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Catholic talk that hits — Direct, and unfiltered; talking about the realities Catholics face in ordinary life. News, culture and Catholic thought without outrage journalism or controversy. Faith, without fluff. FIRE, with integrity.
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English
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45 episodes
since Feb. 17, 2025
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Were some Catholic saints actually transgender—and has the Church simply refused to acknowledge it? Nonsense! And I'm attacking this argument with a war hammer.
See my article here, for a prelude to this livestream. It'll get your fire started
What happens when Catholic saints are retrofitted …
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A Jesuit priest says he “hates” the Traditional Latin Mass—but that may not be the most interesting thing he said.
Fr. Thomas Reese’s provocative article, “Why I Hate the Old Latin Mass: A Confession,” generated plenty of outrage online. But judging from the reactions, a lot of people never got p…
Trusting God sounds simple until we actually have to do it.
In this episode, T.J. Haines looks at spiritual combat, our tendency to worry about the Church, and the difficult work of surrendering our own need for control. He also discusses encouraging signs of college students returning to the Cat…
Everyone agrees there’s a crisis in the Church. But what if the real problem is that we’ve misunderstood what a crisis actually is?
There is a lot of talk today about “the crisis in the Church.” Declining numbers, confusion, scandals, division, and struggles with faith all lead many Catholics to …
It’s easier than ever for Catholics to fall down a rabbit hole. It usually doesn’t start with something obviously false—it starts with a real concern, a confusing moment, or a question that deserves an answer. But when we stop approaching those questions with precision, humility, and the mind of th…
It’s time for prayer to return to the Catholic family, and individual Catholic life; especially in the discovery of the Divine Office
Prayer is disappearing from Christian families. Pope Leo is putting his finger on a much bigger problem: modern life has conditioned us to expect immediate results,…
When catechesis challenges us, do we really want better catechesis in the Church, or do we prefer to call for silence and submission to our opinions?
Catholics have spent decades blaming poor catechesis for the crisis in the Church. There’s some truth to that. But what happens when clear Catholic t…
Catholics have heard the phrase “crisis in the Church” repeated so often that it has become a catchall explanation for nearly everything: weak preaching, poor catechesis, liturgical abuse, corrupt bishops, Vatican II, the Novus Ordo, and every controversy coming out of Rome.
But what if those thing…
Drawing from Scripture, theology, and the wisdom of St. Thomas Aquinas, I take on one of the most intriguing questions in our time. I explore why belief in intelligent extraterrestrial life is not only unlikely but also theologically problematic. But this is also a lesson about angels and demons! T…
The SSPX says it is faithful to Rome while rejecting Rome’s judgment. In this episode, T.J. Haines explains why the latest SSPX defiance exposes the deeper problem with radical traditionalist rebellion — and why The Forge exists to form Catholics for truth, clarity, and fidelity.
The Society of St.…
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