Crisis Point Podcast

There’s a growing generational divide within Catholicism, particularly between Gen Z and Baby Boomers, that’s becoming more and more confrontational. What has led to this divide and can it be healed?

Is Pope Leo considering dropping the filioque clause from the Creed in order to advance unity with the Eastern Orthodox? If so, would that be a step forward or a step back?

Elon Musk claimed that artificial intelligence will one day make jobs optional and money obsolete. We’ll look into why reading Genesis 1-3 shows he’s completely wrong.

A growing debate in the Catholic Church is the relationship between Judaism and Catholicism. We’ll talk with a Jewish convert to Catholicism about the history of Catholic/Jewish relations, antisemitism, and the Zionist project.

After a strong start to the second Trump presidency, things have begun to unravel and support is falling for President Trump. What happened?

The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has declared that it is “not appropriate” to give to Mary the often-used title “Co-redemptrix.” We’ll break down the reasons given and what it means.

With the threat of the food stamp program being temporarily halted for 40+ million Americans, it would be useful to explore the program’s morality, both for the individual receiving it and the government offering it.

An upcoming documentary claims the government is covering up proof of extraterrestrial intelligence. What is a Catholic to think about claims of aliens, either visiting us or out in the stars?

Nick Fuentes is one of the most popular, and most controversial, commentators in today’s new media landscape. We’ll take a look at his work and whether it’s a good idea for Catholics to align with him.

With the election of Pope Leo XIV, everyone’s talking about Pope Leo XIII’s famous encyclical Rerum Novarum. But most of what you read about it is wrong.

Recently the Diocese of Knoxville decided to replace the traditional Latin Mass with a “traditionalized” Novus Ordo. Should traditional Catholics be satisfied with that change?

St. John Henry Newman is about to be declared a Doctor of the Church because of his “decisive contribution to the renewal of theology and to understanding Christian doctrine in its development.” We’ll look at what Newman meant by “development” (and what he did not mean).

We live in an increasingly anti-Catholic, divisive, and combative society. As Catholics, we need to respond forcefully. I’ll detail how I’m doing that today.

Pope Leo upset many Catholics by seeming to support Cardinal Cupich giving a lifetime achievement award to a pro-abortion politician. Is it time to resurrect Recognize and Resist?

Which is the greater threat to the common good and Catholic interests today: Radical Islam or Zionism? Why not both?

Most Catholics believe in a role for the papacy that goes far beyond Church teaching. We’ll break down what the Church really says about the duties and powers of a pope (and yes, we’ll look at Vatican I).