Welcome to episode number 30 of the Patrick Coffin Show.

Warning, a following podcast contains ideas and arguments that might challenge your worldview.

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You're tired of secularist bullies punching your values in the face. You're looking for smart commentary that doesn't sound like NPR,

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who are restoring the Judeo Christian foundations of our culture right here on the Patrick Coffin Show.

And now here's your. The Patrick Coffin show goes upstream from

politics and mundane daily events to the question of culture and how to

repair the DNA damage done to the country and to the West generally. Today we're

going to talk about the Holy See, the Vatican, how the news agencies communicate with the Holy See and vice versa, and how the

pontificate of Pope Francis provides a whole new set of rules, some written, some unwritten,

as to how to interpret the statements and decisions of the Holy Father, and on how to make important distinctions that are often lost in the mix.

Joining us on this edition of the show is journalist Edward Penten.

He's the Rome Correspondent for the National Catholic Register.

He's worked extensively on radio.

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