Let Me Be Frank | Bishop Frank Caggiano’s Podcast | Diocese of Bridgeport, CT

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”Let Me Be Frank” is a podcast from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport and Veritas Catholic Radio featuring the Most Reverend Frank J. Caggiano, Bishop of Bridgeport. Each weekly episode features Bishop Frank’s honest opinions about recent Catholic news, reflections on Sunday’s Gospel, questions from diocesan faithful, and frank discussion of topics of faith and Catholicism.

Episode Date
Our Lady, the Eucharist, and the Pope
May 07, 2025
Bishop Frank Caggiano on Pope Francis & the Papal Conclave
Apr 30, 2025
How Easter is Celebrated Around the World
Apr 23, 2025
Ask Bishop Caggiano Anything...
Apr 16, 2025
Bishop Caggiano Answers Your Questions!
Apr 10, 2025
Defending the Catholic Faith with Chris Check - President of Catholic Answers
Apr 02, 2025
A Deep Dive into the Church Fathers, w/ David Augustine from Word on Fire
Mar 12, 2025
The Church Fathers, Immigration, & Lent (w/ Rod Bennett)
Mar 05, 2025
George Cardinal Pell (w/ his personal friend Tess Livingstone)
Feb 26, 2025
What Happens at Mass, with Abbot Jeremy Driscoll, OSB
Feb 19, 2025
Refreshed with Living Water - Life in the Holy Spirit (w/ Kitty Cleveland)
Feb 12, 2025
The Young Adult Playbook (w/ Anna Moreland)
Feb 05, 2025
Feast Days, Our Lady of Lourdes, and Suffering,
Jan 30, 2025
Why and HOW You Should Study Scripture (w/ Curtis Mitch)
Jan 22, 2025
Answering Listener Questions!
Jan 15, 2025
The Importance of Hope & Extraordinary Holiness of the Saints
Jan 08, 2025
Ministering to Native Americans, The Morning Offering and Spiritual Direction with Fr. James Kubicki, SJ
Jan 01, 2025
Mike Aquilina on the Life of St. Joseph
Dec 25, 2024
Fr. Gannon, Director of Courage International
Dec 18, 2024
The News and the Jubilee Year!
Dec 11, 2024
Listener Questions with Bishop Frank Caggiano
Dec 04, 2024
Dr. John Bergsma on Walking with the Holy Family for Christmas
Nov 27, 2024
Bishop Caggiano's Reflection on Thanksgiving & Advent
Nov 20, 2024
On the Demonic w/ Fr. Dave Tomaszycki
Nov 14, 2024
The Northern Eucharistic Procession & The Sacred Heart
Nov 06, 2024
Listener Questions!
Oct 30, 2024
Ralph Martin's Life in the Spirit
Oct 23, 2024
Teresa Tomeo on Planting Seeds of the Faith
Oct 16, 2024
Fr. John Riccardo on Kerygmatic Preaching and Being Overwhelmed by the Gospel
Oct 09, 2024
The Recipe For Sainthood
Oct 02, 2024
Tim Carney, "Family Unfriendly"
Sep 25, 2024
RE-RELEASE: Paul Kengor on John Paul II & Ronald Reagan
Sep 18, 2024
Eucharistic Miracles & Proving the Existence of God through Science w/ Fr. Robert Spitzer
Sep 11, 2024
The Upcoming Election, Nuclear War, and Other Listener Questions!
Sep 04, 2024
JD Flynn (co-founder of The Pillar) on Catholic Journalism, the Prowling Lion in the Church, and Social Media
Aug 21, 2024
The Call For A New Renaissance w/ Liz Lev
Aug 14, 2024
The Keys to A Great Catholic School w/ Sr. Mary Grace Walsh
Aug 08, 2024
On the Synod on Synodality
Jul 24, 2024
Summer Stories with Bishop Caggiano
Jul 10, 2024
Can We Really Rejoice in Our Sufferings? - Steve Lee's Testimony
Jul 05, 2024
Details on the One, the Guilds, and Catechesis in the Diocese
Jul 03, 2024
Women in The New Evangelization, with Kelly Wahlquist
Jun 26, 2024
Deacon Patrick Toole on the Diaconate, Preaching, and Accompaniment
Jun 19, 2024
A Mass of Thanksgiving for the Eucharist
Jun 12, 2024
Listener Questions: Bishop Augustine from Nigeria, Just War vs. Nuclear War, Choosing the Pope... and More!
Jun 05, 2024
Bishop Caggiano's Experience Leading the Eucharistic Procession!
May 29, 2024
The POWERFUL Purpose of the Eucharistic Renewal
May 15, 2024
John Paul II's Rule of Life for Married Couples!
