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The Happy Memorial Day, Retrogrades and Parish Orphans out there.

I'm excited to kick off on Memorial Day today, what I've called over the last couple

weeks, Kath MinGov Week, an exciting guest each day of the week,

you know, in memory of those who gave their blood to defend this country and its borders.

Today I'm here with Father Robert Serico, one of my all-time favorite guests on the show,

and we're just getting things going.

Father Serico is the co-founder and the president. One of my all-time favorite guests on the show, and we're just getting things going.

Father Serico is the co-founder and the president of the Acton Institute for the study of religion and liberty.

And I've been a big fan over the last 15 years.

Father Serico, thank you so much for joining us on the retrogrades.

Thank you. 15 years. I'm barely 15 years old. I don't know how that could be.

Yeah, you are. That's true. Well, you know, also a Sopranos fan, like so many out there.

Oh, yes. Yeah, I'm guessing you don't say that.

Yeah, I know it is. Polly Walnuts, man. No, really, your work is very important. And particularly, let me say this, for the purposes of something like Catholic minimal government week, where we find ourselves beset as Catholic, Father, on all sides now, or at least on both sides, liberal, you know, left liberal Catholics, they've always hated what you do

at Acton Institute. And now this new, I want to talk about this more later. First, I want to talk to you

about what you've been doing recently, but make a preliminary remark about this new, I want to talk about this more later. First, I want to talk to you about what you've been doing recently, but make a preliminary

remark about this new downward pressure from the right Catholic, culturally right-wing

Catholics against the mission statement of the Acton Institute.

Yeah, I don't know.

It's against the mission statement of the Acton Institute, but it I don't know it's against the mission statement of the

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