The Catholic Culture Podcast

Pope Leo XIII writes to America w/ Timothy Flanders

Timothy Flanders joins the podcast to discuss Pope Leo XIII's two letters addressed to the Catholic Church in America. Links Article summarizing Leo's writings on America https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/pope-leo-xiii-on-america-and-americanism/ [https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/pope-leo-xiii-on-america-and-americanism/] Leo XIII, Longinqua https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_06011895_longinqua.html [https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_06011895_longinqua.html] Leo XIII, Testem Benevolentiae Nostrae https://www.papalencyclicals.net/leo13/l13teste.htm [https://www.papalencyclicals.net/leo13/l13teste.htm] Timothy Flanders at The Meaning of Catholic https://meaningofcath.substack.com/ [https://meaningofcath.substack.com/] DONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio [http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio] SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: https://www.catholicculture.org/newsletters [https://www.catholicculture.org/newsletters]

Speaking in L.A.

On May 30, Thomas is giving the keynote address at the first annual conference of the Thomistic Artists Guild at the parish of St. Vitus in Los Angeles, CA. Free to attend! https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/thomistic-artists-guild-2026-conference [https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/thomistic-artists-guild-2026-conference]

30 Years of the Vatican Film List – Catholic Cinema's Past and Future

Thomas Mirus, Nathan Douglas, and Andrew Petiprin gave this panel session at the 2024 Notre Dame Fall Conference, presented by the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. The theme of the conference was "Ever Ancient, Ever New: On Catholic Imagination." 30 Years of the Vatican Film List – Catholic Cinema's Past and Future Thomas Mirus (Catholic Culture) – The Vatican Film List: Introduction and Reflections Nathan Douglas (Independent Scholar/Filmmaker) – The Filmmaker as Auteur Andrew Petiprin (Spe Salvi Institute; Word on Fire Institute) – Europe for Everyone: Yesterday's Vatican Film List and Catholic Imagination Today Chair: John O'Callaghan (University of Notre Dame) Video of the panel: https://youtu.be/-7oE8d6RcCw?si=x4cTzl847-A8bG5M [https://youtu.be/-7oE8d6RcCw?si=x4cTzl847-A8bG5M]

Training the tongue for virtuous conversation, w/ Fr. Gregory Pine

Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P., joins the podcast to talk about his new book Training the Tongue and Growing Beyond Sins of Speech. He answers Thomas's questions about small talk, cheekiness, oversharing, the use of humor to avoid vulnerability, Millennial vs. Gen-Z irony, correcting others, and openness to pursuing truth. Training the Tongue and Growing Beyond Sins of Speech https://stpaulcenter.com/store/training-the-tongue-and-growing-beyond-sins-of-speech [https://stpaulcenter.com/store/training-the-tongue-and-growing-beyond-sins-of-speech] DONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio [http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio] SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: https://www.catholicculture.org/newsletters [https://www.catholicculture.org/newsletters]

Leo XIII on the State's duties toward the Church, w/ Thomas Pink

This interview with Prof. Thomas Pink, originally published in 2020, is being republished as part of Thomas Mirus's ongoing series covering the major encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII. Vatican II's Declaration on Religious Freedom, Dignitatis Humanae, begins by noting that its discussion of religious liberty "has to do with immunity from coercion in civil society" and so "leaves untouched traditional Catholic doctrine on the moral duty of men and societies toward the true religion and toward the one Church of Christ." This episode is about discovering what that traditional doctrine was and is. Our main source will be Pope Leo XIII's encyclical Immortale Dei, which is available in audiobook form on CatholicCulture.org. Thomas Pink guides us through a close reading of this document (with supplementary material from Libertas and Longuinqua). Here, and in the magisterium of other 19th-century Popes, we find a number of teachings on Church and State that have gone largely unmentioned since the Council, and which are sadly forgotten or even rejected by the majority of self-described conservative Catholics. Links Thomas Mirus's article summarizing the encyclical https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/leo-xiii-on-states-duties-toward-church/ [https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/leo-xiii-on-states-duties-toward-church/] Audiobook of Immortale Dei https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/pope-leo-xiii-immortale-dei-on-christian-constitution-states/ [https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/pope-leo-xiii-immortale-dei-on-christian-constitution-states/] Text of Immortale Dei (On the Christian Constitution of States) https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=4916 [https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=4916] Thomas Pink, "Conscience and Coercion" https://www.firstthings.com/article/2012/08/conscience-and-coercion [https://www.firstthings.com/article/2012/08/conscience-and-coercion] Timestamps [00:00] Introduction [4:59] The historical and theological context of Immortale Dei [9:42] An overview of points from Immortale Dei and Libertas [12:28] The source and nature of authority; its directive and coercive functions [20:30] The State's duty to profess, protect and foster the one true religion [25:56] Reasons for toleration of other religions; coercion of the baptized [36:05] Leo's analogy of Church and State with soul and body [45:26] Separate sovereignties of Church and State interact; State can act as the "secular arm" [51:31] Obligations twd. religion of the State properly speaking, not just rulers as individuals [55:03] Consequences of the State neglecting God and religion [1:02:40] Dignitatis Humanae: drafting, intended scope, legacy, compatibility with tradition [1:10:30] Papal condemnations of freedom of speech and opinion [1:31:10] The Church's move away from coercing baptized heretics [1:36:13] The importance of docility in accepting difficult teachings [1:41:29] Need for a synthesis of the whole magisterium on Church, State and religious liberty DONATE to make this show possible! http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio [http://catholicculture.org/donate/audio] SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter: https://www.catholicculture.org/newsletters [https://www.catholicculture.org/newsletters]