The Good Catholic Life

Today’s topics: The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning Summary of today’s show: Simcha Fisher has written a book for every Catholic couple who has struggled with living by the Church’s teachings on marital sexuality, specifically natural family. Scot Landry and Fr. Mark O’Connell discuss such topics as the difficulty of openness to life in […]

Today’s topics: Contraception and Catholicism Summary of today’s show: In her new book, Dr. Angela Franks talks about contraception and the Church’s teachings in plain language, addressing the common misunderstandings about both, including that the Church is anti-woman or wants families to have as many kids as we can, and drawing the logical conclusion that […]

Summary of today’s show: Infertility is becoming an increasingly common problem in the 21st century and more and more women are being pushed to artificial reproductive technologies like in vitro fertilization by their doctors, without regard to the lack of effectiveness and the physical, psychological, sociological, financial, and especially spiritual costs. Katie Elrod joins Scot […]

Summary of today’s show: Greg and Jennifer Willits are the hosts of the satellite radio show The Catholics Next Door and authors of a new book by the same name, in which they delve deep into what it’s like to be that “wacky Catholic family” with lots of kids and who hold to that old-time […]

Summary of today’s show: Some say the Church is waging a “war on women”, but in this war, the Church is women’s defender. Dr. Angela Franks discusses with Scot Landry and Fr. Chris O’Connor the Church’s often misunderstood teachings on contraception, sexuality, and marriage, as well as the shocking roots of Planned Parenthood’s efforts to […]