In this episode of The Catholic Talk Show, the guys conduct the 1st annual Catholic fantasy draft where they select a team of Saints and let you the audience decide who’s team is best! Plus, you can compete with other listeners to win the official Catholic Talk Show Fantasy League trophy! Watch or listen to the show to learn how to play!
Here are the positions in the draft if you want to enter to win:
• Popes
• Cardinals
• Bishops
• Parish Priests
• Nun/Women Religious
• Monk/Male Religious
• Missionary
• Catechist
• Warrior
• Exorcist
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Secrets Of The Vatican That Hardly Anyone Knows
The Vatican naturally has an air of mystery and intrigue to it. It’s no secret that some may speculate on the Church’s most private affairs inside its walled nation.
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The Random Bible Verse Challenge
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Top 10 Strangest Catholic Relics
In this episode of The Catholic Talk Show, the guys explore the bizarre and fascinating world of Catholic relics.
Episode 187:
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Good morning guys,
You are drafting a Catholic ‘Patriots’ Dream Team like the New England winning football team. I am psyched about putting my Catholic Dream Team together along with yours. Stop splitting hairs RS, I want Pope St. JP II for fantasy Pope. I am so with Fr. Rich on that. Pope John XXIII started the journey to the people with the ecumenical council and JP II finished it. Sorry RD, John Wayne would never have become celibate in his lifetime.
My first pick for Cardinal is totally personal. A friend of my family died this past year, Fr. Sassani, and he loved his vocation, celebrating the Eucharist, and was a great people person. He could laugh loud and hardy. His face literally glowed with the love of his faith and his God. Otherwise I would go with St. Thomas Moore along with Fr. Rich. My second pick for Pope is also the same as Fr. Rich’s, Pope John XXIII for those very reasons.
My pick for Bishop is definitely Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. I have seen a few of his shows and his dedication to his church and the people always came through as well as his great intellect. I would pick for parish priest a parish priest I had known as a child. Fr. Bailey had a brogue, a great love of humanity especially for the little children, and he was another man who was a very kind soul with a face that glowed with happiness reflecting his love of God. He also loved a joke even a lame one and had a great laugh. My second pick for parish priest is my other childhood priest hero or Fr. Don Camillo from the book the Little World of Don Camillo. He suffered along with the members of his poor parish and spent his day trying to get them fed as well as closer to God. My oldest sister forgot to return the book to the library and it was one of the first ones I read as a small child.
I am with RD as far as Mother Theresa. I agree with Fr. Rich about St. Damien, solid pick for missionary. I pick St. Thomas Aquinas along with RS as catechist. I would go with John Wayne as exorcist, or Chuck Norris, RD. My selection of a warrior is St. Joan of Arc. My second choice for warrior is the same as Fr. Rich and I select St. Michael the Archangel. I say his prayer every morning.
Fun show! Thank you! I pick Fr. Rich’s team as the picks were closest to mine for the most part. I can’t pick a second team as it would be a combination of selections from both RS and RD.
As a happy FYI, my first book is now available at Amazon or Barnes & Noble! The title is Thoughts on God and since there is another one out there with the exact title you have to search by author name. My second and third books I just changed the titles of as they are still just living in my laptop although the second one has been approved for publishing. 40% of the books received by my publisher get released. Thoughts on God is a small work and a thank you to God for being there for me always.
Take care!
Fantasy Team GMs: Your fantasy sports agent and head of the Scandinavian Scouting Bureau reminds you to thoughtfully consider Saint Thorlak of Iceland as your team’s Bishop. Not only is he Patron Saint of Iceland, but he is currently under consideration by church authorities to be named Patron Saint of Autistic People. Furthermore, he was a formidable presence of mercy and morality in the Medieval Church… and, quite possibly, one of the first bishops to be placed on the chess board. His very name means “contender with Thor”… need we say more? BISHOP THORLAK THORHALLSSON. Thank you.
The Catholic Talk Show,
I didn’t understand the title for this topic and once I began to listen, Very Creative. Truly enjoyed it and learned about many other saints.
Autumn Blessings,
YM
Benedict XVI indeed had a helicopter pilot’s license, however he did not have a drivers license.
