J.R.R. Tolkien - On Fairy-Stories (unabridged) | Catholic Culture Audiobooks Catholic Culture 2026-09-21 | J.R.R. Tolkien - On Fairy-Stories (unabridged) | Catholic Culture Audiobooks
Boethius and the critique of Stoicism, w/ Thomas Ward Catholic Culture 2025-07-31 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “St. Boethius, Stoicism and Neoplatonism”, with Thomas Ward. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/rdWJ2CGfg80SUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
AI and sacred art w/ Susannah Black Roberts Catholic Culture 2025-07-29 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Christians against AI art”, with Susannah Black Roberts. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/gW3CEMTbTWkSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
Fulton Sheens persecution by Cardinal Spellman, w/ Cheryl Hughes Catholic Culture 2025-07-24 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Fulton Sheen, Convert Maker”, with Cheryl D.C. Hughes. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/tAzu3oJapToSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
5.16 St. Anthony of Padua: Hammer of Heresy | Way of the Fathers Catholic Culture 2025-07-23 | St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) is actually called the Hammer of Heretics, but the truth is that even in his uncompromising critiques of heresy, he had compassion for those who were led astray by the heresies, and he refused to engage in the personal attacks and name-calling that are so prevalent in apologetics, even among some other saints. So his homiletical hammer, as it were, was aimed more at the heresies than at the heretics. Listen in to find out why he's also the patron of people who have lost something. Links For more on how the Church fathers interpreted Scripture, see Reading Scripture Like the Early Church: sophiainstitute.com/product/reading-scripture-like-the-early-church SIGN UP for Catholic Culture’s Newsletter: catholicculture.org/newsletters DONATE at: http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio Dr. Papandrea’s Homepage: http://www.jimpapandrea.com Dr. Papandrea’s YouTube channel, The Original Church: youtube.com/@TheOriginalChurch Dr. Papandrea’s book on ROME is revised and updated for the Jubilee year: ROME: A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Eternal City - Second Edition: wipfandstock.com/9798385206643/rome-second-edition Theme Music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed: ccwatershed.org
Soul of the Apostolate, Ep. 2 - Union of Active & Interior Life | Catholic Culture Audiobooks Catholic Culture 2025-07-22 | "The life of action ought to flow from the contemplative life, to interpret and extend it, outside oneself, though at the same time being detached from it as little as possible." Part Two of this classic work by the French Trappist monk, Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard (1858-1935), further explores the inseparable interdependence of the active and the interior lives—each depends upon, presupposes, and completes the other. Episode 2: Part Two 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - 1. The priority of the interior over the active life in the eyes of God 10:30 - 2. Good works should be nothing but an overflow from the inner life 16:36 - 3. Active works must begin and end in the interior life, and, in it, find their means 25:11 - 4. The active and interior lives are completely interdependent 36:22 - 5. The excellence of this union This work will be released in its entirety in episodic format. Links The Soul of the Apostolate full text: cmri.org/0-olmc-mission/catholic-books/soul_of_the_apostolate.pdf SUBSCRIBE to Catholic Culture Audiobooks podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/catholic-culture-audiobooks/id1482214268 SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter http://www.catholicculture.org/newsletter DONATE at http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio Theme music: "2 Part Invention", composed by Mark Christopher Brandt, performed by Thomas Mirus. ©️2019 Heart of the Lion Publishing Co./BMI. All rights reserved.
