

The Catholic Current
The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network
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.
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Mar 6, 2024 • 52min
What’s Catholic about Catholic Higher Education? (Dr. Anne Hendershott) 3/6/24
We welcome back Dr. Anne Hendershott of Franciscan University to discuss her latest articles in Crisis Magazine and Catholic World Report on Catholic higher education. What makes a university distinctively Catholic, and why do so many within these institutions act in ways opposed to their stated mission?
Show Notes
Ex Corde Ecclesiae Still Matters | Crisis Magazine
Ex Corde Ecclesiae (August 15, 1990) | John Paul II
Feminist theologians express frustration, hopes for October's synodal assembly – Catholic World Report
Status Envy: The Politics of Catholic Higher Education
The Poor Old Liberal Arts
The Dying of the Light: The Disengagement of Colleges and Universities from Their Christian Churches | James Tunstead Burtchaell
The Cardinal Newman Society
Evaluating Catholic Schools (Kelly Salomon/Dr. Denise Donohue) 5/16/23
Reclaiming the Trades: A New of Form of Higher Education (Mike Sullivan) 12/19/23
College of St. Joseph the Worker
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Mar 5, 2024 • 52min
Diagnosing Our Culture (Sarah Cain) 3/5/24
We welcome back Sarah Cain, known as The Crusader Gal to diagnose our culture, both in secular society and within the Church. Why do so many seem committed to insanity? Is there good news to be found anywhere? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.
Show Notes
CPAC: Too Gay to Conserve
Drag Queens Desecrate Church—Who Let Them?
Losing Our Culture, One Word at a Time - by Sarah Cain
Yearning for No Service - by Sarah Cain - Homefront Crusade
They Don't Make Funerals Like They Used To (Timothy Williams) 03/15/22
Getting the spiritual works of mercy right
Quote by Fulton J. Sheen from Life Of Christ

Mar 4, 2024 • 52min
An Honest Look at IVF (Leila Lawler) 3/4/24
We welcome back Leila Lawler to discuss false compassion and the emotional manipulation being used to sidestep the numerous moral concerns surrounding IVF. When has this strategy been used in previous cultural issues, and are Catholics on track to fall for it again?
Show Notes
Like Mother, Like Daughter
The aborted fetal cell research world you know nothing about
The Concentration Can: When Does Human Life Begin? an Eminent Geneticist Testifies: Lejeune, Jerome
Pope Paul VI Institute
The Gianna Center | Catholic Health
Follow Alabama's Supreme Court. IVF Is Disgusting and Evil
The Effect of Conflict of Interest on Biomedical Research and Clinical Practice Guidelines: Can We Trust the Evidence in Evidence-Based Medicine?
Fact and Fiction in the Alabama Frozen-Embryo Case
Democrats File Bill to Make IVF a "Right," Destroying Human Beings With No Accountability - LifeNews.com
Selling Embryos & Making A Killing (Dr. Tara Sander Lee) 7/10/23
Women & Children For Sale (Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse) 1/24/24
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Mar 1, 2024 • 52min
Second Thoughts about Lent (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 3/1/24
In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue reads some excepts from his upcoming book project to spark your Lenten meditations. How can we best pray with Christ as we move through this time of mortification? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.
Show Notes
Just Another Lent at Saint Typical's (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/23/24
The Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows | Marians of the Immaculate Conception
Suscipe | St. Ignatius of Loyola
How Gratitude Can Transform Your Life
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Feb 29, 2024 • 52min
The Lie of Eucharistic Hospitality (Fr. Casey Jones) 2/29/24
We welcome back Fr. Casey Jones of the Diocese of Venice in Florida to discuss Eucharistic profanation, false enthusiasm, and the ill effects of misunderstanding Sunday Mass. What response has Fr. Jones had to preaching uncomfortable truths?
Show Notes
Seton Naples | YouTube
The Grave Danger of Receiving the Eucharist Unworthily
Catholics and Protestants in Germany announce intercommunion move despite Vatican objections
A Eucharistic Revolt (Fr. Casey Jones) 3/22/23
Getting the spiritual works of mercy right
Is Your Parish Like a Convenience Store?
Enthusiasm: A Chapter in the History of Religion - Ronald Knox
The Worship of Taylor Swift (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 7/28/23
Redemptionis Sacramentum (March 25, 2004)
Christ Will Cleanse the Temple (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 8/11/23
The Real Presence - St. Peter Julian Eymard
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Feb 28, 2024 • 52min
The Disappearance of Canon Law (Fr. Gerald Murray) 2/28/24
We welcome back author and canon lawyer Fr. Gerald Murray of EWTN to discuss the willful neglect of canon law seen in recent headlines within the Church. What is the effect of both clergy and laymen acting as if law doesn't matter?
