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Matt Walsh Turns from Socrates to Sophist in ‘Am I Racist?’

Alex Taylor

Scene from Am I Racist with Matt Walsh reading by a tree

"Am I Racist? gives hope for sanity in the possibility of converting back fellow Americans who have bought the lies of the consultant class.

The Labors of Hercules Beal

Haley Stewart

Haley interviews celebrated author Gary D. Schmidt, the winner of multiple Newbery Honor awards and a National Book Award finalist, about his middle grade novel, The Labors of Hercules Beal.

Friday, September 27, 2024

Bishop Robert Barron

DGR Eng

Friends, the Gospel for today is incomparably rich and mysterious. First, we notice that peculiar question, “Who do the crowds say that I am?” No other religious figure or founder would ask such a question.

Eucharistic Encounters: Mark Bradford

Mark Bradford

Mark Bradford shares his conversion story with Dr. Matthew Petrusek, explaining how radically his life changed when he believed Jesus was truly present—Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity—in the Eucharist.

Debunking the Myth of Vast Vatican Wealth

John Allen, Jr.

The Vatican is not “rich,” at least by institutional standards. Knowing that and being able to explain it is a vital tool for evangelists.

Thursday, September 26, 2024

Bishop Robert Barron

DGR Eng

Friends, in today’s Gospel, we see Herod interested in and perplexed by Jesus. Political rulers don’t come across well in the New Testament.

St. Augustine’s Upside-Down Fruit Tree

Dr. Richard Clements

Each of us is called to be this upside-down fruit tree and bear fruit for the kingdom of God and for the benefit of our fellow human beings.

Whoever Is Not Against Us Is For Us

Bishop Robert Barron

Friends, the first reading and Gospel this Sunday have to do with the Church at war with itself.

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Bishop Robert Barron

DGR Eng

Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus sends his disciples on mission: He “summoned the Twelve . . . and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick.”

Stop Killing Your Babies!

Mark Bradford

In our culture—so obsessed with death—telling people to stop killing their babies isn’t one of those things that we should have to say.