Introduction to Catholic poet Franz Wright, w/ Ryan Wilson Catholic Culture 2025-07-22 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Ghosts of memory, myths, and contemporary Catholic poets”, with Ryan Wilson. Watch the full episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=z2c7qWmPMGYSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
Moral Questions about NFP w/ Eamonn Clark | Catholic Culture Podcast #200 Catholic Culture 2025-07-21 | --Get free PDF of New Questions, Old Answers: Catholic Morals and Natural Family Planning profide.io/nfp--Article on the marital debt christianrenaissancemovement.com/2023/02/23/thoughts-on-the-marital-debtThe way Natural Family Planning is commonly taught does not adequately reflect the Church’s perennial teachings on the purpose of marital relations, on sexual asceticism, and the good of continence. To be sure, critics of NFP are wrong when they say it is the same as contraception. The Church has deemed it legitimate to use under certain circumstances. Yet its typical presentation in marriage prep programs and by popular Catholic speakers has ended up, in practice, encouraging couples toward habitual venial sin. Discussions of NFP often end up in confusion because they fail to distinguish two separate moral issues: that of avoiding marital relations during fertile periods, and that of engaging in them specifically during infertile periods. As to the first issue, the Church has said we need sufficient reason to deliberately avoid procreating for a long period of time. But the second issue involves a moral doctrine that is virtually never heard of today: that there are particular ends which must be intended in any act of marital relations, and in particular, that it is a venial sin for married couples to have relations purely for pleasure (solam voluptatem, in Pope Innocent XI’s phrase). The latter is the teaching of all Fathers and Doctors of the Church without exception.Given this moral doctrine, and given the Church’s (and St. Paul’s) traditional encouragement of asceticism within marriage, the question arises: may married couples engage in recreational relations specifically while trying to avoid conception? Answering this question involves questions about the intrinsic ends of sexual intercourse, questions about what “purely for pleasure” even means, etc.The stakes of the question are low in the sense that this would generally be a matter of venial sin, but high in the sense that it bears on our understanding of the very purpose of marriage and sex, and because habitual, deliberate venial sin is incompatible with a marriage’s growth in holiness.Moral theologian Eamonn Clark joins the podcast to discuss his groundbreaking book (the first on this topic since the 1940s), New Questions, Old Answers: Catholic Morals and Natural Family Planning. His conclusions occupy a middle ground between the extremely strict position of some great Catholic authorities of the past, and the laxity and sensualism presented by some well-regarded and well-meaning popular speakers today.This discussion will be spiritually and perhaps emotionally challenging to many listeners, but I urge you to listen with an open heart, because even if you end up disagreeing with some of the specific conclusions, you will come away better informed about Church teaching, and equipped to consider for yourself how you can seek greater holiness in marriage. In particular, I highly recommend Eamonn’s book to anyone who is involved in running marriage preparation programs.Eamonn Clark is a licensed moral theologian of the Catholic Church – he has an STB and STL from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, where he is currently a lay doctoral student researching the social teaching of Pope Pius XI.SUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807DONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
Fulton Sheens struggle with vanity, w/ Cheryl Hughes Catholic Culture 2025-07-17 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Fulton Sheen, Convert Maker”, with Cheryl D.C. Hughes. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/tAzu3oJapToSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
A hard world for little things: The Night of the Hunter (1955) | Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast Catholic Culture 2025-07-16 | James and Thomas discuss one of their favorite films, The Night of the Hunter, directed by Charles Laughton. It’s about the sacred innocence of children, and discerning true vs. false prophets. A unique mix of fairy tale, horror, and Southern gothic with expressionist visuals, The Night of the Hunter contains some of the most striking and poetic sequences ever filmed.SUBSCRIBE to Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/criteria-the-catholic-film-podcast/id1511359063SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to keep this podcast going: catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholiccultureMusic is The Duskwhales, “Take It Back”, used with permission. theduskwhales.bandcamp.com
Why AI art is an oxymoron w/ Susannah Black Roberts Catholic Culture 2025-07-15 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Christians against AI art”, with Susannah Black Roberts. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/gW3CEMTbTWkSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
Duruflé’s Benediction motets and Pius Xs instructions for sacred music, w/ Christopher Berry Catholic Culture 2025-07-10 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Duruflé's Requiem”, with Christopher Berry. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/a0uzbT69fYYSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