May 01, 2024
HUGE NEWS about the One, Bishop Caggiano's Three Year Plan
Apr 25, 2024
Caiaphas & Pontius Pilate, Abraham's Faith, and the Mass.
Apr 17, 2024
Dignitas Infinita AND The Diocese's Pastoral Response to Gender Discordance
Apr 10, 2024
Academic Freedom and Faith & Reason with Dr. Peter Kilpatrick, President of Catholic University of America
Apr 03, 2024
The Passion through Pilate's, Peter's, Mary's, and Judas's Eyes
Mar 27, 2024
Listener Q's: Bishop Caggiano's Prayer Life, Favorite Lenten Memory, and Favorite Food
Mar 20, 2024
Preparing For Death & the Importance of Community - w/ Dean Gestal
Mar 13, 2024
The Future of Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Bridgeport (w/ Dr. Steven Cheeseman)
Mar 06, 2024
Marie Oates, the Executive Director of the Saint John Paul II Center for Communications
Feb 28, 2024
The National Eucharistic Revival and Our Diocese's Eucharist Renewal
Feb 21, 2024
Ash Wednesday and Preparing For Lent!
Feb 14, 2024
Fr. Michael Clark - How Art Helps Christians Enter into the Mysteries of the Faith
Feb 07, 2024
Pierre Ferragu on Lourdes, St. Bernadette, and the Evangelical Power of Theater
Jan 31, 2024
Listener Q’s: Bishop Caggiano’s vocation story, advice to new bishops, and why we’re “Catholic”
Jan 24, 2024
Accompaniment in the Catholic Church, Spiritual Direction, and Diocesan Guilds
Jan 18, 2024
Bishop Caggiano addresses Fiducia Supplicans & discusses Catholic Formation with Patrick Donovan
Jan 10, 2024
Fr. Jeffrey Kirby, A Year with the Popes!
Jan 03, 2024
A Pope and a President: JPII’s & Reagan’s relationship and teamwork for the fall of Communism... with Dr. Paul Kengor
Dec 27, 2023
Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle... w/ Dr. Shannen Dee Williams
Dec 20, 2023
Damien O’Connor, VP of Evangelization with the Knights of Columbus, on Evangelizing Men, Being the Family Leader, and the Priority of Faith!
Dec 13, 2023
Bishop Frank Caggiano on Votive Masses, Communal Prayer, Women Deacons and more!
Dec 06, 2023
Who is John Henry Newman?
Nov 29, 2023
Monsignor Powers Returns (to the show!)
Nov 22, 2023
Remember Your Death
Nov 15, 2023
Properly Understanding Sacred Scripture
Nov 08, 2023
Listener questions!
Nov 01, 2023
Joseph Pearce on the Power of Beauty & Literature
Oct 25, 2023
Jason Evert
Oct 18, 2023
The Reformation
Oct 11, 2023
HW Crocker III - the Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church
Oct 04, 2023
The early years of the papacy
Sep 27, 2023
The Blessed Mother & listener questions
Sep 13, 2023
Who do you say Jesus is?
Sep 06, 2023
John Bergsma PhD - the Dead Sea Scrolls
Aug 30, 2023
Saint stories & listener questions
Aug 23, 2023
Eucharistic Revival
Aug 16, 2023
World Youth Day in Lisbon
Aug 09, 2023
In Fatima, ahead of World Youth Day
Aug 02, 2023
World Youth Day & summer reflections
Jul 19, 2023
Listener questions
Jul 12, 2023
Nita Belles & Jamie Manirakiza - What do know about Human Trafficking?
Jul 05, 2023
Papal conclaves
Jun 28, 2023
News & listener questions
Jun 23, 2023
Chorbishop Michael Thomas
Jun 14, 2023
Young adult ministries | Steven Velardo & Angelica Bakhos
Jun 07, 2023
Young saints
May 31, 2023
Spiritual warfare
May 24, 2023
Mike Donoghue
May 17, 2023
Patrick Kelly - Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
May 10, 2023
News & updates
May 03, 2023
Chris Otis | Youth Ministry
Apr 26, 2023
Dr Peter Kreeft
Apr 19, 2023
Alleluia! He is risen!
Apr 12, 2023
Holy Week
Apr 05, 2023
Mark Brumley | Ignatius Press
Mar 30, 2023
Malta House
Mar 22, 2023
Saints’ feast days in Lent
Mar 15, 2023
Ralph Martin
Mar 08, 2023
One week into Lent
Mar 01, 2023
Fr Chris Ford | Vocations
Feb 22, 2023
Vatican II
Feb 15, 2023
What’s new?
Feb 08, 2023
Christina Bennett | Pro-life warrior
Feb 01, 2023
Does God exist?
