Video Link Yesterday, many Catholics went to church, and received Ashes on their Foreheads. Many more Catholics came up with something that they will be giving up. Thus begins the Season of Lent. A season that can be best put as a “retreat”. We retreat from our normal life, and focus on something. What is…

Video Link Originally, I was debating between doing a reflection on the readings, and an episode on Lent. But I decided to do this episode on Lent before the Season of Lent. And this year I decided that I would do a great amount of research into the Lenten Season. Diving into the history of…

Video Link I was not planning to do a second episode on the SSPX, but here we are. First off, I have seen an episode by a SSPX or FSSPX priest, and there was order by the superior of the society that this should be the matter of the preaching of all priests of the…

Video Link Hello everyone and welcome back to the Matthew Schreiner Podcast. And in this episode I thought I would give a brief look at the recent announcement by the SSPX or FSSPX. that they would be ordaining bishops in July. First, let’s be clear about the SSPX, the excommunication placed upon them by Pope…

Video Link Hello everyone and welcome back to the Matthew Schreiner podcast. Recently, Cardinal Blasé Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago, was popular on Catholic Twitter, after statements he made about the liturgy. In this episode, let’s explore what Cardinal Cupich said, and see what the backlash is about. https://www.chicagocatholic.com/cardinal-blase-j.-cupich/-/article/2026/01/21/liturgy-tradition-reform-unity His point of discussing the…

Video A while ago, I made a video about Pope Leo and Illegal immigration, in fact before I begin this episode I want to reitterate what Pope Leo said about illegal immigration in this clip I shared in the previous episode. To be clear, the church does not believe we should have open borders, the…

Video Link I was shared this article by a theology teacher, called “Is Leonine Unity Even Possible?“, and I thought it would make for an interesting episode. The cover of the article shows images of Cardinal Raymond Burke and Father James Martin, with an image of Pope Leo in the middle. The subtitle of the…

Video Link “With power comes great responsibility”, is a very old saying, but has Brian Holdsworth given new meaning to this saying? This tweet from Brian Holdsworth appeared on my Twitter, and I thought I would share this. Let me read you this: “You would never give a child a power tool and say, go…