5.15 St. Anthony of Padua: Doctor of the Gospel | Way of the Fathers Catholic Culture 2025-07-09 | St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) is called the Doctor of the Gospel, or the Evangelical Doctor, because he is known as both an expert in biblical interpretation, as well as one of the greatest preachers the Church has ever produced. Links SIGN UP for Catholic Culture’s Newsletter: catholicculture.org/newsletters DONATE at: http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio Dr. Papandrea’s Homepage: http://www.jimpapandrea.com Dr. Papandrea’s YouTube channel, The Original Church: youtube.com/@TheOriginalChurch Dr. Papandrea’s book on ROME is revised and updated for the Jubilee year: ROME: A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Eternal City - Second Edition: wipfandstock.com/9798385206643/rome-second-edition Theme Music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed: ccwatershed.org
Pope Leo XIII on the restoration of Christian philosophy | Catholic Culture Podcast 199 Catholic Culture 2025-07-08 | This is the first in a series of episodes (accompanied by articles) surveying the most important encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII. His third encyclical, Aeterni Patris (1879), on the restoration of Christian philosophy, famously called for a revival of the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas.LINKSThomas’s article on Aeterni Patris, “Leo XIII and the restoration of Christian philosophy” catholicculture.org/commentary/leo-xiii-on-restoration-christian-philosophyPope Leo XIII, Aeterni Patris https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_04081879_aeterni-patris.htmlThe Great Encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII: Volume Two – The Spiritual Letters clunymedia.com/products/the-great-encyclicals-of-pope-leo-xiii-volume-two-the-spiritual-lettersRussell Hittinger, On the Dignity of Society: Catholic Social Teaching and Natural Law cuapress.org/9780813238234/on-the-dignity-of-societySUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807DONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
Fulton Sheen’s shockingly direct evangelization methods, w/ Cheryl Hughes Catholic Culture 2025-07-07 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Fulton Sheen, Convert Maker”, with Cheryl D.C. Hughes. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/tAzu3oJapToSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
Soul of the Apostolate, Ep. 1 - Active Works & the Interior Life | Catholic Culture Audiobooks Catholic Culture 2025-07-03 | "If God calls me to apply my activity not only to my own sanctification, but also to good works, I must establish this firm conviction, before everything else, in my mind: Jesus has got to be, and wishes to be, the life of these works. My efforts, by themselves, are nothing, absolutely nothing." Part One of this classic work by the French Trappist monk, Dom Jean-Baptiste Chautard (1858-1935), examines the relationship between exterior works and the interior life of the apostle, demonstrating how the fruitfulness of the former depends entirely upon the vitality of the latter. Episode 1: Part One 00:00 - Intro 00:38 - Prologue05:50 - 1. God wants good works, and therefore zealous action 13:00 - 2. God wills that the life-principle of our works be Christ 20:59 - 3. What is the interior life? 42:58 - 4. Ignorance and neglect of this interior life 49:55 - 5. Is the interior life lazy? 01:04:06 - 6. Is the interior life selfish? 01:16:54 - 7. No conflict between the interior life and the salvation of soulsThis work will be released in its entirety in episodic format. The Soul of the Apostolate full text: cmri.org/0-olmc-mission/catholic-books/soul_of_the_apostolate.pdf SUBSCRIBE to Catholic Culture Audiobooks podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/catholic-culture-audiobooks/id1482214268 SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter http://www.catholicculture.org/newsletter DONATE at http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio Theme music: "2 Part Invention", composed by Mark Christopher Brandt, performed by Thomas Mirus. ©️2019 Heart of the Lion Publishing Co./BMI. All rights reserved.
The most beautiful sacred music of the 20th century? Duruflé’s Requiem, w/ Christopher Berry Catholic Culture 2025-07-03 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Duruflé's Requiem”, with Christopher Berry. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/a0uzbT69fYYSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
Fulton Sheens TV showmanship and cultural influence, w/ Cheryl Hughes Catholic Culture 2025-07-01 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Fulton Sheen, Convert Maker”, with Cheryl D.C. Hughes. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/tAzu3oJapToSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
