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Ep. 131: The Diocese of Strickland Sep 16, 2023

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JD and Ed talk about the situation of Bishop Joseph Strickland.

Ed plays a round of ‘Tyler Trivia.’

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Ep. 130: We could use an apparition Sep 09, 2023

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JD shares the competing origin stories for today's feast of the Nativity of Mary— and offers Marian devotion as the answer to calls for synodality.

Then, JD and Ed talk about the pope’s recent controversial remarks.

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Ep. 129: He doesn’t know me and he doesn’t like me Sep 02, 2023

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JD and Ed talk about the pope’s trip to Mongolia— and his comments about the Church in the United States.

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Ep. 128: The life and death of Bishop Hubbard Aug 25, 2023

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JD and Ed talk about the funeral Mass of Albany Bishop Howard Hubbard.

Ed plays a round of mustache trivia.

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Ep. 127: The case against Crow Aug 19, 2023

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JD and Ed talk about the situation of Fr. Alexander Crow of Mobile.

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Ep. 126: Prelatures and pickleball Aug 12, 2023

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Ed shares a little about his day in court. Then, JD and Ed talk about a big development in the world of personal prelatures and controversy surrounding liturgies at World Youth Day.

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Ep. 125: World Youth Day Barbie Aug 04, 2023

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JD and Ed talk about World Youth Day and debate Ed’s eligibility for the papacy.

Then, former Albany bishop Howard Hubbard's attempted marriage brings JD and Ed to ask what marriage is and how it is contracted.

Ed plays a round of youth ‘Yes or No.’ JD plays a round Barbie ’True or False.’

St. Bede the Venerable’s Ecclesiastical History of England

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Ep. 124: It’s draft day, baby Jul 29, 2023

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JD and Ed perform a mock draft for the C-9, the pope’s council of cardinal advisors. Find the full list of their picks below:

* Cardinal Charles Maung Bo

* Cardinal-elect Protase Rugambwa

* Cardinal-elect Victor Manuel Fernandez

* Cardinal Peter Ebere Okpaleke

* Cardinal Daniel DiNardo

* Cardinal Anders Arborelius

* Cardinal Anthony Poola

* Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel

* Cardinal-elect Sebastian Francis

* Cardinal-elect Grzegorz Ryś

* Cardinal-elect Stephen Chow

* Cardinal-elect Pierbattista Pizzaballa

* Cardinal Louis Raphaël Sako

* Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki

* Cardinal Antoine Kambanda

* Cardinal Baselois Cleemis Thottunkal

* Cardinal Thomas Collins

* Cardinal-elect Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla

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The Church in Iraq by Cardinal Fernando Filoni

The Pillar’s interview with Cardinal Thomas Collins

The Pillar’s profile of Bishop Jorge García Cuerva

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Ep. 123: The sublime and the ridiculous Jul 21, 2023

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Ed reflects on the death of his grandmother. Then, JD and Ed talk about continued pushback against the appointment of Cardinal-elect Victor Fernandez to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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Ep. 122: Pope Francis’ Very Big Week Jul 14, 2023

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Ed catches JD up on the news he missed while on vacation— including the release and re-imprisonment of Bishop Álvarez in Nicaragua, Fr. James Martin’s invitation to the upcoming Synod on Synodality, and the newest cardinals.

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