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Patrick draws listeners into a discussion where historical controversies, personal stories, and scripture mingle with hard questions about faith, cultural change, and the reality of mass immigration in Europe. He weighs the warning of disinformation in history, considers the resurgence of Catholic youth, and balances calls for Christian hope with the demand for clear-eyed justice and prudent leadership. Through scripture, commentary, and sometimes raw conversation, Patrick keeps the dialogue urgent and human, never letting the issues drift far from daily life. Aaron - The Catholic Church is amazing for its neutrality. (00:28) Nathan - Can you explain 1 Corinthians 6:9-11? (05:30) Susanne - In the office of readings, St. Augustine says something about keep going. 'Keep going, keep on making progress' (08:51) Francisco - I wanted to comment on Spain. The open border problem funded by Soros and billionaires causing mass migration. 80,000 people invaded a sovereign state. (13:29) Michael - What is the theological perspective on Islam. How should we dialogue with Muslims? (21:06) Elsie - I wanted to tell you about the Best Week Ever that Christendom University does. I am a convert. It was really beautiful. I loved how authentically Catholic they were. (27:48) Victoria - The cultural change in Spain and the socio-cultural movements happening whether they are supported by government or not. I think we also need to look at the situations that provoke migrations. There are still Catholics in Spain. We are not in the business of colonizing; it is about salvation. (37:44) Audio: Jared Taylor - You're not subjectively my enemy, but what you are promoting will lead to the disappearance of my people and culture – 60 - https://x.com/i/status/1993681484318638453 (46:33) Audio: “I can’t think of a single positive result from mass immigration” - Eva Vlaardingerbroek, a Dutch political commentator, lawyer, and conservative activist. the clip is from a panel discussion at CPAC Hungary 2025, where she addressed mass immigration on May 29-30, 2025, in Budapest, Hungary – 1min - https://x.com/evavlaar/status/1978811995152400466?s=46&t=m_l2itwnFvka2DG8_72nHQ Audio: Katie Hopkins things are speeding up fast in the UK - The U.K. has banned Jews from attending football … what next? Public transport? Katie Hopkins is an English media personality, far-right political commentator, and former columnist and businesswoman known for her controversial views on a range of topics, including immigration, welfare, and social class – 2min https://x.com/kthopkins/status/1979135348924903789?s=46&t=m_l2itwnFvka2DG8_72nHQ

Patrick opens with a compelling reflection on freedom, government power, and the meaning of self-government in America, weaving in a personal story from a Cuban immigrant and a quote from President Reagan. Throughout the conversation, Patrick takes on everything from questions about authentic Catholic voices in a world thick with AI and misinformation to concerns about Church leadership, historical contradictions, and the real risks of relying on opinions rather than fact. Audio: Ronald Reagan - Last Stand for a Refuge for Freedom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxHyxP6qbBk (00:20) Michael (email) - Please stop vilifying Dr Fauci. (02:03) Adrianne - How do I authenticate Catholic YouTube channels? How I do I know if it is really Catholic. Also how do I know what is fake vs not fake? (07:16) Peter (7-years-old) - Why do people have to be 8-years-old to receive Communion? (17:39) Eric - I wanted to know why the Holy Roman Emperors were called Holy? (22:21) Maria Christina - I have been in the USA for 60 years after escaping Cuba. The USA is starting to look like Cuba when we left. (32:42) Alex - I'm a new mother. Is it acceptable to go into the Confessional with my new infant? (36:20) Bob - Sola scriptura: Why don’t we embrace once saved always saved? (36:46) Are You Guaranteed to Be Saved? If salvation can’t be lost (as some say), why does the Bible warn about it so often? By Patrick Madrid - https://patrickmadrid.substack.com/p/are-you-guaranteed-to-be-saved Janet - The results of a Covid shot. My friend had an infection and had to go through a number of specialists. Specialist blamed covid shot for her affliction. Was this ever in the Fauci Diaries? (46:22) Steve - I have been using AI to restore family photos. It’s been really good but you have to be careful because it will mess up the likeness. You need a human touch to monitor that. (47:34)