The Music of St. Hildegard of Bingen - Margot Fassler | Catholic Culture Podcast #198 Catholic Culture 2025-06-30 | St. Hildegard of Bingen, 12th-century abbess, mystic, polymath, and Doctor of the Church, is best known to non-Catholics for something else – her music. We have more pieces of music by Hildegard than by any other medieval composer whose name we know. Her chants are beautiful, otherworldly, virtuosic and ahead of their time. Some of them were written for her morality play, the Ordo virtutum, which is also the first of its kind. Musicologist Margot Fassler joins the podcast to discuss what makes St. Hildegard’s music so special.This episode is a crossover with Way of the Fathers, where Dr. Jim Papandrea has done two episodes introducing St. Hildegard’s life and writings. Make sure to listen to those for more context about St. Hildegard.LINKSWay of the Fathers episodes on St. Hildegard’s life and works:catholicculture.org/commentary/512-st-hildegard-bingen-multimedia-visionarycatholicculture.org/commentary/513-st-hildegard-bingen-teutonic-prophetessSt. Hildegard’s letter to the Prelates of Mainz digfir-published.macmillanusa.com/mckay11eepages/mckay11eepages_ch9_4.htmlMargot Fassler, Cosmos, Liturgy, and the Arts in the Twelfth Century: Hildegard’s Illuminated Scivias pennpress.org/9781512823073/cosmos-liturgy-and-the-arts-in-the-twelfth-centuryAll music used with permission from Benjamin Bagby & Sequentia, who have recorded her complete works. The specific pieces in this episode can be found on the albums Ordo Virtutum, Symphoniae, and Voice of the Blood. sequentia.org/projects/hildegard.htmlSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807DONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
“Disobedience”, a poem set in Venice, by Ryan Wilson Catholic Culture 2025-06-26 | Ryan Wilson reads his poem "Disobedience" from his collection, In Ghostlight.This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Ghosts of memory, myths, and contemporary Catholic poets”, with Ryan Wilson. Watch the full episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=z2c7qWmPMGYSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
5.13 St. Hildegard of Bingen: Teutonic Prophetess | Way of the Fathers Catholic Culture 2025-06-25 | St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was a mystic, an anointed prophet, a reformer, theologian, poet, teacher, and preacher. Over eight centuries ago, she wrote, “Today the Catholic faith is in a state of agitation, on a global scale. The gospel limps its way around the world; the early Church fathers, who wrote so well, are ignored; people are apathetic; they refuse to read and taste the nourishment in the Scriptures.” LINKS To get a sense of what the Cathars were all about, here’s the Way of the Fathers episode on gnosticism: youtu.be/JYeyevLBF4I?si=rr0eWytzOAuHyPfH Carmen Acevedo Butcher’s Hildegard of Bingen: A Spiritual Reader: paracletepress.com/products/hildegard-of-bingen-doctor-of-the-church?_pos=1&_sid=82546e597&_ss=r Playlist of Hildegard’s Music on YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nJez_L5_xEzOeIgUp4rEsPrdri_ZJIG-E Playlist of Richard Souther’s VISION: The Music of Hildegard von Bingen: youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kAiH-A34ukq1uYyDEBJ3-Qpzwbxf0-U-Y Margot Fassler’s Cosmos, Liturgy, and the Arts in the Twelfth Century: Hildegard's Illuminated "Scivias" pennpress.org/9781512823073/cosmos-liturgy-and-the-arts-in-the-twelfth-century The Camrbidge Companion to Hildegard of Bingen: cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/literature/european-literature/cambridge-companion-hildegard-bingen?format=PB&isbn=9781108457811 SIGN UP for Catholic Culture’s Newsletter: catholicculture.org/newsletters DONATE at: http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio Dr. Papandrea’s Homepage: http://www.jimpapandrea.com Dr. Papandrea’s YouTube channel, The Original Church: youtube.com/@TheOriginalChurch To ask questions, make comments, or interact with Dr. Papandrea, join the conversation in the Original Church Community: theoriginalchurch.locals.com Theme Music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed: ccwatershed.org
Sacred organ improvisation in the French tradition, w/ Christopher Berry Catholic Culture 2025-06-24 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Duruflé's Requiem”, with Christopher Berry. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/a0uzbT69fYYSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
Story as moral argument w/ Daniel McInerny Catholic Culture 2025-06-19 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Beauty, Imitation, and Music”, with Daniel McInerny. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/_luXSfqKr-cSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
Hitchcocks I CONFESS and the worlds failure to understand priesthood | Criteria Catholic Culture 2025-06-17 | In Alfred Hitchcock’s 1953 film I Confess, a young priest in Quebec City is suspected of murder because of his unwillingness to break the seal of confession. A major theme of the film is the incomprehension with which the world sees the priesthood, such that people project their own sins onto the priest, resulting in a kind of white martyrdom.SUBSCRIBE to Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/criteria-the-catholic-film-podcast/id1511359063SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to keep this podcast going: catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholiccultureMusic is The Duskwhales, “Take It Back”, used with permission. theduskwhales.bandcamp.com
Intro to the great sacred composer Maurice Duruflé, w/ Christopher Berry Catholic Culture 2025-06-16 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Duruflé's Requiem”, with Christopher Berry. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/a0uzbT69fYYPiece heard is "Libera me" from the Requiem by Maurice Duruflé.SUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
Importance of the mimetic view of art, w/ Daniel McInerny Catholic Culture 2025-06-12 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Beauty, Imitation, and Music”, with Daniel McInerny. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/_luXSfqKr-cSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
