Is Catholicism And The Modern Sports Culture Compatible?

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) talk about sports, the modern sports culture, sports history, and how a the Catholic church fits into this… or rather, how the Catholic Church ought to fit into this. Some questions stemming from this: how important is 'play' and how important is entertainment?

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) talk about the fruits of prayer, the number of prayer intentions, and whether one effects the other. For example, if a man prays for two things, and offers something up for that, does whatever merit he have get divided between the intentions, like a piece of pie? This is a question that isn't directly answered anywhere in Catholic doctrine, and is rarely even discussed in Catholic theology.

They Should According To Church Law

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss something that has long been the subject of public debate… and yet, there's nothing really TO debate. Canon law is pretty specific and pretty clear on how public sinners ought to be treated in terms of distributing the Eucharist--as well as the Bible and the church fathers. So why does this subject get rehashed every time we get close to elections (or when a pro-death politician pretends to be Catholic?) And why do Catholic bishops (and now a Catholic pope) ignore the rules? This leads, obviously to the discussion of Biden meeting with Pope Francis. And we have more from the 'synod on synodality'… and how all this ties into this week's Gospel reading.

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss the latest goings-on in the church. This includes the latest French report on sexual abuse of minors by priests… something we can expect more of. Also big in the news, the 'Synod on Synodality' (I notice spell-scheck didn't recognize that word). Vigano talks more about the vaccine restrictions, and Pope Francis gives us more fat to chew.

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss Saint Michael The Archangel. Dan tells us the mentions he receives in the Bible, and then tells us more about angels in general, and how archangels compare to other angels. Eric tells of several stories concerning his own guardian angel.

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss the infamous Spanish Inquisition (along with other inquisitions in medieval Europe). What was it? Why did it start? And how true is all the rhetoric that anti-Christians use when they point their fingers at it?

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss what transpired starting in 2020, and how Americans completely fell apart when the plandemic hit. Can we learn anything from it? WILL we learn anything from it? And are the vaccine mandates going to have the same kind of blind acceptance that the mask mandates had?

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss the recent YouTube video sent out by Mel Gibson concerning canceled priests, their bishops, and a church in eclipse--what does all this really mean? Is there a false pope right now?

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss the upcoming Synod on Synodality--truly one of the most idiotic and embarrassing synods in Pope Francis's long gaff-rich reign. The Vatican recently gave us several documents preparing for this synod, and Eric and Dan go through them, pointing out the lack of substance, and the hypocrisy on full display as Pope Francis ridicules and stifles the traditional movement within the church.

This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss the latest cases of Catholic bishops persecuting good priests… especially since Pope Francis's Motu Proprio. Costa Rico bishops are pure lunatics. Some American bishops aren't much better. We're once again faced with the fact that such men either have to be stupid or evil--or both, and the time for pope-splaining and bishop-splaining is over. We've got to support our good priests--there aren't enough of them.