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A Podcast About Catholic Things

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  • APACT is a podcast about the things some of the less talked about issues and theology that everyday Catholics often hear but seldom explained.
    2018
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  • Are Radical Catholics Too Religious?

    Are Radical Catholics Too Religious?
    Sep 29 2023
    This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador Of Nonsense) discuss the idea that fanaticism or radicalism can or cannot apply to Christianity--or more specifically, to Catholicism.  When God asks for everything, how can we give Him too much? In current events, 67 nations sign the High Seas Treaty.  UAW workers on strike.  Biden goes to see them.  Writers' strike ends.  Fire in China mine.  Cuban Embassy 'bombed.'  NASA lands OSIRIS-Rex.  Philippines fighting with China.  FTC fighting with Amazon.  Anthony Rota introduces Nazi… Trudeau claps.  North Korea sends back prisoner.  Joan Andrews is convicted.   California sues life-saving drugmakers.  O'keef sues Hawaii.  School elects queen for homecoming.  Strickland told to resign.  Pennsylvanians walk out of school.  McCarrick goes to Wisconsin.  China charges priest with fraud.  Josh Alexander's brother beat then arrested.  Nebraska Gma to spend 2 years in jail for killing grandchild.  Polish Basilica burned after gay orgy. In the land of nonsense, artist sells blank painting.  Man fakes passenger.  Michigan woman gets stuck in outhouse.  Nerf gun extreme. SHOW NOTES: Strains of Steve Millerhttps://apnews.com/article/denmark-artist-money-empty-canvases-e57483d602d74409cd82b892f62474cbPure Michigan...https://www.abc12.com/news/state/woman-rescued-from-outhouse-toilet-in-northern-michigan/article_cadc1e8c-57ca-11ee-a62a-3fcacfb1d1ac.htmlGive the HOV lane checkers a purpose in lifehttps://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/09/27/HOV-lane-Halloween-mask-Washington-State-Patrol/2731695833566/Hi-tech nerfing...https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/09/27/germany-Guinness-World-Records-Nerf-gun/6971695828342/   Joan Andrews Bell writes from prison: I want to live like a cloistered nun in her cell https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/joan-andrews-bell-writes-from-prison-i-want-to-live-like-a-cloistered-nun-in-her-cell/ How the DC pro-life convictions could strike down the FACE Act and put an abortionist in jailhttps://www.lifesitenews.com/analysis/how-the-dc-pro-life-convictions-could-strike-down-the-face-act-and-put-an-abortionist-in-jail/We went into court on the first day believing Mom would be able to say her opening statement, but the judge denied her that right because she stated that what was written was against the legal parameters of what could be said in an opening statement. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (one of former President Bill Clinton’s nominees) did say, though, that Mom could read her opening statement only if she would take the stand and testify.https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1988/07/16/can-florida-break-joan-andrews/b586d207-67b0-4c59-b372-e16ebd2cef36/During the eleven days he spent in jail, MLK writes his famous Letter from a Birmingham Jail. Pro-life rescuer Lauren Handy again denied emergency release from jail after FACE Act convictionhttps://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-life-rescuer-lauren-handy-again-denied-emergency-release-from-jail-after-face-act-conviction/ Joan Bell Andrews’ daughter speaks out: ‘I was physically and emotionally crippled by’ FACE Act trialhttps://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/joan-bell-andrews-daughter-speaks-out-i-was-physically-and-emotionally-crippled-by-face-act-trial/ California sues pro-life groups in an attempt to quash abortion pill reversal https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/california-sues-pro-life-groups-in-an-attempt-to-quash-abortion-pill-reversal/ Trump’s gaslighting on COVID lockdowns is finally called out in Megyn Kelly interview https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/trumps-gaslighting-on-covid-lockdowns-is-finally-called-out-in-megyn-kelly-interview/ Trump claims full credit for pro-life victories while continuing to attack heartbeat lawshttps://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-claims-full-credit-for-pro-life-victories-while-continuing-to-attack-heartbeat-laws/ Ray Epps charged in connection with Jan. 6 Capitol riot https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/ray-epps-charged-in-connection-with-jan-6-capitol-riot/ Trump promises to pardon jailed pro-life rescuers, ‘every political prisoner’ of Biden adm https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-promises-to-pardon-jailed-pro-life-rescuers-every-political-prisoner-of-biden-admin/ James O’Keefe sues Hawaii governor over ban on taking photos of fire-ravaged areas https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/james-okeefe-sues-hawaii-governor-over-ban-on-taking-photos-of-fire-ravaged-areas/Maui Police Chief John Pelletier repeatedly urges “patience, prayers and perseverance” as teams painstakingly search the ashes in the seaside community of Lahaina for the remains of scores of victims from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than 100 years.It’s the kind of message he has used before, in the aftermath of another American tragedy: the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting that left 58 dead and hundreds injured.Pelletier was a Las Vegas police captain when a gunman with ...
