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In Crown and Crozier, we invite leading thinkers to explore how the human experience is shaped by the interplay between Church and State, and what this means for tackling the great challenges of today. Join us as we examine what’s at stake for us as citizens and as a society in the dynamic engagement between civil and religious authority. The common good, basic freedoms, dignity of the person, administration of justice, self-government, the preservation of truth, goodness and beauty - all th ...
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Depending on who you ask, former Congressman Dan Lipinski is something of a rare specimen, endangered species - or perhaps even a white martyr. He represented the 3rd congressional district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2005 to 2021. Among his claims to fame is maintaining both his Democratic Party affiliation and a staunchl…
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It’s a well-known and tragic truth that the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. In this episode, we explore the unique legacy and witness of a specific subset of the holy martyrs - those who perished at the hands of communism, one of the most sinister ideologies of human history and enemies of the Church. Our guest is Kristen Theriault,…
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To work in the Vatican during one pontificate is a rare privilege for any member of the laity. To work for three different pontificates, including as an official representative of the Holy See (and a female representative, no less) - well, that just puts you in the hall of fame. Mary Ann Glendon has cultivated a long and distinguished record of ser…
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Religion declared “non-essential.” Skeptical voices censored. The elderly dying alone. Christmas in lockdown. These are just a few examples from the lengthy hit-list of government violations of Canadians’ civil liberties during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our guests for this episode are co-authors of Pandemic Panic: How Canadian Government Responses to …
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In this episode, Dr. Yuval Levin offers a spirited defense of capitalism on moral grounds, recognizing that the most serious criticisms against capitalism aren’t necessarily about prosperity and wealth, but about the perceived moral failings of the economic system. This approach is actually consistent with the original case for capitalism, articula…
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What is a nation? What is a Christian nation? Is nationalism virtuous? What does it mean to practice "complacent" love, which is the natural expression of a greater affinity for those closest to us? How can we expect to renew our society and civilization in the absence of committing ourselves as persons and as a nation to Christ? And is a Capitol H…
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Join us as we revisit the highs and lows of 2023! We glance back at major stories like the Synod on Synodality, demotions of high-profile prelates, discovery of the incorrupt remains of an African-American nun who loved the ancient liturgy, U.S. federal law enforcement targeting “radical traditionalists”, and Canada’s Parliament enjoying a moment o…
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This episode is our second installment in a two-part series looking at “integralism”, which holds that the State should recognize Catholicism as true and ought to unite with the Church as body to her soul. In Part 1 of our attempt to give integralism a fair hearing, we were treated to a critique of the theory. In this second half, we give the floor…
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Centuries ago, when what we now refer to as “States” were just starting to take shape, who did they turn to for guidance on how to perform their basic functions? Who taught them the equivalent of accounting, record-keeping, law, taxation and dispute resolution 101? Who served as a model for how to administer justice and organize an assembly of repr…
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With the 2024 U.S. presidential election campaign heating up, we’re delighted to bring you an episode featuring the wisdom and experience of someone who’s endured the grueling ups and downs that come with life on the campaign trail. Our guest is Rick Santorum, who twice contested the race for the highest executive office in the United States - firs…
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If you’re a regular consumer of Catholic and Christian media, there’s a good chance that you’ve come across the term “integralism." “Integralism” refers to the school of thought which says that the Church can direct the State to adopt policies which advance the ends of the Church and help enforce Church law. Sounds wild, doesn’t it? And yet, if you…
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Antonin Scalia was a larger than life presence in the conservative legal movement and in the judicial branch of the U.S. government during the latter part of the 20th century and the early years of the 21st. In this episode, we get to know the late Supreme Court justice at a personal level - as the boy who became the student, who became the lawyer,…
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In this episode, we turn attention to one of the greatest statesmen in Canadian history. Thomas D’Arcy McGee was a father of Canadian confederation, a champion of minority rights, and the principal architect of the unique constitutional protections afforded to Catholic schools in Canadian provinces - protections which are arguably unprecedented and…
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We often think of patriotism as loving our country. But what if our country is going completely off the rails? What if our culture and society is so broken and divided that we can’t even agree on why we should love our country and how best to express that love? In this episode, we take a look at patriotism through a different lens - one that might …
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Does protecting kids mean we have to turn priests into government informants? It might sound like a far-fetched question. But during their recent legislative sessions, a few U.S. state legislatures found themselves wrestling with this exact question. Under the guise of seeking to strengthen measures to safeguard children, several legislative propos…
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The Church defines virtue as the “habitual and firm disposition to do good.” But as our guest for this episode points out, virtue as a concept and as a practice is increasingly under attack these days. In his recent book, War on Virtue: How the Ruling Class is Killing the American Dream, Bill Donohue argues that the widespread inculcation and exerc…
