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Category: Podcasts

1P5 Podcast #56 – Alexander Tschugguel
Today on the podcast, Steve talks with Alexander Tschugguel, most famously known for removing the Pachamama idols that were kept in Santa Maria in Transpontina during the Amazon synod and disposing of them in the Tiber river. Alexander is also the …

1P5 Podcast Ep 55 – Tomas Fuerte & The Guadalupe Pilgrimage
In this episode, Steve talks to Tomas Fuerte, Instructor at the Denver Catholic Biblical School and an old college friend and roommate, about the adventures and lessons learned during their shared pilgrimage roadtrip from Steubenville, Ohio to Mexico City for …

1P5 Podcast Ep. 54 – Why Stay Catholic (With Dr. Michael Sirilla)
With so many crazy things happening in the Church — from idolatry to religious indifferentism to seemingly constant changes to established teaching — Dr. Michael Sirilla, professor of Systematic and Dogmatic Theology at Franciscan University of Steubenville discusses what the …

1P5 Podcast Ep. 53 – Amazon Synod Aftermath: Good News & Bad News
In this episode, Steve breaks down the bad news and the good that has followed in the wake of the extremely tumultuous Amazon Synod. There’s undeniably a lot of bad news, but there are also signs of hope. There’s a …

1P5 Podcast Ep. 52 – Amazon Synod Update
Description: Steve looks at a number of developments concerning the Amazon Synod as the meeting of bishops on the Pan-Amazon region reaches the halfway point. NOTE: If you’d like to see a video of this podcast, it is now available on our YouTube …

1P5 Podcast Ep. 51 – Stefanie Nicholas on Her Conversion
Description: After a brief discussion about the ongoing release of lists of clerical abusers,1P5 Contributor Stefanie Nicholas stops by the podcast today to talk about her rapid and unexpected conversion to Catholicism in the midst of the Church’s great crisis. …

1P5 Podcast Ep. 50 – Europe Has Lost the Faith; March for Life 2019
Description: New research from Pew shows that Europe has dropped drastically in its overall Catholic population vs. the world. In 1910, Europe had 65% of the world’s Catholics. In 2019, it’s only 24%. Steve talk about what that means. PLUS: 1P5 …

Ep. 49 – The Benevacantism Controversy & The “Circular Firing Squad”
Description: With over 900 comments since it was published last Friday, Ryan Grant’s article “Rise of the Benevacantists: Who is Pope?” is the most commented-upon post in 1P5’s nearly five-year history. But why? What does the controversy around the question of …

Ep. 48 – Understanding the Irish Abortion Vote
On Friday, May 24th, the Irish people voted overwhelmingly to remove the legal protection for the unborn that was written into their Constitution in 1983. Today, we attempt to deconstruct that vote and figure out what happened to one of …