Patrick threads together questions of Catholic identity, deep family ties, and unexpected moments from the news, moving from the evolution of the Baltimore Catechism to the nuance of Orthodox-Catholic liturgical participation and the tension of honoring parents amid religious shifts. In one breath, he sorts out canon law’s changes, in another, he walks with a teenager inching toward faith and wrestles with listeners' real-life struggles about justice and generosity in marriage. Fast-moving, raw, sometimes blunt, Patrick probes both doctrine and doubt within Church debates and cultural flashpoints, all while keeping an eye on the messier side of truth. Fr. Gustavo López (email) - According to Article 47 of the 1970 Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism, a Catholic for certain reasons could attend an Orthodox Sunday liturgy and it would fulfill his or her Sunday Obligation. That article was deleted when the Directory was revised in 1993; therefore, attending an Orthodox liturgy no longer fulfills a Catholic's Sunday obligation. (01:27) Matthew - Should the Baltimore Catechism have gone beyond the 60s and 70s? (06:24) Brady (email) – I’m 14 and want to get back into Church, but I don’t want to face criticism from my family Email - Are there passages from Sacred Scripture, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, or other Church documents that explain a husband's duties regarding family wealth, stewardship, and caring for his wife in a valid second marriage? (20:28) Audio: Fauci 2022: “I am very happy to testify before any congressional oversight committee. I have nothing to hide. I can explain and validate everything that I’ve done. - 30 - https://x.com/nataliegwinters/status/2082550593143611878 (35:14) Audio: Rand Paul -- “There will be repercussions to your refusal to testify today.” – 1min - https://x.com/overton_news/status/2082457710038036812?s=20 (36:07) Jim - Things were moving fast during COVID, and Fauci was doing the best that he could with what limited information he had. (37:20) Audio: JFK JR on Fauci having a Pulmonary Infarction after being vaccinated - https://x.com/overton_news/status/2082645786148446500/video/1?s=46 (44:58)

Patrick examines how the public’s trust unraveled during the COVID-19 pandemic, threading together raw stories of hospital reporting, misclassified deaths, frustrated teachers, and families caught off guard by shifting mandates. Honest voices hint at personal scars, especially in students’ behavior and anxiety, as Patrick questions how justice, forgiveness, and accountability might coexist when truth feels so scarce. Bureaucratic responses, ethical concerns, and the collision of hope with disappointment set the tone as he stirs reflection on what should change before the world faces another upheaval. Joline - I went in for pneumonia and when I was discharged my paper said COVID. (00:59) Audio: History should remember how the unvaccinated were treated by these people – 2:15 - https://x.com/KellyLMcCarty/status/2082422837948662092 (09:14) Audio: Fauci "you're attacking science and the truth" when you attack Anthony Fauci – 20sec - https://x.com/mazemoore/status/2082475031100006446?s=20 Theresa - My husband died in 2020 and they put COVID on his death certificate, but he died from kidney failure. (12:24) Joe - I just want to chime in on the Covid death stats. I was working as state trooper during 2020. Autopsy said they had COVID yet clearly died in crash. Still listed as a COVID death. (14:39) Kate - My husband fell a few years ago and had to go to hospital. His lungs were clear but they put him as having COVID. (24:13) Sharon - I am an ICU nurse. I want to add that, yes, the doctors did write down COVID on death certificates. It is because hospitals like mine needed the money. (27:43) Nick - How can we let go about all the COVID stuff and forgive Fauci? I want to move on and forgive him. (33:28) Audio: US Government and Health Officials Lie about Covid Vaccine Preventing Transmission - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56nhx3UGm-4 (40:57) Liz - I'm a nurse, worked during the pandemic. Covid really broke the healthcare system and how we look at things. (44:22)

