The Troubling Kinship of Bishop Barron and Father Martin
Sadly, most conservative Catholic leaders like Bishop Barron are functionally similar to liberal Catholic leaders like Father Martin.
97: Fielding a Big “Team Catholic”
Started April 5, 2019
There’s a lot of in-fighting in the Catholic world, among traditional Catholics, among conservative Catholics, and particularly between traditional and conservative Catholics. In this episode, I go full Rodney King and ask, “Can we...
59: Catholics and Gay Pride Month
Started June 4, 2018
This month is “Gay Pride Month,” so of course Fr. James Martin is out there as the pied piper for the gay rights movement. But how should Catholics actually respond to Gay Pride Month? The standard response is “love the sinner...
56: The Forked Tongue of Fr. James Martin
Started May 14, 2018
Fr. James Martin has made a career of skirting the fine line between implicitly criticizing Church teaching without explicitly rejecting it. But even when he is explaining Church teaching, as he did in a recent America Magazine article...
