A Catholic Take

Guests:

1. Dr. Anthony Stine – Return to Tradition
   • Archbishop Coakley meets with President Trump
   • Cardinal Burke: Consistory Was a “Great Benefit,” Concerns Raised Over Papal Workload
   • The Devil – Venerable Fulton Sheen
   • Trump admin quietly restored tens of millions to Planned Parenthood
   • Trump administration restores Title X funding to Planned Parenthood
   • Analysis: legal pressures were behind Planned Parenthood’s restored funding

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The News:

• Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act
• Trump admin drops one-year religious visa wait period
• US PLAN FOR GAZA ENTERS PHASE 2
• Trump unveils health care affordability plan
• 20 People Charged in Massive Basketball game-fixing scandal
• FLAWED AI ADVANCED INEXPERIENCED ICE AGENTS

Saint of the Day:

• St. Marcellus I – Pope & Martyr (d. 309) – Beaten and exiled under Emperor Maxentius – considered a martyr for his sufferings

Gospel of the Day:

Mark 2:1-12

When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it became known that he was at home. Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them, not even around the door, and he preached the word to them. They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they opened up the roof above him.
After they had broken through, they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to him, “Child, your sins are forgiven.” Now some of the scribes were sitting there asking themselves, “Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming. Who but God alone can forgive sins?” Jesus immediately knew in his mind what they were thinking to themselves, so he said, “Why are you thinking such things in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, pick up your mat and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth” –he said to the paralytic, “I say to you, rise, pick up your mat, and go home.” He rose, picked up his mat at once, and went away in the sight of everyone. They were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”

Guests:

1. Nicholas Cavazos – The Traditional Thomist
   • What Is a ‘Just War’?
   • Pope Francis: ‘I believe it is time to rethink the concept of a just war’
2. Steve Friend – American Radicals Podcast

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The News:

• U.S. orders evacuation of Qatar military base
• FBI Raids Washington Post Reporter’s Home
• TRUMP SUGGESTS PLANS TO STRIKE IRAN PAUSED
• Supreme Court rules House Republican can challenge mail ballot deadline
• Vatican prosecutor steps aside as appeal moves forward
• US, DENMARK IN ‘FUNDAMENTAL DISAGREEMENT’ ON GREENLAND

Saint of the Day:

• St. Paul the First Hermit – Confessor (d. ca. 341) – Egyptian hermit – late friend of St. Anthony the Great

Gospel of the Day:

Mark 1:40-45

A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched the leper, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.” The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean. Then, warning him sternly, he dismissed him at once. Then he said to him, “See that you tell no one anything, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them.” The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter. He spread the report abroad so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly. He remained outside in deserted places, and people kept coming to him from everywhere.

Guests:

1. Jordan Pacheco – Glad Trad Podcast
   • Cardinal Roche Defends Traditionis Custodes at Extraordinary Consistory
   • Cardinal Roche’s consistory document on the Traditional Latin Mass revealed

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The News:

• Supreme Court hears high-stakes Title IX case
• ‘Dilbert’ creator Scott Adams dies at age 68
• TRUMP CANCELS MEETINGS WITH IRAN, VOWS TO INTERVENE
• Denmark Says it Helped U.S. Intercept Tanker’
• Florida Republican Neal Dunn will retire from Congress
• US BISHOPS’ PRESIDENT VISITS WHITE HOUSE

Saint of the Day:

• St. Hilary of Poitiers – Bishop, Confessor & Doctor of the Church (d. 367-68) – Bishop of Poitiers – “Hammer of the Arians” – “Athanasius of the West”

Gospel of the Day:

Mark 1:29-39

On leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her. He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her and she waited on them.

When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were ill or possessed by demons. The whole town was gathered at the door. He cured many who were sick with various diseases, and he drove out many demons, not permitting them to speak because they knew him.

Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed. Simon and those who were with him pursued him and on finding him said, “Everyone is looking for you.” He told them, “Let us go on to the nearby villages that I may preach there also. For this purpose have I come.” So he went into their synagogues, preaching and driving out demons throughout the whole of Galilee.