Pope: St. Leo the Great
Cardinal: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Bishop: Archbishop Charles Chaput
Parish Priest: St. John Vianney
Nun: St. Faustina
Monk: St. Benedict
Missionary: St. John DeMatha
Chatecist: St. Thoma Aquinas
Warrior: St. Michael
Exorcist: Fr. Gabriel Amorth
Pope: St Charles Borromeo
Cardinal: St Oscar Romero
Bishop: Archbishop Charles Chaput
Pastor: Father O’Flaherty (The Scarlet and the Black)
Nun / Fem. Religious: Flannery O’Connor
Monk / Male Religious: St Augustine
Missionary: St Francis Xavier
Chatecist: Mother Angelica
Warrior: Father Emil Kaupan
Exorcist: St Joseph (Terror of Demons)
Pope: St. Pius X
Cardinal: Giuseppe Cardinal Siri
Bishop: Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre
Parish Priest: St. John Marie Vianney
Nun: Rita of Cascia
Monk: St. Benedict
Missionary St. Daniel Comboni
Catechist: St. Thomas Aquinas
Warrior: St. Vladimir of Kiev
Exorcist: St. Pio of Pietrelcina
Pope – JPII
Cardinal – King Solomon
Bishop – Bishop Barron
Priest – St. Francis de Sales
Woman religious – St. Monica
Monk/mans religious – St. Francis of Assisi
Catechist- St. Augustine
Missionary – St. Thérèse of Lisieux
Warrior- St. Maximilian Kolbe
Exorcist – St. Michael
Pope – Pope Saint John Paul II
Cardinal – Pope Benedict XVI
Bishop – St. John Vianney
Priest – St. Josemaría Escrivá
Woman religious – St. Catherine of Siena
Monk – St. Francis is Assisi
Catechist- Bishop Robert Barron
Missionary – St. Thérèse Lisieux
Warrior- St. John of Arc
Exorcist – St. Michael the Archangel
Pope – Venerable Pope Pius XII:
Battled the two greatest evils in Nazism and Communism (and evilest of men in Hitler and Stalin) in perhaps all of history in keeping the Church from annihilation. Fought masonists, communists, fascists, modernist and atheist and repulsed them all.
Cardinal – St Sir Thomas More:
A Cardinal and a martyr remain steadfast loyal to the Church and its teachings in the face of death. He was such a statesman that he was knighted.
Bishop – Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen:
Priest, evangelist, philosopher. A remarkable ability to speak of Christ and Christianity to Catholics and non-Catholics alike with comforting ease but also with the staunchness of the greatest of apologists.
Parish Priest – St Padre Pio:
One of the greatest example of a priest, blessed with holiness and devotion. His love for the mass, the Eucharist, confession is an example all priest should follow.
Nun/Woman Religious – Empress St Helena of Constantinople:
Responsible for converting Emperor Constantine to Christianity which led to it becoming the religion of the Empire, the conversion of masses and solidifying the position of the Church. Through her work we also have today many relics relating to Jesus and in particular His crucifixion as well as the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
Monk/Male Religious – Pope St Gregory I the Great:
The servant of servants of God. He was the first monk to be chosen pope and one of the great pastoral popes, as well as one of the great evangelisers in evangelising the north of Europe.
Missionary – St Francis Xavier:
India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Japan – St Francis ventured far from the safety of Christian Europe to preach to Gospel. St Ignatius may have founded the Jesuits, but St Francis brought it to the world.
Catechist – St. Augustine of Hippo:
The Church has been blessed with many great and wonderful catechists but many of those stand of the shoulders of this giant.
Warrior – Caspar Roist:
Captain of the Swiss Guard who led the defence of the Vatican and died covering Pope Clement VII retreat against overwhelming odds. The heroic stand of the Swiss Guards and their Commander, Caspar Roist, are remembered to this day with May 6 (the day of the Sack of Rome) the day in which new recruits are sworn in every year.
Exorcist – Pope St John Paul II the Great:
Known to have performance exorcism with a famous case of one being performed in the Vatican. The great excorcist, Fr Gabriele Amorth claimed that the Pope St John Paul has been a powerful intercessor because as the devil said himself, “he disrupted me plans” (apparently in relation to the fall of communism).
Pope – St. John Paul II the Great
Cardinal – Bishop Charles Chaput
Bishop – Bishop Robert Barron
Priest – Fr. Mike Schmitz
Woman religious – St. Therese Liseux
Monk/mans religious – St. Benedict Nursia
Catechist- Mother Angelica
Missionary – St. John the Baptist
Warrior- St. Michael
Exorcist – St. Peter the Exorcist
Pope – St. Pius V
Cardinal – St. Robert Bellarmine
Bishop – St. Francis de Sales
Priest – St. John Vianney
Woman religious – St. Catherine of Siena
Monk/man religious – St. Anthony of Egypt
Catechist – Mother Angelica
Missionary – St. Francis Xavier
Warrior – St. Michael
Exorcist – St. Benedict of Nursia
• Popes – Pope Francis
• Cardinals – Ratzinger
• Bishops – Augustine
• Parish Priests – St Martin de Porres
• Nun/Women Religious – St theres The little way
• Monk/Male Religious – SAINT BENEDIT
• Missionary – Saint Francis
• Catechist – Aquinas
• Warrior – Joan of Arc
• Exorcist – Padre Pio
Pope: JPII
Cardinal: Charles Borromeo
Bishop: Fulton Sheen
Priest: Josemaria Escriva (able to call everyone, lay and clergy, to holiness)
Sister: Clare of Assisi
Brother: Francis of Assisi (I gotta feeling he and Clare will play well together. Also, Clare being the patron saint of television, she and fulton sheen will get right along)
Catechist: Don Bosco
Missionary: Dominic
Warrior: Let’s punch heresy in the face…St. Nicholas.