Jan 25, 2023
Pope Francis
Jan 18, 2023
Pope Benedict XVI
Jan 11, 2023
Saint stories
Dec 28, 2022
Suffering & healing... and Christmas stories
Dec 21, 2022
Susan DeBartoli | Padre Pio
Dec 14, 2022
Msgr Robert Weiss | Sandy Hook
Dec 07, 2022
Deacon Steve Hodson | The Synod on Synodality
Nov 23, 2022
Parish collaboration & a look at the USCCB
Nov 16, 2022
Justin Fatica | Hard As Nails
Nov 09, 2022
Bob O’Brien | Reaching Catholic young adults
Nov 02, 2022
Francis Schanne | Religious liberty
Oct 26, 2022
Diocesan priestly convocation
Oct 19, 2022
The 7 deadly sins
Oct 12, 2022
The mess in the world
Oct 06, 2022
A new way to re-evangelize the Church
Sep 28, 2022
Fr. Michael Clark | Beauty
Sep 23, 2022
Duty, Dignity, Sacrifice
Sep 14, 2022
Accompanying People with Gender Confusion with Love and Truth
Sep 01, 2022
Father Larry Richards
Aug 24, 2022
Fr. Colin Lomnitzer
Aug 16, 2022
Surrendering to God is our victory
Aug 09, 2022
Wonder and Awe
Aug 07, 2022
Sr. Nathalie Becquart | Synodality
Jul 20, 2022
The Ten Commandments
Jul 13, 2022
Father Wade Menezes
Jul 06, 2022
Discussion on the Dobbs Decision
Jun 29, 2022
Every Great Leader Needs a Great Team
Jun 22, 2022
Have Hope!
Jun 15, 2022
Three Sundays in June
Jun 08, 2022
Enthusiastic love for Our Lord | Fr. Mike Schmitz
Jun 01, 2022
Bellarmine College
May 25, 2022
Current Events
May 12, 2022
Divine Mercy
May 04, 2022
Let Me Be Frank - LIVE!
Apr 27, 2022
Fr. Dave Pivonka | President of Franciscan University of Steubenville
Apr 21, 2022
The Seven Last Words of Christ
Apr 13, 2022
God is the Center of My Life | Peggy Fry
Apr 06, 2022
A Midpoint Check in For Lent
Mar 30, 2022
Looking Forward in Faith and Hope
Mar 23, 2022
War is never a ”good”
Mar 16, 2022
An Interview with Bishop Edvard Kawa, Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv, Ukraine, and Bishop Paul Chomnycky, CSRV, Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Diocese of Stamford
Mar 07, 2022
A Saint and a soon-to-be Blessed
Mar 02, 2022
Final Preparations for Lent
Feb 23, 2022
Theology of the Body | Christopher West
Feb 16, 2022
Word, Action, and Integrity of Life
Feb 09, 2022
Spiritual Remedies to Violence
Feb 02, 2022
Spiritual Resolutions
Jan 26, 2022
Race and the Church | Fr. Reggie Norman
Jan 19, 2022
COVID, Latin Mass, New Ministries, and More
Jan 05, 2022
Msgr. Guy Massie
Jan 03, 2022
Let us Go Forth from the Upper Room
Dec 16, 2021
Catholic Social Teaching | Robert Nalewajek
Dec 09, 2021
A New Liturgical Year
Dec 01, 2021
Bishop Frank‘s Interview with Scott Hahn
Nov 24, 2021
In All Circumstances, Give Thanks
Nov 17, 2021
The Four Last Things
Nov 10, 2021
What should Faith Formation look like? | Patrick Donovan
Nov 03, 2021
Faith, Food, and Youth | Brian Rhude
Oct 28, 2021
A Man Acquainted with Suffering
Oct 21, 2021
Discussing Catholic Social Teaching
Oct 14, 2021
Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, and Temperance
Oct 06, 2021
A Conversation about Mental Health | Dr. Timothy Lock, Ph.D.
Sep 30, 2021
So what is synodality anyway?
Sep 23, 2021
The Four Loves
Sep 15, 2021
Finding God within Marriage and Family Life | Steve Bollman
Sep 08, 2021
An Early Conversation about Parish Reconfiguration
Sep 01, 2021
How can we bring peace and unity to our divided Church?