Guests:

1. Fr. John Brancich, FSSP – St. Stanislaus, Nashua, NH – Ask A Priest Live
   • ‘Back on the air’ – Fulton Sheen beatification to be announced

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The News:

• Articles of impeachment against Walz may be released
• Mark Kelly sues Pentagon & Hegseth
• IRAN CALLS FOR NEGOTIATION, WARNS AGAINST WAR
• Pope Leo XIV meets Venezuelan opposition leader
• 15,000 Nurses Go on Strike at NYC Hospitals
• ICE SHOOTING DISPUTES COULD SHUT DOWN GOVERNMENT

Saint of the Day:

• St. John the Baptist – Baptism of Our Lord – Octave-Day of the Epiphany

Gospel of the Day:

Mark 1:21-28

Jesus came to Capernaum with his followers, and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught. The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes. In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit; he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are–the Holy One of God!” Jesus rebuked him and said, “Quiet! Come out of him!” The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud cry came out of him. All were amazed and asked one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority. He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him.” His fame spread everywhere throughout the whole region of Galilee.

Guests:

1. Mike Koeniger – Former U.S. Coast Guard
   • Trump: U.S. Will Act on Greenland ‘Whether They Like It or Not’
   • Trump says US needs to ‘own’ Greenland to prevent Russia and China from taking it
   • US used sonic weapon on Venezuelan troops, report shared by Leavitt claims
2. Prof. Matthew A. Tsakanikas – Substack
   • Reading the Apocalypse with Saint Augustine
   • Evangelicals’ support for Israel is dropping
   • Settler violence in the Jordan Valley expels Palestinians from one of the few towns left standing

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The News:

• US military carries out large-scale strikes against Islamic State targets across Syria
• Iran Warns of Strikes on U.S. Troops as Trump Weighs Action; 538 Iranian Protesters Reported Dead
• POPE LEO CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON HUMAN DIGNITY
• Federal prosecutors open criminal investigation into the Fed and Jerome Powell
• CARDINAL ZEN DENOUNCES ‘BERGOGLIAN SYNODALITY’
• Judge blocks Trump from freezing $10 billion in child, family aid to five US states

Saint of the Day:

• St. Ælred – Abbot & Confessor (d. 1166-67) – Superior of the Cistercians in England – “The English St. Bernard”

Gospel of the Day:

Mark 1:14-20

After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the Gospel of God: “This is the time of fulfillment. The Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the Gospel.”

As he passed by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea; they were fishermen. Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Then they left their nets and followed him. He walked along a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They too were in a boat mending their nets. Then he called them. So they left their father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and followed him.

Guests:

1. Rob Marro, Jr. – Catholic Writer
   • Malachi Martin: In the Shadows of the Vatican
2. Dr. Anthony Stine – Return to Tradition
   • Bp. Barron Criticizes Synodality
   • Was the liturgy ignored during the first consistory of Pope Leo XIV?

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The News:

• Senate advances resolution to block Trump from using military in Venezuela
• Venezuelan Regime Confirms Now Negotiating Sale of Oil to U.S.
• IRAN REPORTEDLY SHUTS DOWN INTERNET AS PROTESTS GROW
• Judge disqualifies NY U.S. Attorney and quashes subpoenas against Letitia James
• Nicaraguan cardinal absent from Rome consistory
• ARIZONA BILL WOULD CRIMINALIZE CONFESSIONAL SEAL

Saint of the Day:

• St. Adrian of Canterbury – Abbot & Confessor (d. 709-10) – Abbot of Ss. Peter & Paul, later known as St. Augustine’s – friend of St. Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury

Gospel of the Day:

Luke 5:12-16

It happened that there was a man full of leprosy in one of the towns where Jesus was; and when he saw Jesus, he fell prostrate, pleaded with him, and said, “Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.” Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, “I do will it. Be made clean.” And the leprosy left him immediately. Then he ordered him not to tell anyone, but “Go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them.” The report about him spread all the more, and great crowds assembled to listen to him and to be cured of their ailments, but he would withdraw to deserted places to pray.