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Our guest for this episode is a member of one of Europe’s most famous Catholic families and dynasties. For 800 years, the Habsburgs have done and seen it all - occupying the highest offices of the land, both civil and religious; ruling over kingdoms stretching across the continent and the ocean; and serving as last men standing in the defense of Ch…
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Pop quiz! Out of all the violence and persecution in the world that is religiously-motivated, 75% of victims belong to which religion? Sadly, if you guessed Christianity, you would be right. In this episode, we speak with Dr. Thomas Williams, author of the recently published book The Coming Christian Persecution: Why Things are Getting Worse and Ho…
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God Save the King and Rule Britannia! To mark the occasion of the crowning of Britain's new king and Canada's new head of state, this episode features a special guest from the other side of the Atlantic. Ann Widdecombe served as a Conservative Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons from 1987-2010. During that time, she held several Ca…
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“If you reject me on account of my religion, I shall thank God that He has spared me the indignity of being your representative.” Like most of the words that escaped from his mouth or his pen, Hilaire Belloc’s famous speech to British voters was fiery, forceful and fueled by his faith. It’s a great tragedy of history that Belloc has been pushed int…
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Since his death in December 2022, there have been countless tributes paid to Pope Benedict XVI, extolling his legacy as one of the greatest minds and shepherds of the contemporary Church. In this episode, we aim to offer our own tribute, by focusing on the late Holy Father’s contributions to Catholicism’s understanding of the relationship between t…
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Against the backdrop of numerous economic and social crises, there’s a lot of chatter in Canadian public policy circles about the need to “meet the moment.” In this episode, we examine the broad canvass of challenges facing the Great White North; whether the conservative movement in Canada is well-equipped to tackle them; and the need for a renewed…
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2023 started on a sombre, bittersweet note, with the death of two heavyweights in the Church hierarchy: Pope Benedict XVI and Cardinal George Pell. In this episode, we seek to pay tribute to this pair of monumental figures who exerted enormous influence on the life of the Church, and who served the members of the Mystical Body of Christ for a combi…
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I know for certain, dear listener, that there’s at least one thing you and I have in common - each of us is going to die. In this episode, we turn attention to that uncomfortable, sometimes distressing topic of death. Our guest is Dr. Randall Smith, author of From Here to Eternity: Reflections on Death, Immortality and the Resurrection of the Body.…
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Goodbye 2022, hello 2023! In this episode, we do a double take - not only glancing back at the biggest stories from 2022 in the world of Church, State and faithful citizenship, but also casting our gaze forward to what 2023 may have in store. We touch on the lifting of COVID restrictions; Pope Francis’ visit to Canada and the legacy of Indian resid…
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In Fall 2021, it was revealed that Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, among the most senior and high profile leaders within the Anglican Church, had converted to Catholicism. In this episode, we sit down with (now) Monsignor Nazir-Ali as he reflects on his first year of membership in the Catholic Church. We explore moments from his life which served as majo…
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U.S. President Thomas Jefferson famously wrote that the First Amendment to the Constitution was intended to erect “a wall of separation between church and state.” It’s commonly asserted that the intellectual architecture underpinning Church-State separation and the First Amendment’s codification of religious freedom rested on a foundation of Protes…
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Pope St. John Paul II once said: “As the family goes, so goes the nation, and so goes the whole world in which we live.” What’s the state of marriage and family these days? Is public policy effectively safeguarding these fundamental human institutions? When it comes to things like government action on childcare, is the work of the home even being p…
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On April 15, 2019, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was engulfed in fire. The conflagration was eventually extinguished - but it wasn’t long before flames were once again being fanned. Plans for re-building the church have ignited controversy, with some critics arguing that the proposals are tantamount to the “Disney-fication” of the 900-year-old monu…
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Should pastors be political? Before we instinctively leap to the answer “NO!”... What if we examine that question in the light of what the Church teaches are a pastor’s three primary responsibilities - teaching, sanctifying and governing? And what if by “political” we simply mean the many things relating to our life in common in the body politic, a…
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Long before Joe Biden, John Kerry and JFK threw their hats in the ring for President, Alfred E. Smith blazed the trail in 1928 as the first Catholic nominee for the White House. Smith’s story is the stuff of legend. The son of a poor Irish immigrant, Smith grew up in Lower Manhattan, laboured in the local fish market, served in the New York assembl…
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We take advantage of the Canadian House of Commons’ summer recess to sit down with Garnett Genuis, Member of Parliament for Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan in Alberta. We shoot the summer breeze getting to know Garnett better: how his political discernment was partly inspired by a Holocaust survivor in his family and a German bishop who resisted th…
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From July 24-29, 2022, Pope Francis will be visiting Canada. During the trip, the Pope is set to deliver an apology on Canadian soil for the involvement of Catholic dioceses and religious orders in the operation of residential schools from the 1870s through the 1990s. Residential schools were established under a federal government program which was…
