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A Catholic Take

A Catholic Take

The Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network 837 Episodes Sep 21, 2026

A Catholic Take is a daily news podcast that provides a Catholic perspective on current events. Hosted by Joe McClane, it offers a blend of inspiration and information, covering news and issues from a Courageous Catholic viewpoint. The show airs live Monday through Friday on the Station of the Cross Catholic Media Network.

Episodes

How Jesus Fulfills Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement (Audio)
How Jesus Fulfills Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement (Audio) Sep 21, 2026 4934 September 21st, 2026 - Once a year the high priest carried blood behind the veil. Dr. Annie Tinnin shows how every detail of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, points to Jesus Christ and His Cross. Plus: Patrick Clancy says he has forgiven the wife who killed their three children. Mike Koeniger joins Joe on what Catholic forgiveness actually requires. Links, Show Notes & More - https://thestati
Anthony Stine: Dialogue With Everyone — Except This Priest? (Audio)
Anthony Stine: Dialogue With Everyone — Except This Priest? (Audio) Sep 18, 2026 6735 September 18th, 2026 - Rome marks sixty years of Nostra Aetate by calling Catholics to dialogue with every religion. The same month, a priest who defends the social Kingship of Christ was pulled from his classroom. Dr. Anthony Stine joins Joe McClane. Plus: a parish priest found shot dead in Mexico on the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows - Edward Clancy of Aid to the Church in Need on what Mexico's bi
Michael Matt: Rome Just Put the Vatican II Problem in Writing (Audio)
Michael Matt: Rome Just Put the Vatican II Problem in Writing (Audio) Sep 17, 2026 6788 September 17th, 2026 - Michael Matt says Rome just put the Vatican II problem in writing — so Joe reads him the paragraph where Rome says Christ is the one and only Redeemer. "A Journey of Hope," Nostra Aetate at 60, and the question underneath all of it: if there is one Redeemer, what is dialogue for? Links, Show Notes & More - https://thestationofthecross.com/act Email Us! ACT@TheStationOfTh
Bishop Strickland: "I Have Not Moved" on Vatican II (Audio)
Bishop Strickland: "I Have Not Moved" on Vatican II (Audio) Sep 16, 2026 5916 September 16th, 2026 - Bishop Joseph Strickland says "I have not moved" — and on the day that Rome published a note asking Catholics to "esteem" other religions, he joins us to do what his new letter proposes: examine Vatican II in the light of Tradition, document by document. Nostra Aetate at 60, Archbishop Lefebvre, and the question the Vatican's new text has to answer: if Christ is the only Red
Flanders Recants: "I Can No Longer Recommend" an SSPX Chapel (Audio)
Flanders Recants: "I Can No Longer Recommend" an SSPX Chapel (Audio) Sep 15, 2026 4897 September 15th, 2026 - Timothy Flanders publicly defended the SSPX for years. Today he tells us why he has retracted and why, "in principle," he can no longer recommend anyone attend an SSPX chapel. Plus, the Battle of Vienna: September 12, 1683 — the victory that gave the Church the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary. Links, Show Notes & More - https://thestationofthecross.com/act Email Us! ACT@T
Fr. Carlos Martins: The Door Ordinary Catholics Open Without Knowing (Audio)
Fr. Carlos Martins: The Door Ordinary Catholics Open Without Knowing (Audio) Sep 14, 2026 4968 September 14th, 2026 - On November 3, Virginians will vote on a Constitutional Amendment creating a "fundamental right to reproductive freedom," including abortion. Mike Koeniger walks us through what the amendment's strict-scrutiny standard does to Virginia's existing parental-consent and third-trimester laws, why the Virginia Catholic Conference calls it extreme, and what the bishops are asking
25 Years After 9/11: More FDNY Have Died From the Dust Than Died That Day (Audio)
25 Years After 9/11: More FDNY Have Died From the Dust Than Died That Day (Audio) Sep 11, 2026 5781 September 11th, 2026 - The pontifical Mass for the Summorum Pontificum pilgrimage - Bishop Athanasius Schneider was to be the celebrant - was refused in a letter from the Secretariat of State. It moves to St. Mary Major, and Dr. Anthony Stine returns to offer his thoughts. Then, Joe is joined by a New York firefighter to remember the lives lost on 9/11, those still being buried, and every soul car
Gideon Lazar: Fatima Is Why I'm Catholic (Audio)
Gideon Lazar: Fatima Is Why I'm Catholic (Audio) Sep 10, 2026 4910 September 10th, 2026 - Gideon Lazar grew up in a Jewish family. Our Lady of Fatima is the reason he is Catholic today, and he joins us to share the story. Plus: one year after Charlie Kirk was killed, Nick Cavazos on what hardened in America — and where the hope actually is. Links, Show Notes & More - https://thestationofthecross.com/act Email Us! ACT@TheStationOfTheCross.com
Cardinal Burke Went on Shawn Ryan. Here's What He Actually Said. (Audio)
Cardinal Burke Went on Shawn Ryan. Here's What He Actually Said. (Audio) Sep 9, 2026 4895 September 9th, 2026 - Cardinal Burke spent two hours teaching the Old Testament to Shawn Ryan's audience - former Navy SEAL, five million subscribers, mostly young men with no church at all. Nearly a million views on day one. The same week, the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life said Catholics could morally consent to an "imperfect" assisted suicide law. We welcome back Michael Haynes of
Where Mary's Birthday Actually Came From (Audio)
Where Mary's Birthday Actually Came From (Audio) Sep 8, 2026 4944 September 8th, 2026 - We walk through the origins of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Then, we welcome Luis Roman and Luis Piccinali to preview Murder in the 33rd Degree, an upcoming documentary trilogy that covers Vatican corruption in 1977-78 and the Year of the Three Popes based on personal testimony from Fr. Charles Murr. Links, Show Notes & More - https://thestationof
Bishop Strickland: Are We the "Prophets of Doom?" (Audio)
Bishop Strickland: Are We the "Prophets of Doom?" (Audio) Sep 4, 2026 6780 September 4th, 2026 - Bishop Joseph Strickland takes the question head on: are traditional Catholics the "prophets of doom" that Pope Leo XIV invoked this week? Plus, Dr. Anthony Stine on the Vatican's new creation document, and where a warning ends and despair begins. Links, Show Notes & More - https://thestationofthecross.com/act Email Us! ACT@TheStationOfTheCross.com
Lindsay Clancy: The Three Victims Nobody Marched For (Audio)
Lindsay Clancy: The Three Victims Nobody Marched For (Audio) Sep 3, 2026 4907 September 3rd, 2026 - We share the story of the Albanian Braveheart, an escaped Christian slave who annihilated 80,000 Muslim invaders. Then, we welcome back Nicholas Cavazos to recap what we should know about the Lindsay Clancy trial as the jury continues to work towards a unanimous verdict. Links, Show Notes & More - https://thestationofthecross.com/act Email Us! ACT@TheStationOfTheCross.com

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