Show Notes
Vatican Doctrine Office Reaffirms That Catholics Cannot Be Freemasons
Report: Cardinal Calls for 'Permanent' Dialogue with Freemasons| National Catholic Register
Cardinal Nichols Prohibits Traditional Easter Triduum Services| National Catholic Register
What Many Priests No Longer Believe | Homiletic & Pastoral Review
Seven Sorrows Devotion
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Feb 27, 2024 • 52min
AI Girlfriends—Why Not? (Julian Kwasniewski) 2/27/24
We welcome back journalist and artist Julian Kwasniewski of Wyoming Catholic College to discuss his latest articles in The Catholic Thing and Crisis Magazine. How might the rise of so-called AI relationships cause us to make a radical choice for reality? Father finishes with Timely Thoughts.
Show Notes
Why I Love AI (It's Not Why You Think) - The Catholic Thing
AI "Girlfriends" Prove Modern Men Don't Think Women Are Human - Crisis Magazine
The Body is the Alphabet of the Soul
We Can't Compete With AI Girlfriends - by Freya India
You Don't Need To Document Everything - by Freya India
Loneliness is a lucrative industry! - by Freya India
Artificial intelligence - Infogalactic
Which Face Is Real?
What We Learned in 2023 About Gen Z's Mental Health Crisis
Breaking Up With Pornography (Steve Pokorny) 10/10/23
Real Philosophy for Real People: Tools for Truthful Living - Audiobook Now Available!
A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper
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Feb 26, 2024 • 52min
Let’s Get Real About Hellfire (Kennedy Hall) 2/26/24
We welcome back author and journalist Kennedy Hall to discuss his latest article in Crisis Magazine. How can we benefit this Lent by meditating on the reality of Hell, and why have the Four Last Things been so often neglected?
Show Notes
Hellfire is Realer Than Real - Crisis Magazine
The Justice and Yes, the Mercy of Hell
Want a better Lent? Go to Hell!
Fra Angelico - The Last Judgment
The Screwtape Letters Narrated by John Cleese - Complete
The Screwtape Letters (The C.S. Lewis Signature Classics)
Nefarious: The Must-See Movie (Cary Solomon) 5/15/23
How Christ Said the First Mass: or, The Lord's Last Supper - Fr. James Meagher
A Brief Reader on the Virtues of the Human Heart - Josef Pieper
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Feb 23, 2024 • 53min
Just Another Lent at Saint Typical’s (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 2/23/24
In Let's Talk About This, Fr. McTeigue discusses another disturbing aspect of St. Typical's: not taking Lent seriously. What can the faithful do to act against half-hearted pretending? He finishes with Weekend Readiness to help you prepare for the upcoming Sunday Mass.
Show Notes
What Many Priests No Longer Believe | Homiletic & Pastoral Review
Sunday Mass At St. Typical's (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/21/23
The Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows | Marians of the Immaculate Conception
4 Signs you might be spiritually dead
Lent: No more deals with the devil!
Good Friday by Christina Rossetti | Aleteia
Poem: "An Autobiography in Five Chapters" by Portia Nelson
Stations of the Cross composed by Ignatius Cardinal Kung Pin-Mei during his imprisonment in Communist China
Tuberville acknowledges 'hard' situation for women after Alabama IVF ruling
With God in Russia: The Inspiring Classic Account of a Catholic Priest's Twenty-three Years in Soviet Prisons and Labor Camps
He Leadeth Me | Fr. Walter Ciszek, S.J.
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Feb 22, 2024 • 52min
Building and Rebuilding Family Life (Dan Lawson) 2/22/24
We welcome therapist Dan Lawson of Catholic Therapy Solutions to discuss the modern state of marriage and the family. How can couples course correct in order to achieve their goals?
Show Notes
Catholic Therapy Solutions
Hearts Renewed
Treasuring the Goods of Marriage in a Throwaway Society
Smuggling Hope Podcast: How to Build Your Family Culture | Spotify
Why Is Family Life So Hard? (Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J.) 4/29/22
The Enemies of Love | Aelred Watkins
How to unite mind, soul, and body against sin
Why can't we reason with pain and sin?
Can pain be a near occasion of sin?
Why do we desire what's bad for us?
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