Aug 26, 2021
COVID Update and Back to School
Aug 19, 2021
The Importance of Pilgrimage
Aug 12, 2021
Sports and Our Catholic Faith
Aug 05, 2021
Traditionis custodes and the Diocese of Bridgeport
Jul 28, 2021
Our Christian Duty to Help One Another
Jul 22, 2021
Bishop Frank's Favorite Things
Jul 14, 2021
Two Heroes of the Old Testament
Jul 07, 2021
National Institute on the Catechism
Jul 01, 2021
Unity
Jun 23, 2021
The Sacred Heart and The Common Good
Jun 16, 2021
Pope Francis’ Reforms and A Man For All Seasons
Jun 09, 2021
Revitalizing the Church, starting with our own hearts
Jun 02, 2021
Meeting the Needs of a Broken World
May 26, 2021
This is a Pivotal Moment
May 19, 2021
In the End Everything is A Gift
May 05, 2021
Catching up with (Bishop) Caggiano
Apr 29, 2021
Prayer is a Conversation with a Friend | Deacon Greg Kandra
Apr 21, 2021
Are you trying to bring people to Christ, or are you trying to be right? | John Grosso
Apr 14, 2021
Jesus is Risen! Now what?
Apr 07, 2021
Are you going to be a bystander or not?
Mar 31, 2021
On the Precipice of Holy Week
Mar 24, 2021
Let Us Be Frank | Fr. Frank Donio, S.A.C.
Mar 17, 2021
Exortación Pastoral de Obispo Caggiano: ‘Entremos En El Cenáculo Con El Señor’
Mar 11, 2021
A Ministry of Solidarity | Sean Callahan
Mar 10, 2021
Lenten Checkup - How are you doing?
Mar 03, 2021
Recording of Pastoral Exhortation: Let Us Enter the Upper Room with the Lord
Mar 01, 2021
Let Us Enter The Upper Room With The Lord
Feb 24, 2021
Starting Lent off the Right Way!
Feb 17, 2021
Hope from the Ashes | Paul Jarzembowski
Feb 10, 2021
Reigniting the Fire
Feb 03, 2021
It all begins with Jesus | Fr. Gerry Blaszczak, S.J.
Jan 27, 2021
Speak When There is Something Worth Saying
Jan 20, 2021
How can you do that and be faithful to Christian faith?
Jan 13, 2021
Meekness is Strength
Jan 06, 2021
What is the point of making New Year's Resolutions?
Dec 30, 2020
Christmas with the Caggianos
Dec 23, 2020
Can I ever be full of grace?
Dec 17, 2020
How Do You Make the Best of the Situation that is Before You?
Dec 09, 2020
If she had said no, where would we be?
Dec 02, 2020
Our Pledge of Allegiance to Christ
Nov 25, 2020
Why Should we be Thankful?
Nov 18, 2020
A Normal Day Starts with Prayer and Coffee
Nov 11, 2020
The Last Things
Oct 28, 2020
You Don't Turn Your Back on Your Family
Oct 21, 2020
It's the "littleness" that is the key
Oct 14, 2020
Tackling Some Heavy Topics
Oct 07, 2020
Our Spiritual Companions
Sep 30, 2020
Bishop Caggiano's Favorite Time of the Year
Sep 23, 2020
We Must Not Forget
Sep 16, 2020
Our Christian Duty to Evangelize
Sep 09, 2020
An Unyielding Trust in God
Sep 02, 2020
A Restless Spirit Who Ultimately Found His Home In Jesus
Aug 26, 2020
The Most Important Thing for Young People to Know
Aug 19, 2020
Where Do We Go From Here?
Aug 12, 2020
The Churches of Rome
Aug 11, 2020
I'd Much Rather Burn Out Than Rust Out
Jul 29, 2020
Catholic Current Affairs
Jul 22, 2020
Social Media from a Spiritual Perspective
Jul 15, 2020
Towering Figures of Holiness
Jul 08, 2020
Faith and Science
Jul 01, 2020
Growing Authentic Joy
Jun 24, 2020
Fatherhood
Jun 17, 2020
What is a Saint?
Jun 10, 2020
We Need a New Normal
Jun 03, 2020
Summers in Brooklyn
May 27, 2020
A Huge Step Forward in Hope
May 20, 2020
God is Always Speaking to Us
May 13, 2020
We are Formed by our Experiences
May 06, 2020
Can the Broken Heart Be the Heart That Can Love the Most?
Apr 29, 2020
Keep Your Eyes Fixed On Jesus
Apr 22, 2020
They Dropped Everything and Followed Him
Apr 15, 2020
The Perfect, Eternal, Enduring Act of Love
Apr 08, 2020
The Week that Saved Us
Apr 01, 2020
We're in the Desert
Mar 25, 2020
This is a Moment of Trust and Surrender to God
Mar 18, 2020
Seeking Greatness in His Life
Mar 11, 2020
Learning to Look Both Ways: A Disposition to Recognize God Everywhere
Mar 04, 2020
Engaging our Hearts, not just our Minds
Feb 24, 2020