Religion, Politics and the Culture

Bay Buchanan, sister of Patrick J. Buchanan, was a guest on our Religion, Politics & the Culture radio show January 24, 2008, as spokesperson for the Mitt Romney Presidential Campaign. Bay was with us five days before the Florida primary in 2008. Bay was Mitt Romney’s national spokesperson and joined us to answer our questions regarding Mitt Romney for President. This show has relevance for today and was not then, and is not now, in any way intended to be an endorsement. This show is a replay from 24 January 2008.

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Professor Robert George of Princeton University was a guest on our Religion, Politics & the Culture radio show. Professor George is one of the great Catholics of our time who uses his superior intellect to defend life among other things. All Catholics and others of goodwill should familiarize themselves with this man’s work. Visit one of the websites he is associated with at www.americanprinciplesproject.org. This show is a replay of an interview we did with Professor George in 2009.

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Speaker Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista, were guests on our Religion, Politics & the Culture radio show. The Speaker and Mrs. Gingrich were on the show to discuss their documentary, “Nine Days That Shook the World”. It is about Pope John Paul II’s trip to Poland. This is a replay of an interview we did in 2010.

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Father Mitch Pacwa, SJ, of EWTN, was a guest on our Religion, Politics & the Culture radio show. Father is very knowledgeable in the New Age Movement and that is what we discussed. This show is a “must listen”. Even Non-Catholics contacted me after this show originally played and requested that I have Father Pacwa back on the show as soon as possible. This is a replay of an interview we did with Father Pacwa in 2009.

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Dr. Alan Keyes was a guest on our Religion, Politics & the Culture radio show. My questions for Dr. Keyes dealt with hot button issues and he answered every one on them. Each of the issues Dr. Keyes commented on is still with us. Hear what Dr. Keyes had to say. This is a replay of an interview we did with Dr. Keyes May 20, 2009.

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Today, Friday, December 30th was our last show on AM 1040 WLVJ radio. The station has been sold and is going all Spanish. We gave the news tonight, assured everyone we will be on the air again soon, asked for suggestions and constructive criticism and did a review in the sixty minutes of as many of the guests we have had on the show as we could.

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1) We must know what the important issues are.
2) We must know the correct position on each issue.
3) We must know how to put forth our position on the issue and explain why we feel the way we do.
4) We must know how to overcome any objections to our position on the issue.
5) In addition to celebrating our successes as a Church, country, and so on, we must admit our failures and work to correct them (e.g. failure to have parental choice in education, Catholic schools are failing in the sense enrollment is diminishing, the homosexual agenda is advancing, the gov’t is intruding into religious institutions, and so on.)

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1) 1 Peter 3:15 2) Kathryn Lopez of National Review on Catholic Education 3) Cardinal George on “The Chicago Gay Pride Parade” 4) Violence against Christians 5) What happened to Catholic officeholders who voted for Obamacare? 6) The Catholic Church’s Illinois Adoption Controversy.

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1) Pope Leo XIII, 1890: Sapientiae Christianae (On Christians as Citizens)
2) To get a really good framework as to how to view the issues and to see what actually should be additional issues, see Part III of The Catechism of the Catholic Church.

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1) Doctrinal Note on some questions regarding The participation of Catholics in Political Life.
2) Letter to Diognetus: The Christians in the world

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