Patrick opens up the lines to COVID stories and raw memories, letting listeners share what the pandemic really cost or changed for them, with grief, disagreement, resilience, moments of unexpected grace, doubt, and faith all tangled together. This hour puts the spotlight on the struggles with mandates, medical ethics, and trust, touching on everything from family loss and confused protocols to the support of priests and the rediscovery of faith after years away. Tension fills the air alongside gratitude as Patrick keeps the conversation honest, moving from questions about authority to stories of surviving, searching, and starting again. James - I am a registered nurse from San Antonio, TX. I remember being called in for hospice service. A gentleman who was dying did test positive for COVID, died 4 days later, but he was already dying of kidney failure. I feel like this was a gray area. (01:07) Mary - I'm and ER nurse. I saw all the horror of COVID. (04:52) Nancy - A year ago, I discovered Relevant Radio. You helped me come home to the Catholic Church. (09:18) Liz - I was vaccinated and got COVID four times. The last time it affected my lungs. (17:24) Tim - I work from home exclusively. My job was threatened if I didn't take the COVID vaccine even though my job was remote. (21:10) Audio: Trust the science montage - https://x.com/adamcarolla/status/2082812509443240071/video/1 (25:37) Joanne - The corruption during covid was terrible. (30:37) Melissa – My husband was a government worker, and he was sent home for two months before quitting because he refused to get vaccinated (33:56) Patrick shares some of the many emails that have come in today in response to Fauci, COVID and the overwhelming bullying to push the vaccine (38:07) Elizabeth - I'm a Canadian citizen living in USA. Fauci had caused a lot of terrible things, affected my own family. Brother arrested because he was not vaccinated. (46:03)

Patrick opens with excitement over advancements in cancer treatment, describing how MRI-guided cryoablation freezes tumors with stunning precision and brings hope. He moves from medical discovery to lively conversations about the "Keep Going" album, weaving in questions about Church teaching on scripture, debates over Peter as the rock, the procession of the Holy Spirit, and differences between Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. Answers come alongside practical exchanges on confession, cremation, judgments about the afterlife, and the tangled history behind church practices, all threaded together with warmth, humor, and challenge. Good News: A revolution is happening in cancer treatment: https://x.com/2stefanmoore/status/2081764352039047469?s=46&t=m_l2itwnFvka2DG8_72nHQ (00:41) Jonathan - I contest that the Gospel of St. Thomas was inspired? (06:45) Rich - 1 Corinthians 10:4. How is Christ the Rock here and not Peter? (08:35) Kurt - Can you tell me more about the Schism of 1054? Why does the Eastern Orthodox call themselves the one true church? (20:02) John - Should we say the Act of Contrition before we go to Confession? (30:52) Mary - I have a neighbor who is keeping her son's ashes in a box. (42:47)

Patrick plunges into the fallout from COVID-19, dissecting shifting narratives around public health, mixed messages from authorities, and the emotional toll on listeners facing mandates, coercion, and suspicion of pharmaceutical campaigns. He moves quickly to challenge misconceptions about the Catholic Church’s history with vernacular Bible translations, offers plain answers on moral issues borrowed from movies, and fields rapid-fire questions on everything from sacramental marriage for converts to the best study Bibles for Catholics. Spirited calls and tough questions swirl together as Patrick weighs faith, fear, and the search for truth, all without missing a beat. Audio: Fauci talks to a man on his doorstep: “I’m not taking a shot that was made in 9 months” – 2min - https://x.com/IngrahamAngle/status/2082310100698431570/video/1?s=46 (04:35) Audio: Fauci montage (Masks, Herd Immunity, Schools, Lockdowns, Lab, and Gain of Function) – 5 min - https://x.com/AckerenBrenda/status/2052823529142227259/video/1?s=46 (07:40) Ernesto - (email) – When did the church stop burning people for reading the bible? (14:53) Connie (email) - I work in healthcare and was coerced into getting this shot. (19:52) Dominic - What is morally right in a situation seen in the Mission Impossible movies, where you have secret agents trying to save the world? (22:12) Jared - I am a former Protestant pastor who has become Catholic. How do I moderate my understanding of the Bible? (28:00) Prince - Is there a karaoke version of the Patrick Madrid album? (31:30) Nathaniel (12-years-old) - If Catholics translated the Bible, why did Catholics oppose William Tyndale? Theresa - I go to a Lutheran Church and they never talk about sin? Anna (email) - I have some friends who are familiar with the group, Catholic Utah, my understanding is that they no longer exist. Elizabeth – The Lutheran Church doesn’t consider homosexuality a sin. (40:03) Sam - I am Catholic and from the Eastern Church. If a family wants to be baptized, do they need to receive the sacraments of marriage? (44:02) Joe - If a Catholic disagrees with the Immaculate Conception or Papal Authority, at what point do they go to hell? (46:45)