5.12 St. Hildegard of Bingen: Multimedia Visionary | Way of the Fathers Catholic Culture 2025-06-11 | St. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was a visionary, teacher, Abbess, composer, theologian, painter, and the first woman in history to be given papal approval to preach in public. Four centuries before the emergence of the “Renaissance Man,” there was Hildegard of Bingen. Usually known mostly for her music (and rightfully so) there is so much more to this medieval mystic. LINKS To get a sense of what the Cathars were all about, here’s the Way of the Fathers episode on gnosticism: youtu.be/JYeyevLBF4I?si=rr0eWytzOAuHyPfH Playlist of Hildegard’s Music on YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nJez_L5_xEzOeIgUp4rEsPrdri_ZJIG-E Margot Fassler’s Cosmos, Liturgy, and the Arts in the Twelfth Century: Hildegard's Illuminated "Scivias" pennpress.org/9781512823073/cosmos-liturgy-and-the-arts-in-the-twelfth-century Carmen Acevedo Butcher’s Hildegard of Bingen: A Spiritual Reader: paracletepress.com/products/hildegard-of-bingen-doctor-of-the-church?_pos=1&_sid=82546e597&_ss=r The Cambridge Companion to Hildegard of Bingen: cambridge.org/us/universitypress/subjects/literature/european-literature/cambridge-companion-hildegard-bingen?format=PB&isbn=9781108457811 SIGN UP for Catholic Culture’s Newsletter: catholicculture.org/newsletters DONATE at: http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio Dr. Papandrea’s Homepage: http://www.jimpapandrea.com Dr. Papandrea’s YouTube channel, The Original Church: youtube.com/@TheOriginalChurch To ask questions, make comments, or interact with Dr. Papandrea, join the conversation in the Original Church Community: theoriginalchurch.locals.com Theme Music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed: ccwatershed.org
Same-Sex Attraction and Conversion w/ Andrew Comiskey & Marco Casanova |Catholic Culture Podcast 197 Catholic Culture 2025-06-10 | We all know the secular world opposes the very idea of a person with same-sex attraction seeking any kind of therapy or spiritual counsel that might enable them to reach a state of healthy relations with the opposite sex. But what’s odd is that many Catholics seem to have bought into this. Many assume that if someone is not currently attracted to the opposite sex, this is a static, lifelong condition and therefore they must be called to celibacy. But this view involves multiple misunderstandings – of the SSA experience, of anthropology, of the power of God’s grace, and of the good of celibacy itself.Today’s guests know otherwise because they both have a background with same-sex attraction, and yet are each now married with children. Andrew Comiskey and Marco Casanova run Desert Stream and Living Waters Ministries, which for decades have offered help to Christians seeking healing from sexual disorders (including but not limited to SSA). This conversation offers solid, spiritually and psychologically sound, experience-based answers to some disputed questions about how the Church should be pastoring those with same-sex attraction.It's not about “conversion therapy”. It’s about conversion in the Catholic sense – one day at a time.--Can we really put a ceiling on God’s ability to heal us psychologically?--Does any attempt at such healing amount to the secular bugbear of “conversion therapy”?--What does life look like for a person with a “gay” past who is now married to the opposite sex?--Is it legitimate for Christians to embrace a gay identity as long as they don’t act out sexually?--Is there such a thing as a chaste same-sex romantic relationship?LINKSThomas Mirus, “Your sexual pathology doesn’t make you special” catholicculture.org/commentary/your-sexual-pathology-doesnt-make-you-specialAndrew Comiskey, Rediscovering Our Lost Fullness: A Guide to Sexual Integration sophiainstitute.com/product/rediscovering-our-lost-fullnessDesert Stream Ministries http://www.desertstream.orgDesert Stream on YouTube youtube.com/channel/UCJVUJQREephvIkJWlTuwXBgSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807DONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
Ad orientem worship and our tragic alienation from the past, w/ Fr. Uwe Michael Lang Catholic Culture 2025-06-09 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “The Roman Rite, ad orientem worship, and liturgical tradition”, with Fr. Uwe Michael Lang. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/kx2F2FOP1gUSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
St. John Henry Newman - The Indwelling Spirit | Catholic Culture Audiobooks Catholic Culture 2025-06-07 | "The Comforter who has come instead of Christ, must have vouchsafed to come in the same sense in which Christ came; I mean, that He has come, not merely in the way of gifts, or of influences, or of operations, as He came to the Prophets, for then Christ's going away would be a loss, and not a gain, and the Spirit's presence would be a mere pledge, not an earnest; but He comes to us as Christ came, by a real and personal visitation." A powerful Pentecost sermon from St. John Henry Newman's Anglican period. LINKS The Indwelling Spirit full text: newmanreader.org/works/parochial/volume2/index.html SUBSCRIBE to Catholic Culture Audiobooks podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/catholic-culture-audiobooks/id1482214268 SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter http://www.catholicculture.org/newsletter DONATE at http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio Theme music: "2 Part Invention", composed by Mark Christopher Brandt, performed by Thomas Mirus. ©️2019 Heart of the Lion Publishing Co./BMI. All rights reserved.
