VigaNÒ! Renouncing Satan and his works

In the newest episode of What Catholics Believe, Fr.  Jenkins: updates listeners on latest fallout  concerning Abp. Viganò’s Dossier; discusses the roles of Vittorio Ettore Tedeschi & Abp. Viganò at the Vatican; how Abp. Viganò’s letter is related to VatiLeaks; talks about the Kim Davis story; examines the responsibility of Vatican II and the bishops who participated for this ‘New Springtime’ of sexual abuse; listens to Tom read emails from viewers and offers pertinent Catholic commentary; briefly reviews two papal encyclicals, Pascendi dominici gregis (http://tiny.cc/Pascendi) and Acerbo nimis (http://tiny.cc/Acerbo); and speaks of St. John Bosco’s vision in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart.

What Is Spiritual Direction?

On this episode of What Catholics Believe, What Is Spiritual Direction?, Fr. Jenkins: answers what is the role of a spiritual director and confessor; contrasts a spiritual director with the focus on God to a therapist who focuses one’s attention towards oneself; recommends five books on the spiritual life (see links below);  answers a viewer’s email about the Knights of Columbus, Francis worship, and where to seek the traditional Latin Mass;  answers another email concerning how to respond to someone who has never seen any abuses in the Novus Ordo and believes any abuses that exists are being eliminated;  and briefly touches on the rebranding of the SSPX.

Book Recommendations
Introduction To The Devout Life
Treatise On The Love Of God
Three Ages Of The Interior Life
Light And Peace
The Spiritual Combat

The Catholic Wage

Fr. Jenkins defines what a Catholic wage or just wage is and why business should pay their workers a living wage.  The discussion then turns to the ramifications in a society which pays non-Catholic wages and how this leads it to liberalism as well as socialism.  Many other points are brought up in the conversation including the minimum wage.  Lastly, Tom asks Fr. Jenkins about the importance of three saints who have feast days this week: St. Anne, St. Mary Magdalene, and St. James (the Greater).

Ettore Fr. Jenkins comments on the speech of Ettore Gotti Tedeschi

Fr. Jenkins reads an article from LifeSiteNews, ‘Former Vatican Bank chief: Authors of New World Order demographic collapse influencing the Vatican’ which covers Ettore Gotti Tedeschi’s talk, “The Rejection of Life: a Demographic Catastrophe for mankind” at a 21 May 2018 conference of the John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family.  Father’s commentary and analysis follows.  The article can be read here and Tedeschi’s talk viewed here.