Apr 19, 2022
Returning Guest, Brett Fawcett discusses the development of Just War Theory and universal human rights as developed through the middle ages into modernity through the work of Jacques Maritain.
Show Snippet: "Let's start in, say, the middle ages...there's this idea that there's a unity of the human family, we're...
Jan 12, 2021
Brendan Steven of catholicconscience.org discusses how his former work in Canadian politics led him to assist Catholics in discerning the relationship between Catholic social teaching and the role of our faith in deciding how our votes might be cast.
Show Snippet: "We often like to use this phrase, and I love...
Jan 5, 2021
Catholicconscience.org founder Matthew Marquardt discusses what led an American police officer to create a Canadian Catholic lay apostolate whose mission is to assist Catholic voters in forming their voting consciences based on the social teachings of the Catholic Church.
Show Snippet: "The whole problem here is that...
Dec 29, 2020
This week we begin a three-part visit with Matthew Marquardt and Brendan Steven of catholicconscinece.org to discuss the origins of this organization whose mission is to assist Catholics in discerning their own conscience as voters and build the Kingdom of God through Catholic social teaching.
Show snippet: "Out of love...
Dec 15, 2020
The discussion on faith and politics continues as guests Brendan Hodge and Charles Camosy examine the potential that exists in both left and right political ideologies for a radical coming together on a variety of important issues.
Show Snippet: "Why do we have to choose between protecting pre-natal children from being...