The Catholic Herald Podcast: Merely Catholic with Gavin Ashenden
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On the Catholic Herald's weekly podcast, Gavin Ashenden and guests will reflect on what's happening in the Christian world; and shed some light on the most important cultural, spiritual and moral issues of the day.
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105: Inside the Vatican, with Diane Montagna
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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104: Sacred Voices, with Alessandro Biciocci and Justin Kurian
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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103: Forging an alliance for life, with Lord Alton of Liverpool
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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102: When police appease the mob, with Lois McLatchie Miller
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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101: Into the reign of Pope Leo, with Edward Pentin
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May 30, 2025 |
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100: Podcast 100: Choosing the next Pope, with William Cash
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May 05, 2025 |
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99: Lady Mabel’s Gold, with SP Caldwell
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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98: The challenge of Islam, with Tim Dieppe
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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97: The truth of Britain’s colonial record, with Lord Biggar
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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96: My best friend JD Vance, with Rod Dreher
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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95: The strange elevation of Cardinal McElroy
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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94: In defence of pro-life medicine, with Dr Calum Miller
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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93: The Canterbury Catastrophe, with Canon George Conger
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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92: Sex trafficking and the Catholic Church, with Karen Anstiss
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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91: Good Christmas reads, with Fiorella De Maria
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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90: Anglicanism post-Welby, with Ann Widdecombe
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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89: Re-enchanted Christianity, with Rod Dreher
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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88: Our right to be protected from suicide, with Professor David Albert Jones
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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87: The irresistible power of truth, with Andrew Jacoby
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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86: The case for sound liturgy, with Dom Alcuin Reid
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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85: The idea of a university, with Dr Derry Connolly
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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84: The splendour of the truth, with Bishop Joseph Strickland
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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83: Why CS Lewis matters to Catholics, with Fr Michael Ward
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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82: The Catholic faith of JRR Tolkien with Holly Ordway
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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81: Safeguarding in the Church, with Father Hans Zollner
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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80: The Faith of the Fathers, with George Farmer
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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79: The vision of a Catholic Hollywood, with James Crowell
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May 31, 2024 |
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78: The Problems Posed by Private Revelations, with Simon Caldwell
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May 24, 2024 |
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77: The Ratzinger Generation with Father Paschal Uche
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May 17, 2024 |
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76: Catholic thought and the crisis of the West, with Michael J. Knowles
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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75: Banning conversion therapy, with Dr Patricia Morgan
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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74: University lynch mobs and the right to life, with Madeline Page
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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73: Politically-incorrect Catholicism, with John Zmirak
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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72: Canada’s new ‘Satanic panic’, with Anna Farrow
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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71: Asylum seekers and fake Christians, with Mgr Michael Nazir-Ali
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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70: A model for Catholic education, with Ferdi McDermott
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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69: Priming Catholics for public life, with Stefan Kaminski
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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68: Catholics under a Protestant King: Part II, with Joseph Shaw
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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67: Catholics under a Protestant King: Part I, with Joseph Shaw
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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66: Same-sex blessings and the Catholic Church, with Fr David Palmer
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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65: The martyrdom of Bishop Álvarez, with Bianca Jagger
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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64: No-one dies a martyr for ambiguity, with Bishop Athanasius Schneider
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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63: Finland’s woke pogrom, with Paul Coleman
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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62: The crackdown on conservative contrarianism, with Kathy Gyngell
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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61: Is Islam really a religion of peace? With Tim Dieppe
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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60: Poland’s defence of the family, with Barbara Socha
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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59: Doubts over the development of doctrine, with Dr Jules Gomes
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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58: The strife over Strickland, with Mark Lambert
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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57: A radical vision of complete womanhood, with Megan Madden
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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56: Is the Synod a Pandora’s Box, with Julio Loredo
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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55: At what price a pact with China? With Benedict Rogers
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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54: The hubris of changing the words of Jesus, with Fr Dwight Longenecker
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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53: The affirmation of sin, with Edward Pentin
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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52: June, the Month of the Sacred Heart, with Justin Brierley
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Jun 23, 2023 |
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51: The Paedophile Agenda of the Supra-National elites, with Kimberly Ells
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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50: Facing the new authoritarianism, with Ryan Christopher
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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49: Confronting "the Machine": a strategy for Church renewal, with Paul Kingsnorth
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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48: Pachamamas are an insult to God, with Alexander Tschugguel
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May 25, 2023 |
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47: Out of the shadows and into the light of truth, with Georgia Gilholy
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May 18, 2023 |
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46: Freedom of speech and why it matters, with Ryan Christopher
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May 11, 2023 |
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45: Monarchy, modernity and the dictatorship of relativism
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May 05, 2023 |
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44: In Pursuit of Holiness in Chicago
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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43: The long Good Friday, with John Pontifex
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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42: Politics and the Catholic faith, with Jacob Rees-Mogg
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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41: Surviving Turbulent Times, with Eduard Habsburg
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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40: Ezekiel’s Fuzzy Logic, with Fr Patrick Pullicino
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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39: The Latin Mass Life Raft, with Dr Joseph Shaw
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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38: The New Evangelisation, with Sherry Weddell
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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37: Wokery, the ‘religion’ of the new Puritans
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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36: The Criminalisation of Prayer
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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35: Simon Johnson, Master of Music
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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34: Steve Ray’s Personal Pilgrimage
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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33: Farewell Cardinal Pell, ‘a great defender of the faith’
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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32: Behind the scenes with Archbishop Gänswein’s Nothing But The Truth
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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31: The creative generosity of Pope Benedict XVI
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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30: Re-imagining English Catholicism
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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29: In defence of ex-Anglicans
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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28: Choosing Between Sanctity and Therapy: rediscovering the authenticity of the Church
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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27: The spirit and meaning of Vatican II
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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26: Another day, another doctrine
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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25: William Shakespeare, the secret and faithful Catholic
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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24: The Fiasco of Catholic Education
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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23: The Role of Religion in Politics
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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22: The Power of the Rings
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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21: The Beast of Bethulia Park
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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20: Put not your trust in Princes
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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19: Defender of the Faiths
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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18: God Save the King!
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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17: The Black Cleric Cancelled by White ‘Anti-Racists’
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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16: The Call to Holiness
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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15: Sacred or Sinister: the Pope’s Opus Dei initiative
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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14: When Faith is Sacrificed to Fashion
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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13: Possessed by Ideas
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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12: The Revival of Catholic Anthropology
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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11: A Spiritual Battle
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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10: The English Catholic Inheritance
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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9: Those Summer Knights
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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8: A Can of Reformist Sardines
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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7: The Unbelief in the Church
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May 26, 2022 |
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6: The Politics of Abortion
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May 19, 2022 |
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5: Sex and the Supernatural
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May 12, 2022 |
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4: Strange and false gods
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May 05, 2022 |
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3: My friend Newman
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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2: Something Sinister About the Synod (with Cardinal George Pell)
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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1: The Secret of the Passion
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Coming soon... Merely Catholic!
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Apr 12, 2022 |