The Legion of Decency vs. 1930s Hollywood titillation, w/ Nathan Douglas Catholic Culture 2025-06-05 | This is a clip from Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast, "Church Teaching on Cinema: Pius XI". Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/2b4RoHO0Ky4SUBSCRIBE to Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/criteria-the-catholic-film-podcast/id1511359063SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholiccultureMusic is The Duskwhales, “Take It Back”, used with permission. theduskwhales.bandcamp.com
The Ritual portrays exorcism accurately, but is stuck in genre cliches | Catholic Film Podcast Catholic Culture 2025-06-03 | The new exorcism film The Ritual, starring Al Pacino and Dan Stevens, is based on the famous 1928 exorcism of Emma Schmidt, which also partially inspired The Exorcist. The Ritual is touted as more realistic and meticulously researched than most exorcism films, and it does seem to portray the rite of exorcism accurately (as the title indicates, most of the film is focused on the ritual itself). The film avoids many of the worst pitfalls of exorcism movies, such as fascination with the glamor of evil, sadism, etc. It is a Catholic-approvable treatment of the subject in that it avoids theological error, the liturgy is accurate, and God is clearly shown to be more powerful than demons.However, the film is still sensationalistic, not because its extraordinary demonic manifestations are fabricated, but because they are excessively centered at the expense of more interesting and edifying aspects of the real-life case. Those details which would have made the treatment unique and thought-provoking are too often filed down to fit the genre’s cliches or to avoid alienating a non-Catholic audience.The Ritual will be in theaters starting June 6.SUBSCRIBE to Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/criteria-the-catholic-film-podcast/id1511359063SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to keep this podcast going: catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholiccultureMusic is The Duskwhales, “Take It Back”, used with permission. theduskwhales.bandcamp.com
The redirection of eros, w/ Bishop Erik Varden Catholic Culture 2025-06-02 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Chastity, Integrity and the Desert Fathers”, with Bishop Erik Varden. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/WCl6KVeqUxYSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
Pope Pius XII on the portrayal of religion in movies Catholic Culture 2025-05-29 | This is a clip from Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast, "Pope Pius XII on The Ideal Film, Pt. 2 (Church Teaching on Cinema)". Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/6NeJp1jCnjcSUBSCRIBE to Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/criteria-the-catholic-film-podcast/id1511359063SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholiccultureMusic is The Duskwhales, “Take It Back”, used with permission. theduskwhales.bandcamp.com
5.11 St. Bernard of Clairvaux: Arbiter of Christendom | Way of the Fathers Catholic Culture 2025-05-28 | St. Bernard of Claivaux (1090—1153 AD) was the founder of the Cistercians, a reform order of the Benedictines, and was one of the Church’s true mystics. He opposed the “intentionalism” of the heretic Peter Abelard with his quip: “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” He also opposed an anti-pope, corrected a king, brokered peace in Europe, and had to nuance the doctrine of “just war” in the face of Christian losses in the Crusades.LINKSCheck out this article on St. Bernard of Clairvaux and the Active Life: catholicculture.org/commentary/bernard-clairvaux-and-active-life/?repos=6&subrepos=0&searchid=2539743Here’s the Classics of Western Spirituality volume on St. Bernard: paulistpress.com/Products/2917-5/bernard-of-clairvaux.aspxDr. Papandrea’s Homepage: http://www.jimpapandrea.comDr. Papandrea’s YouTube channel, The Original Church: youtube.com/@TheOriginalChurchTo ask questions, make comments, or interact with Dr. Papandrea, join the conversation in the Original Church Community: theoriginalchurch.locals.comTheme Music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed: ccwatershed.org
Theology of Hiking - Fr. John Nepil | Catholic Culture Podcast #196 Catholic Culture 2025-05-27 | Fr. John Nepil, priest and mountaineer, joins the podcast to discuss his book To Heights and Unto Depths: Letters from the Colorado Trail. Topics discussed include:--The modern view of "nature" vs. God's creation--A morally responsible approach to risk-taking--The modern origins of hiking as a secular activity--"Wilderness" vs. "garden" - Catholic attitudes toward the wild placesTo Heights and Unto Depths ignatius.com/to-heights-and-unto-depths-thudpDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
How the Latin Mass liberates the laity, w/ Fr. Uwe Michael Lang Catholic Culture 2025-05-26 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “The Roman Rite, ad orientem worship, and liturgical tradition”, with Fr. Uwe Michael Lang. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/kx2F2FOP1gUSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
Pope Pius XII on the potential and limits of cinema Catholic Culture 2025-05-22 | This is a clip from Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast, "Pope Pius XII on The Ideal Film, Pt. 2 (Church Teaching on Cinema)". Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/6NeJp1jCnjcSUBSCRIBE to Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/criteria-the-catholic-film-podcast/id1511359063SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholiccultureMusic is The Duskwhales, “Take It Back”, used with permission. theduskwhales.bandcamp.com
Orpheus as a hair metal singer w/ Ryan Wilson Catholic Culture 2025-05-20 | Ryan Wilson reads his poem "Behind the Music" from his collection In Ghostlight.This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Ghosts of memory, myths, and contemporary Catholic poets”, with Ryan Wilson. Watch the full episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=z2c7qWmPMGYSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
Rule of St. Benedict | Ep. 3 - Work, Governance, and Conclusion | Catholic Culture Audiobooks Catholic Culture 2025-05-16 | "Prefer nothing whatever to Christ. And may He bring us all together to life everlasting!" The Rule of St. Benedict is a foundational spiritual guide composed by St. Benedict of Nursia, the father of Western monasticism, around 530 AD. In this third episode, covering Chapters 39–73, Benedict details daily routines like meals and work, outlines hospitality and simplicity in possessions, and establishes the monastery’s governance. These final chapters conclude Benedict's Rule, presenting a vision of disciplined living, generous welcome, and unity centered on Christ. Episode 3: Ch. 39 - 73 00:00 Intro 00:38 Food, Work, and Silence (Chapters 39–47) 12:28 Labor, Hospitality, and Possessions (Chapters 48–57) 27:04 Entry and Community Structure (Chapters 58–62) 37:19 Leadership and Communal Unity (Chapters 63–73) This work released in its entirety in episodic format. Links St. Benedict's Rule for Monasteries full text: gutenberg.org/cache/epub/50040/pg50040-images.html#chapter-1 SUBSCRIBE to Catholic Culture Audiobooks podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/catholic-culture-audiobooks/id1482214268 SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter http://www.catholicculture.org/newsletter DONATE at http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio Theme music: "2 Part Invention", composed by Mark Christopher Brandt, performed by Thomas Mirus. ©️2019 Heart of the Lion Publishing Co./BMI. All rights reserved.
