective Ethics
Right And Reason: Ethics in Theory and Practice
Can Bayesianism Quantify True Belief?
Relativism: Feet Firmly Planted in Mid-A...
LTACL: Is Pride Still a Sin? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.)
Father Robert McTeigue, S.J. examines pride as the worst of the seven deadly sins and shows how pride both inverts reality and separates us from God.
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A Closer Look at Migration (Liz Yore) 8/11/26
We welcome back child advocate attorney Liz Yore to discuss Europe's growing migration crisis, including the mass crossings at Ceuta and Lampedusa and questions surrounding unaccompanied minors. How should Catholics respond to the Church's response to the crisis, and what will continued mass migration mean for European society and its Christian communities? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.
Show Notes
Lampedusa Migrant Production: The Gospel According to PR Stunts
ceuta 2.0: armies march on their stomachs
The Foreigner as Curse: A Holistic Reading of the Old Testament on Migration
C...
LTACL: The Most Promising Sin? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/10/26
Father Robert McTeigue continues his series on the seven deadly sins. In so doing, he takes a closer look at the dangerous desire for temporal things that can never truly satisfy.
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Novel Prophecies Pt. 4 - Benson’s “The Dawn of All” (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/7/26
Fr. Robert McTeigue continues his "Novel Prophecies" series with Robert Hugh Benson's The Dawn of All, imagining a society where the Catholic faith shapes education, politics, and everyday life. Is Benson describing an impossible ideal, or reminding us of something we've forgotten? Father concludes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass.
Show Notes
The Dawn of All
After Stranger Gives Boy a Piano, a ‘Mozart Level’ Is Revealed in Spite of Autism
Daily Readings - Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Dehumanizing the Modern Battlefield (Bill Whittle) 8/6/26
We welcome back political commentator and friend of the show Bill Whittle to discuss the rise of autonomous weapons and the growing role of artificial intelligence in war. As the human role in combat continues to shrink, what becomes of accountability, restraint, and mercy?
Show Notes
LIFE and DEATH on the Modern Battlefield
The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914
The Night They Burned Shanghai
The Bedford Incident
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Colossus
Fail Safe
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LTACL: What Will Become of Preachers? ( Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J) 8/5/26
Saint Dominic was known for asking, "Lord, what will become of sinners?" Father Robert McTeigue, S.J. goes on to ask, "What will become of preachers?"
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The Therapeutic Erasure of Sin (John Melnikov) 8/4/26
We welcome author and teacher John Melnikov to consider how therapeutic language has found its way into Catholic conversations about sin and forgiveness. Where should Catholics draw the line between understanding human weakness and excusing it? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.
Show Notes
The Therapeutic Erasure of Sin
The Writing of John Melnikov
The triumph of the therapeutic; uses of faith after Freud
Nefarious
Mister Frost
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LTACL: Pious Excuses? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/3/26
Do you have friends who skip Sunday Mass because they think they can worship better alone or claim that God doesn't require it? Father McTeigue explains why those objections are inadequate and explores the meaning of worship.
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Novel Prophecies Pt. 3 - Benson’s “Lord of the World” (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 7/31/26
Fr. Robert McTeigue continues his "Novel Prophecies" series with Robert Hugh Benson's Lord of the World. What does Benson's novel have to say about a society that promises peace and prosperity while steadily pushing Christ to the margins? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass.
Show Notes
Lord of the World: A Novel
Dad Turned Weekly Library Trips with His Daughter into Beloved Community Event: Meet ‘Library Dads’
Daily Readings - Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time
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Unsung Heroes Take Center Stage (Joseph Pearce) 7/30/26
We welcome back friend of the show Joseph Pearce to discuss Hilaire Belloc and Cardinal Henry Edward Manning, two influential English Catholics whose names are often overshadowed by better-known figures such as G.K. Chesterton and John Henry Newman. What made their lives and work so important, and why are they still worth reading today?
Show Notes
Unsung Heroes Take Center Stage
Joseph Pearce - Website
How The Reformation Happened
The Great Heresies
The Four Great Evils of the Day
The temporal power o...
LTACL: Freedom from Evil? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.)
By popular demand, Fr. McTeigue continues his series on spiritual warfare. Evil doesn't present itself as a cartoon character with horns and pitchfork; sometimes evil carries a lawyer's briefcase. Why do people fall for the deception? Father takes a closer look.
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Show Notes
https://secularprolife.org/2026/07/california-v-heartbeat-international-realoptions-apr-lawsuit/
Our Collapse: Diagnosis & Prescription (Msgr. Charles Pope) 7/28/26
We welcome back Monsignor Charles Pope to discuss the rise of the "imperial autonomous self" and the habits of mind that have shaped modern culture. What happens when personal autonomy becomes society's highest value, and how should Catholics respond? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.
Show Notes
What Ails Us? The Rise of the Imperial, Autonomous Self
Of Hunger and Hallucinations – How the Stages of Starvation Describe the Decaying West
How Civilizations Rise and Fall in Eight Stages
A Brief History of Our Annihilation
The Cult of...