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2022 marks the 40th anniversary of Canada’s bill of rights, or what is formally known as the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Against that backdrop, in this episode we examine the present-day landscape in Canada for freedom of religion – the first fundamental freedom listed in the Charter. We talk about the implications of COVID restriction…
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From January 29 - February 20, 2022, the eyes of the world were upon Ottawa, Canada as hundreds of truck drivers and thousands of their supporters engaged in the self-styled “Freedom Convoy” protest against COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates. In this episode of Crown and Crozier, we examine the Freedom Convoy through the lens of key tenets …
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Chances are that you’ve heard about the political forces and players involved in the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia. But what may be less familiar is the complex, centuries-long religious and historical backdrop against which the war is unfolding. Joining us to help unpackage these dimensions of the conflict is Dr. Anatolii Babynskyi. …
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In Canada, anticipation has been building in the lead-up to the visit of a delegation of Indigenous elders, youth, and residential school survivors to the Vatican in Spring 2022. The visit comes on the heels of the announcement in 2021 that the remains of 215 children in unmarked graves had been discovered on the site of a former residential school…
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Can a ruler be both powerful and pious? This combination may be rare in our political leaders today. But the life of Blessed Karl of Austria teaches us that the answer to this question can indeed be a resounding “yes.” With April 1, 2022 marking the 100-year anniversary of his death, in this episode we examine the legacy and witness of the last emp…
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To be convicted of a crime, a person must be proven guilty “beyond a reasonable doubt.” Indeed, “reasonable doubt” is one of the hallmarks of our modern criminal justice system. It’s typically understood as a legal rule intended to help determine the facts of a specific case and protect the accused. But what if everything we think we know about “re…
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Through his new blog on Substack, Dr. Douglas Farrow has been tackling head on the deeper, more troubling significance of what’s been taking place over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic at a social, cultural, political, and spiritual level. In this episode, we chat with Dr. Farrow about how certain actions by the Church and the State during the p…
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In this episode, Kimberly Hahn joins us to talk about her experience representing the taxpayers of Steubenville, Ohio as their Councilwoman-at-Large at city hall. We chat about her journey into politics, what it means to live out the Catholic social principle of subsidiarity, why small towns in the Rust Belt have shifted their political loyalties, …
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Victor Davis Hanson joins us to talk about his latest book, The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization are Destroying the Idea of America. The book argues that multiple forces are laying siege to the concept and practice of citizenship in our times: evisceration of the middle class; open borders; identity politics; the …
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2021 is almost a wrap! Join us as we sit down and review the biggest Church and State stories from the year that was. We cast a glance back at the inauguration of America’s second Catholic president, the ensuing debates around “Eucharistic coherence”, Year 2 of the COVID pandemic, the mother of all Synods - and more! Our guest is Dr. Robert Royal, …
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In the summer of 2020, when protestors called for removing statues of St. Louis IX, many Catholics found themselves asking “How dare they?”, followed by “Wait, who’s St. Louis again?” In this episode, we get re-acquainted with one of the great monarchs and saints of medieval Christendom. Join us as we learn about Louis’ partnership with the Church …
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In this episode of Crown and Crozier, we learn just how far 21st century advocacy for women's rights and equality has drifted from the original philosophical and moral framework underpinning the women's movement. Our guest is Erika Bachiochi, author of the recent book "The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision." In her book, she revisits the se…
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In this episode of Crown and Crozier, we chat with Vancouver Archbishop Michael Miller about his interaction with government on some of the most consequential issues of our day. Our conversation explores how public health restrictions on worship eventually induced the Archbishop to signal willingness for court action against the province of British…
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The COVID pandemic has impacted virtually all aspects of our day-to-day lives, including our life in the Church. How has the Church fared in navigating these impacts? Has she distinguished herself in her response, including in relation to restrictions on accessing the sacraments, and to moral and ethical questions surrounding the COVID vaccines? Ha…
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In this episode, we focus our sights on two essential virtues: justice and religion. Justice is the virtue of granting to others that which is due to them. Religion ─ what St. Thomas Aquinas called “the virtue of virtues” ─ is the highest form of justice, insofar as it involves rendering to God that which is due to Him, placing our obligations to H…
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Ordained by God and gifted to man, both the Church and the Empire help human beings attain peace in this life and beatitude in the next. So argued Dante Alighieri, the great Italian poet and author of the epic The Divine Comedy. With 700 years having passed since his death in 1321, this year has been branded as l’anno di Dante – “the year of Dante.…
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On June 15, 1215, in the meadows of Runnymede just west of London, English nobles and clergy gathered to witness – and to compel – King John to place his seal on a document that enshrined the rights of the Church and of free men, and declared the sovereign to be subject to the rule of law. The name of this document was Magna Carta, the Great Charte…
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