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    2 hrs and 5 mins
  • Are Women More Evil Than Men?

    Are Women More Evil Than Men?
    Sep 7 2023
    This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador Of Nonsense) discuss a recent leaked video where women (mostly women) from the abortion industry discuss the barbaric aspects of abortion, openly and unapologetically, in a way that literally makes our stomachs church.  Would we feel the same way if these sorts of evil things were being spoken by men?  Is evil itself a more intrinsic part of men or women?  And once someone has gone to 'the dark side', are men or women more likely to give themselves over completely to evil? In current events, Volleyball in Nebraska.  Proud Boys leaders get sentences, as do pro-life rescuers.  The Philippines impose rice caps.  Hong Kong evacuated.  Pope Francis in Mongolia.  Russia has ICBMs ready and waiting.  India studying the sun.  Burning Man floods.  France bans vaping.  Japan embraces US Military.  Trump is liable… again.  Mexico decriminalizes abortion.  Chinese dinosaur bird discovered.  Berlin AB blesses gays.  McCarrick given a pass.  Schools busted for transitioning kids behind parents backs.  Wildfires over reported.  Gays advised not to travel in America.  Canadian café owner acquitted.  PornHub being sued.  DeSantis refuses federal money.  Josh Alexander wins.  Oklahoma hires perv for principal.  WHO and FDA prep for COVID.  AB gives communion to Muslim. In the land of nonsense, China's great path.  Mississippi alligator.  Bull gets traffic ticket.  Chicago reporter robbed while reporting crime. Trivia Question: How man coins did the woman have? Show Notes: China's great wall broken through - not by military forces, but by a couple of construction workershttps://apnews.com/article/china-great-wall-destruction-6ca7b89e1c214ff7fb547471808fab2fMississippi longest alligator caught has new record (You knew they were tracking that, right?)https://www.livescience.com/animals/alligators-crocodiles/800-pound-alligator-is-the-longest-ever-caught-in-mississippiThe thing is, I can't find anything stating what the citable traffic violations werehttps://www.1011now.com/2023/08/30/norfolk-police-pull-over-man-with-bull-riding-shotgun/So, is this a "meta-crime"?https://apnews.com/article/chicago-news-crew-robbed-while-reporting-6bac099937b2435254d558792ede9b7d   Pro-life rescuers immediately incarcerated following jury’s guilty verdict in DC FACE Act trial https://www.lifesitenews.com/episodes/pro-life-rescuers-immediately-incarcerated-following-jurys-guilty-verdict-in-dc-face-act-trial/ Pro-life rescuer Lauren Handy seeks emergency release from jail after FACE Act convictionhttps://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-life-rescuer-lauren-handy-seeks-emergency-release-from-jail-after-face-act-conviction/A federal jury convicted Handy and her four co-defendants of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act along with a conspiracy against “rights” that the U.S. Supreme Court has not found in the Constitution. The judge ordered Handy and her co-defendants be immediately taken into custody while they await sentencing, citing their conviction of a violent crime. Judge in DC Face Act trial denies motion for pre-sentencing release of pro-lifer Lauren Handyhttps://www.lifesitenews.com/news/judge-in-dc-face-act-trial-denies-motion-for-pre-sentencing-release-of-pro-lifer-lauren-handy/'Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly has DENIED our Emergency Motion to release Lauren Handy from pre-sentencing detention. We have immediately filed an emergency appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. More to come,' the Thomas More Society posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursda Thomas More Society files emergency appeal of decision denying Lauren Handy’s release from jailhttps://www.lifesitenews.com/news/thomas-more-society-files-emergency-appeal-of-decision-denying-lauren-handys-release-from-jail/ Joan Andrews Bell defends the necessity of pro-life rescues: ‘Innocent human life is being taken’https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/joan-andrews-bell-defends-the-necessity-of-pro-life-rescues-innocent-human-life-is-being-taken/EXCLUSIVE: Joan Andrews Bell says she will represent herself during second DC FACE Act trialhttps://www.lifesitenews.com/news/exclusive-joan-andrews-bell-says-she-will-represent-herself-during-second-dc-face-act-trial/ Archbishop of Berlin allows ‘blessings’ of same-sex unions, citing Pope Francis and Abp. Fernandez https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archbishop-of-berlin-allows-blessings-of-same-sex-unions-citing-pope-francis-and-abp-fernandez/In a letter addressed to priests, deacons, and all pastoral employees of his diocese, Heiner Koch said that he would tolerate the decision of pastors to bless same-sex unions and not take 'disciplinary action' against them. Judge rules McCarrick unfit to stand trial on sexual assault charges https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-judge-rules-mccarrick-unfit-to-stand-trial-on-sexual-assault-charges/ ‘...