Problems with liturgical antiquarianism, w/ Fr. Uwe Michael Lang Catholic Culture 2025-05-16 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “The Roman Rite, ad orientem worship, and liturgical tradition”, with Fr. Uwe Michael Lang. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/kx2F2FOP1gUSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
Fragmented sexuality in Malicks To the Wonder, Knight of Cups, & Song to Song | Criteria Catholic Culture 2025-05-15 | After the artistic triumph of his magnum opus The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick had an unwontedly prolific period, releasing To the Wonder (2012), Knight of Cups (2015), and Song to Song (2017). In these films, known informally as the "Weightless Trilogy", Malick took his previous formal experimentation even further, relying heavily on improvisation stitched together with a stream-of-consciousness editing style evoking the fragments of memory. The results are undeniably aesthetically exciting, but also critically divisive, as many viewers find the latter two films particularly to lack narrative substance.The films have been of special interest to many Christians because of their explicit allusions to faith and their depiction of the emptiness of worldly pleasures as the characters search for something more. To the Wonder in particular has been championed by some Catholics because of its priest character played by Javier Bardem, and because it deals with the issue of contraception and how being closed off to children destroys a relationship (the importance of children being a theme in all three films).Across the trilogy, Malick deals with the topic of sexuality in a way seen nowhere else in modern Hollywood, consistently showing the breakdown of sexuality in excess, deviance, and using others as destructive and even sinful. In that and in other respects, the films are profoundly countercultural. However, this is dangerous material to handle in any medium, cinema above all. Malick is not always successful in threading the needle with moral purity in execution, however praiseworthy his thematic intentions. This makes it impossible to recommend these films for a wide viewership, or to anyone without caveats. Nonetheless, a discussion of these films, with all their strengths and weaknesses, is essential in considering the direction of religious cinema today - and in this episode Thomas Mirus, James Majewski, and Nathan Douglas do just that.Note: YouTube has censored versions (TV-14, blurred nudity and bleeped profanity) of Knight of Cups and Song to Song, for free with ads.00:00 Introduction12:44 Form1:04:15 Themes1:28:17 Moral problems1:52:00 Favorite sequencesSUBSCRIBE to Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/criteria-the-catholic-film-podcast/id1511359063SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to keep this podcast going: catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholiccultureMusic is The Duskwhales, “Take It Back”, used with permission. theduskwhales.bandcamp.com
5.10 St. Bernard of Clairvaux: The Mellifluous Doctor | Way of the Fathers Catholic Culture 2025-05-14 | St. Bernard of Claivaux (1090 - 1153 AD) was born to be a knight, and grew up in a castle, but he chose to be a different kind of knight - a true prayer warrior - and he supported the invention of the Christian knight by endorsing the Knights Templar. He would be the founder of the Cistercians, a reform order of the Benedictines. He was a strong advocate of devotion to Our Lady, and of orthodox doctrine, and he would turn down the office of bishop in six different cities. Listen in to find out what “mellifluous” means! SIGN UP for Catholic Culture’s Newsletter: catholicculture.org/newsletters DONATE at: http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio Dr. Papandrea’s Homepage: http://www.jimpapandrea.com Dr. Papandrea’s YouTube channel, The Original Church: youtube.com/@TheOriginalChurch To ask questions, make comments, or interact with Dr. Papandrea, join the conversation in the Original Church Community: theoriginalchurch.locals.com Theme Music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed: ccwatershed.org
Why authority does not mean totalitarianism, w/ D.C. Schindler Catholic Culture 2025-05-13 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “God and the City”, with D.C. Schindler. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/I7j-3PGSMv8SUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
Rule of St. Benedict | Ep. 2 - Prayer and Community Life | Catholic Culture Audiobooks Catholic Culture 2025-05-09 | "We believe that the divine presence is everywhere... But we should believe this especially without any doubt when we are assisting at the Work of God." The Rule of St. Benedict is a foundational spiritual guide composed by St. Benedict of Nursia, the father of Western monasticism, around 530 AD. In the chapters comprising this second episode, Benedict details the structure of the Divine Office, establishes the rhythms and roles of community life, and provides guidelines for the disciplinary measures to be taken against erring brothers. Episode 1: Ch. 1 - 7, with Prologue 00:00 Intro 00:38 Structuring Prayer (Chapters 8 - 20) 16:32 Order and Discipline (Chapters 21 - 30) 25:15 Community Life and Roles (Chapter 31 - 38) This work will be released in its entirety in episodic format. Links St. Benedict's Rule for Monasteries full text: gutenberg.org/cache/epub/50040/pg50040-images.html#chapter-1 SUBSCRIBE to Catholic Culture Audiobooks podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/catholic-culture-audiobooks/id1482214268 SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter http://www.catholicculture.org/newsletter DONATE at http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio Theme music: "2 Part Invention", composed by Mark Christopher Brandt, performed by Thomas Mirus. ©️2019 Heart of the Lion Publishing Co./BMI. All rights reserved.