LTACL: Satan's Biggest Fear? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 7/27/26
The best weapon against Satan is hiding in plain sight—and he doesn't want you to use it. But what if you did? By popular demand, Fr. McTeigue continues his series on spiritual warfare.
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Novel Prophecies Pt. 2 - Solovyov’s “Short Story of the Antichrist” (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 7/24/26
Father Robert McTeigue continues his "Novel Prophecies" series with Vladimir Solovyov's A Short Story of the Antichrist. What can this early twentieth-century novella teach us about the appeal of false peace, worldly power, and the temptation to follow a counterfeit Christ? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass.
Show Notes
A Short Story of the Antichrist
Agenda 21 - The Corbett Report
2030 - The Corbett Report
Behind the Glittering Mask: Michael Exposes Lucifer's Lies About the Seven Deadly Sins
Off-duty North T...
Priests Against the Chaos (Fr. John Perricone) 7/23/26
We welcome back Fr. John Perricone to examine the crisis facing the priesthood, including declining vocations and a growing loss of priestly identity. Where does renewal begin, and what will it take to raise the next generation of faithful priests?
Show Notes
Priests Among the Enveloping Chaos
The Priest is Not His Own
Reflections on 25 Years of Religious Life
A candid conversation about the source of vocations
A Layman's Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours: How the Prayers of the Church Can Change Your L...
Getting Ready for Blessed Fulton Sheen (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.)
Father McTeigue interviewed Dr. Peter Howard about the life, legacy, and imminent beatification of Fulton Sheen. They discussed Sheen’s devotion to the salvation of souls, his media ministry, his scholarly depth, and the movement preparing faithful pilgrims for the beatification.
Watch on YouTube: Getting Ready for Blessed Fulton Sheen
Links: The Beatification Pilgrimage: https://fultonsheenmovement.com/pilgrimage-register America's Saint Conference: https://fultonsheenconference.com/A Parish with a Death Wish? (Hunter Swogger) 7/21/26
We welcome Hunter Swogger, President of Intentional Disciples Saginaw, the largest young adult Catholic organization in mid-Michigan, to discuss why some parishes inspire lasting faith while others struggle to engage their communities. What role do reverent liturgy, frequent confession, and strong pastoral leadership play in renewing parish life? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.
Show Notes
The parish that prefers death to new life
The Saginaw Confessor
Parishes Preparing Their People for… What Exactly?
What Many Priests No Longer Believe
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Can't Face Evil? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 7/20/26
In the modern world, there is a tendency to reduce evil to a medical problem, or at least a problem of science, bureaucracy, or dialogue. Fr. McTeigue argues that evil is real and that the only true answer is invoking Christ crucified and risen.
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Novel Prophecies Pt. 1: Chesterton’s “The Napoleon of Notting Hill” (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 7/17/26
Fr. Robert McTeigue launches a new series, "Novel Prophecies," with G.K. Chesterton's The Napoleon of Notting Hill. What can a novel written more than a century ago teach us about the cultural and spiritual challenges we face today? Father finishes with Weekend Readiness to help prepare you for Sunday Mass.
Show Notes
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
The Dystopian Novel No One Remembers
The Year of Our Lord 1943: Christian Humanism in an Age of Crisis
Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of t...
Walking with Revolutionaries? (Michael Hichborn) 7/16/26
We welcome back Michael Hichborn of the Lepanto Institute to examine the World Meeting of Popular Movements and the organizations that have taken part in it, including groups accused of promoting Marxism, abortion, and pagan practices. What do these associations reveal about the Church's troubling engagement with modern political movements?
Show Notes
Pope Leo to October Meeting of Marxist Revolutionaries: “I am here. I am with you.”
The World Meeting of Popular Movements Part 2: Bringing it All Home
QUOD APOSTOLICI MUNERIS - ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII
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LTACL: Ignoring Christ? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 7/15/26
Fr. McTeigue looks at scripture to see what happened to those who heard Christ and then ignored him. Then he asks us to look at our own hearts, while there is still time.
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We Must Say It: Christ Is King! (John Horvat II) 7/14/26
We welcome back John Horvat II of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property to examine the meaning of proclaiming "Christ is King" in an increasingly secular culture. What changes when Christ's authority is no longer recognized in public life or even within the Church? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.
Show Notes
Christ is King, No Matter Who says It or Not
Why Modern Law Clashes with the Social Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Quas Primas
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More Warnings From Fulton Sheen (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 7/10/26
Fr. Robert McTeigue reflects on Fulton Sheen's 1932 book Moods and Truths, illustrating how its warnings about modern religion and authority remain strikingly relevant today. What can Sheen's defense of marriage, the Church's authority, and Christ's divinity teach us as the Church faces renewed pressure to compromise with the world?
Show Notes
Moods and Truths
Another Sort of Learning
Hidden Artworks in Gold Surprised Renovators of America’s Oldest Basilica
Daily Readings - Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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