Exorcist: I went back and watched the rules again, you said no apostles, but said nothing about the Queen of Apostles. Let’s crush the serpent’s head…the Virgin Mary.
pope.innocent 3rd…cardinal raymond burke…bishop fulton sheen…priest st john vianney…nun mother teresa…monk st benedict of nursia…missionary padre antonio vieira…catechist mother angelica…warrior st michael the archangel exorcict fr gabriele amorth
Pope: Pope Leo XIII – He was a great diplomat and started the Vatican Observatory to show to the world that science and religion are not mutually exclusive.
Cardinal: Pope St Paul VI – First pope in centuries to meet with heads of the Orthodox church to start building bridges. Also Humanae Vitae.
Bishop: Pope Ven. John Paul I – We didn’t get to see enough of him and I’d like to see what he could do. Also after his election many Cardinals said they felt their vote was guided by God.
Parish Priest: St John Bosco – He was such a good parish priest that others complained that he was stealing their parishoners.
Female Religious: St Emilia – She raised her children so well in the faith that 5 of them became saints.
Male Religious: St Jerome – Thanks to him and his mastery of languages, we have the bible. He’s also one of the Four Great Latin Fathers of the church.
Missionary: St Vitalis of Gaza – Spent his wages on prostitutes to talk to them about the faith. Many of them converted and became good wives and mothers.
Catechist: St John Chrysostom – The golden-tongued theologian of the Eastern church. He created the oldest liturgy still in use; the divine liturgy, which is used by the Eastern Rite catholics.
Warrior: St George – Killed a dragon, ’nuff said.
Exorcist: St Pope John Paul II – Satan is said to hate him because he has turned so many young people towards the church.
Pope: St. Pope John Paul II (longevity, orthodoxy, star-power, fought Communism – and won)
Cardinal: Cardinal Robert Sarah (Prefect for the Congregation of Divine Worship, short, beautiful, and powerful statements)
Bishop: Bishop Robert Barron (great catechist, liturgist, engaging)
Parish Priest: St. Louis de Montfort (Marian Consecration – need anything more)
Nun/Women Religious: St. Therese of Lisieux (Carmelite) (keep it simple)
Monk/Male Religious: St. Andre Bessette (Congregation of the Holy Cross) (who doesn’t love this guy)
Missionary: St. Francis (rebuilt the church)
Catechist: Fr. Mike Schmitz (awesome videos, engaging)
Warrior: St. Clare of Assisi (staved off invaders with the Eucharist!)
Exorcist: St. Benedict of Nursia (the medal kicks…well…yeah)
Pope – Pope Innocent III
• Cardinal – Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman
• Bishop – St. Thomas Becket
• Parish Priest – St. Thomas Aquinas
• Nun/Women Religious – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
• Monk/Male Religious – St. Augustine of Hippo
• Missionary – St. Patrick
• Catechist – Pope John XXXIII
• Warrior – St. George
• Exorcist – Father Theophilus Riesinger
This is such a cool idea!
Pope – Francis of Assisi (he fixed the church once, he can do it again)
Cardinal – St. Benedict
Bishop- John Vianney
Priest – Padre Pio
Nun – Edith Stein
Monk St. Columba (Iona is still holy kids)
Missionary – The Little Flower (her dream job at last)
Catechist – Peter Claver (c’mon, over 300,000 converts and counting)
Exorcist – Our Blessed Mother (who can kick satan’s butt better?)
My Fantasy Draft:
Pope – John Paul II
Cardinal – St.Leo the Great
Bishop – St. John Vianney
Priest – St. Padre Pio
Nun/ Woman religious – St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Monk/ Male Religious – St. Ignatius of Loyola
Missionary- St. Francis Xavier
Catechist- Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Warrior- St. Joan of Arc
Exorcist – St. Michael the Archangel
Awesome idea for a show. Loved it. It seems to me that in this day and age we need figures in the higher posts who aren’t afraid of challenging the norm or the powerful figures of society
Pope: Gregory VII
Cardinal: St John Paul II
Bishop: St Thomas Beckett
Priest: St John Vianney
Nun/woman religious: St Gertrude the Great
Monk/male religious: St Benedict
Missionary: St John the Baptist
Catechist: St Thomas Aquinas
Warrior: Moses the Black
Exorcist: St Joseph the Worker and Terror of Demons