The Church begins to think about movies, w/ Nathan Douglas Catholic Culture 2025-05-08 | This is a clip from Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast, "Church Teaching on Cinema: Pius XI". Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/2b4RoHO0Ky4SUBSCRIBE to Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/criteria-the-catholic-film-podcast/id1511359063SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholiccultureMusic is The Duskwhales, “Take It Back”, used with permission. theduskwhales.bandcamp.com
Friendship between men and women, w/ Bishop Erik Varden Catholic Culture 2025-05-06 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Chastity, Integrity and the Desert Fathers”, with Bishop Erik Varden. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/WCl6KVeqUxYSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
De Maria numquam satis, w/ Fr. Charles Anthony Mary, F.I. Catholic Culture 2025-05-01 | This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, "Is there ever enough of Mary?" w/ Fr. Charles Anthony Mary, F.I.. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/VE7gtAS5ND0SUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
“For a Dog”, “The Problem” – poems by Ryan Wilson Catholic Culture 2025-04-29 | Ryan Wilson reads two poems from his collection, In Ghostlight.This is a clip from the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Ghosts of memory, myths, and contemporary Catholic poets”, with Ryan Wilson. Watch the full episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=z2c7qWmPMGYSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
The Most Influential Theology Book Nobody Reads - Philipp Rosemann | Catholic Culture Podcast #195 Catholic Culture 2025-04-24 | The standard textbook of theology in medieval universities was the Sentences by Peter Lombard (1095-1160), bishop of Paris. This collection systematically arranged the theological judgments of Scripture and the Church Fathers on various topics. For almost four centuries, those seeking higher credentials in theology had to study, teach, and comment on Lombard's Sentences. It was formative for the likes of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Bonaventure. Over time, the genre of commentaries on the Sentences became its own vehicle for new developments in theology. The Sentences was not replaced by Aquinas's Summa as a standard textbook until the 16th century.Philosopher Philipp Rosemann has written two books on the Sentences and its significance for the development of theology. The first, Peter Lombard (2004), is about the book itself. The second, The Story of a Great Medieval Book: Peter Lombard's "Sentences" (2007), is about the commentary tradition on the Sentences. Rosemann gives fascinating insights into the development as theology as a systematic science, which had profound ramifications for Catholic spiritual life and the history of the West.LINKSPeter Lombard (Oxford University Press, 2004) amazon.com/Peter-Lombard-Great-Medieval-Thinkers/dp/0195155459The Story of a Great Medieval Book: Peter Lombard's "Sentences" (Toronto University Press, 2007) amazon.com/Story-Great-Medieval-Book-Rethinking-ebook/dp/B07NJ33D2FSUBSCRIBE to the Catholic Culture Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-culture-podcast/id1377089807DONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholicculture
Daniel Lord, SJ: a priest’s mission to Hollywood, w/ Nathan Douglas Catholic Culture 2025-04-22 | This is a clip from Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast, "Church Teaching on Cinema: Pius XI". Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/2b4RoHO0Ky4SUBSCRIBE to Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/criteria-the-catholic-film-podcast/id1511359063SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: catholicculture.org/newslettersDONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audioSOCIALtwitter.com/CatholicPodsfacebook.com/catholiccultureMusic is The Duskwhales, “Take It Back”, used with permission. theduskwhales.bandcamp.com