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    2 hrs and 33 mins
  • Hawaii On Fire, Missing Children, And Covid Lockdowns Return

    Hawaii On Fire, Missing Children, And Covid Lockdowns Return
    Aug 24 2023
    This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador Of Nonsense) discuss some of the theories (and some of the facts) being tossed concerning the Maui Wild Fires. As Hawaii burns to the ground, it looks more and more like the incompetence of government officials is at fault… but is there something more? What's happening there now? Why can't burn victims get help? Is there really a busload of school children that are missing? And why did Alex Jones say the COVID lockdowns are returning? In the news, Muslims burn down churches. Mad has pig's kidney for 32 days. US soldier flees to North Korea. Russia fails moon landing, India succeeds. Evergrande Group filing bankruptcy. WHO studies traditional medicine and urges people to invest in Afghanistan medicine. Synod updates. Ukrainian trans spokesperson. Pro-Lifer turns traitor. Cupich going to forbidden conference. Canadian fires are arson. Hannity is not pro-life. Pope Francis writing part 2 of his environmental encyclical. Transgender men can swim--against each other. Indiana still outlaws abortion. Massachusetts bishop bans gay. In the land of nonsense, two-headed snake. Dino races. Viral egg cracking videos. Trivia Question: who witnessed to the Ethiopians? SHOW NOTES: DAN'S NOTES: How will this snake hunt?https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/08/22/two-headed-western-hognose-snake/1341692735805/The stupidest stuff goes viral...https://news.sky.com/story/parents-warned-after-cracking-eggs-on-toddlers-heads-in-tiktok-trend-12945794T-Rex race in Washington statehttps://apnews.com/article/racing-trexes-washington-a498d41a8c9fa5cbb4c7bfb0d3c55f8c      ERIC's NOTES: A Muslim mob storms a Christian area in Jaranwala, Punjab, Pakistan, burning a church, damaging two other churches, and demolishing the house of a man who they accused of desecrating the pages of a Quran. (AP)Surgeons from NYU Langone Health in the United States report the successful functioning of a genetically modified pig kidney in a human recipient for 32 days, a record in xenotransplantation. (AFP via The Japan Times)The Korean Central News Agency confirms that United States Army soldier Travis King has been detained for illegal entry, stating that King claimed "inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination" within the U.S. Army and also that he is seeking refugee status in the country. (Reuters)Roscosmos spacecraft Luna 25 enters into a lunar orbit around the Moon as it prepares to make a soft landing on the lunar south pole in the coming days. (Reuters) The State Space Corporation "Roscosmos"[2] (Russian: Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), commonly known simply as Roscosmos (Russian: Роскосмос), is a state corporation of the Russian Federation responsible for space flights, cosmonautics programs, and aerospace research.[3]Roscosmos spacecraft Luna 25 crashes into the moon after moving into an unpredictable orbit during the transition to a pre-landing orbit. (Reuters)Chandrayaan-3 makes a soft landing near the Moon's South Pole, marking India's first landing on the Moon and the first soft landing near the lunar South Pole. (CNN) Chinese property developer Evergrande Group files for chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in the United States as it works on a multi-billion dollar deal with creditors to restructure its debts. (BBC News) The China Evergrande Group is a Chinese property developer, and the second largest in China by sales.[3] It is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory, and headquartered in the Houhai Financial Center in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.[4] It was founded in 1996 by Xu Jiayin. It sells apartments mostly to upper- and middle-income dwellers.[5] In 2018, it became the most valuable real estate company in the world,[6] but by 2021 it had collapsed financially and started the 2020–2022 Chinese property sector crisis The World Health Organization opens its first summit on traditional medicine in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. (AFP via The Japan Times)Israel receives permission from the United States to sell its Arrow 3 missile defense system to Germany, according to the Israeli Defence Ministry. (FAZ)The World Health Organization says that 29 million Afghan people require urgent aid, emphasising the importance of increased investment in healthcare services in Afghanistan. (Al Arabiya) Tim Gorndon's assessment of LifeSite stories on synod https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/synod-voter-claims-a-large-number-of-bishops-are-ready-to-take-steps-to-womens-ordination/ Ukraine mocked for hiring ‘transgender’ American as military spokesperson https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/ukraine-mocked-for-hiring-transgender-american-as-military-spokesperson/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5uvl_enluc Shocker: Pro-lifer turns government witness against former rescue colleagues ...
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