Catholic Social Teaching

Every week millions of Americans turned on their radios to listen to the fiery and controversial broadcasts of Fr. Charles Coughlin. He was loved and hated, with him there was, as he said, no middle ground. Links: Some of Fr. Coughlin’s radio broadcasts Fr. Coughlin’s “Am I an Anti-Semite?” The program and principles of the […]

Pope Leo XIII began his pontificate with a great vision of the Third Order of Saint Francis bringing about the salvation of Europe and the World. It didn’t quite turn out that way. Links: Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical on Saint Francis and the Franciscans – Auspicato Concessum The Leonine Rule – Misericors Dei Filius Previous […]

Archbishop Joseph M. Raya was a tireless worker for social justice throughout the Middle East and the United States and he was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Hear why his example continues to be valuable for us today. Plus, visiting Salzburg and Munich. Links: “Go to the Deep” on Archbishop Raya Wikipedia site on […]

I’m back in business with a new episode on how Pope Innocent III began the public hospital in Europe and the patron saint of Holy Fools, Saint Simeon, who reminds us not to judge by appearances as well as things not to do when you are in church. Plus, what I’ve been up to since […]

A special interview with Deirdre McQuade, the assistant director for policy and communications with the USCCB, about FOCA and the Right to Life Movement. Plus, travel in Poland and “What is God Doing In My Life Right Now” Day Links: National Committee for a Human Life Amendment USCCB’s Pro-Life Page Photos of me celebrating Mass […]

Tales from Salzburg and Munich as I speak French at a German Mass. Summing up Catholic Social Teaching and its importance for the European Union. Links: My pictures from Salzburg and Munich SQPN – Star Quest Production Network Send e-mail questions and comments to [email protected] or leave voicemail at 1 740 936 4354. To listen, […]

More Austrian adventures both in cooking and the weather, plus a continuing look at the history of Catholic Social Teaching and the Worker Priest. Drop me an e-mail or leave a comment if the Catholic:Under The Hood t-shirt sounds good to you. Links: Quadragesimo Anno SQPN – Star Quest Production Network Send e-mail questions and […]

More adventures in Austria and the first of a series of podcasts on Catholic Social Teaching, its history and what it means for us today. Plus, some listener help with my German. Links: My Flikr photos – including those taken in Austria Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church on Vatican Website Compendium […]

Join us as we look at changes in the US Liturgy, Trinity Sunday, and how one gets to be a martyr — and how shamrocks relate to all that! Thanks to everyone who has voted at Podcast Alley and left a pin up on the Frappr Map. Feel free to send e-mail or voice mail […]

In this week’s episode, we begin with a look at what it means to be a missionary in an interview with Fr. Stan Holland, TOR – some unusual and odd news [some of it even true!] – and I give my impressions of Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Deus Caritas Est. “Oh I Praise You” by […]