Patrick explores everything from the Catholic Church’s current stance on communion and cremation to heated reflections on pandemic leadership and the struggle to forgive in the aftermath. Listeners react to recent congressional drama, share personal frustrations, and even bring levity with talk of music, tacos, and intergenerational taste wars. Questions linger about truth, loss, and what it means to keep faith when neither culture nor authority offers easy answers. Jason - Can Catholics receive the Eucharist at an Orthodox Mass? (01:03) Robert - I appreciate you shining the spotlight on the pandemic and Fauci’s lies. I listened to you as an alternate source of info. (09:45) Al (email) – Thank you for playing the Fauci montage Joe - We have a talented music director at our church. They're in an open homosexual relationship. They receive communion each week. If I'm in mortal sin, I don't receive communion, but this person is doing it every weekend. What's your opinion in this situation? (17:59) Jane - Does the church participate or advise the use of shunning various church members? Also, when and where did the church decide cremation was ok? (21:56) Pete – Heresy, to choose (definition); People who choose what they want to believe aren't going to be in communion with the church. (24:41) Thomas – Why did it take 1600 years to put the bible together with 40-some-odd authors. Why did it take so long to put it together if it was dictated by God? (27:37) Karen - My 16-year-old will not look at the new album or discuss it. Says it's all AI. Mary - On cremation and burial: A good argument against it would be what would happen if we cremated the now incorruptible Saints? (41:04) Mike - Comment about Covid situation and Dr. Fauci and the difference about the approach different states had: Florida vs Illinois or New York vs California. Common sense approach to the virus itself. (42:15)

Patrick celebrates the release of his free 14 track album, KEEP GOING, and details how you can get it. Keep Going – The Patrick Madrid Show Album Release Party! (00:36) Marty - Caller yesterday thought that a pastor would be charged $100 for not submitting a marriage certificate after a wedding. That is not the case, I am a lawyer. (06:50) Craig - How can I explain transubstantiation? (16:06) Megan - Why do you think so many famous saints died young? (33:19) Charles - About the gentleman who was having a difficult time understanding transubstantiation. The Miracle of Lanciano would help him understand. (43:55) Adam - Why is the bishop of Rome the Pope and not the Bishop of Antioch? (47:32) Al - I was raised Catholic and converted to being Evangelical. What is the Catholic definition of salvation? (49:11)

Patrick explores pressing listener questions about Catholic practices, why posture at Mass matters, and what true unity looks like when traditions shift unexpectedly. Scriptural references and personal stories fuel a wide-ranging exchange on receiving Communion with the right preparation, the impact of Church history on faith, and facing challenges from Jehovah’s Witnesses or Mormons at the door. Those conversations stretch from investigating the label “Roman Catholic” to untangling misunderstandings about the sacraments, all while encouraging listeners to keep pursuing clarity and reverence in their faith journey. Kip (email) - As a cradle Catholic who has always knelt in reverence after the Lamb of God, I was so disturbed by the complete lack of kneeling and overall irreverence during the Liturgy of the Eucharist at a new parish I tried yesterday that it felt like a Protestant service and has left me convinced such practices are eroding belief in Christ’s true presence in the Eucharist and leading the flock astray. (00:46) Mark - I thought that being born again was enough. Why do I need 7 sacraments? (05:21) Dan - You gave me research to do on the early Church, and I now agree with you. Can you give me details on Linus, Cletus and Clement? (20:46) Kathy - How do I deal with Jehovah's Witnesses? Also thank you for the advice you gave me 2 months ago. (37:59) Rafael - Why are we referred to as Roman Catholics?