Here's How to Build a Catholic Culture (Brian Holdsworth) | Ep. 569

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 193 minutes

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Catholic apologist, Brian Holdsworth, joins Matt Fradd to discuss Pope Leo's papacy, the loss of modesty in today's culture as well as the current attrition rate in the church, how to raise families in authentic community, and the role classical literature plays in human formation. Ep. 569 -- -- – 💻 More About Brian Holdsworth: YouTube: Youtube.com/@BrianHoldsworth The Gregory The Great Institute: https://www.gregorythegreat.ca/ - - - Today's Sponsors: Seven Weeks Coffee - Save up to 25% with promo code 'PINTS' at https://sevenweekscoffee.com/PINTS Charity Mobile - Visit https://charitymobile.com/MATTFRADD to get started. Hallow - Deepen your personal relationship with God today. Visit https://hallow.com/MattFradd to get 3 months free. Catholic Match - Download the app or head to https://CatholicMatch.com and find your forever. St. Paul Center - Share your faith with others this Easter Season by joining the Easter Accompaniment Challenge. Sign up and become a member today at https://stpaulcenter.com/pints - - - Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: ⁠⁠https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe⁠⁠ 🍿 The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin is now streaming exclusively on DailyWire+ https://dwplus.watch/ThePendragon - - - 📕 Get my newest book, Jesus Our Refuge, here: https://a.co/d/bDU0xLb 🍺 Want to Support Pints With Aquinas? 🍺 Get episodes a week early and join exclusive live streams with me! Become an annual supporter at 👉 ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mattfradd.locals.com/support⁠⁠⁠⁠ - - - 💻 Follow Me on Social Media: 📌 Facebook: https://facebook.com/mattfradd 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/mattfradd 𝕏 Twitter/X: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Pints_W_Aquinas⁠⁠⁠ 🎵 TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠https://tiktok.com/@pintswithaquinas⁠⁠⁠ 📚 PWA Merch – ⁠⁠⁠https://dwplus.shop/MattFraddMerch⁠⁠ 👕 Grab your favorite PWA gear here: https://shop.pintswithaquinas.com - - - Privacy Policy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.dailywire.com/privacy⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.6	The attrition rate in your average parish, where I come from, it's like 80 to 90 percent,
0:34.4	of kids who are raised by Catholic families who then go off and into adulthood do not retain the faith.
0:40.3	Why is that?
0:41.3	It's because there's no culture there to sustain them in the creed that it is we're trying to get them to adopt.
0:45.3	When you look out into media or pop culture or what your friends are into, that just looks more interesting, more compelling.
0:53.3	The mass is the highest form of culture. I don't
0:55.7	know, I just went to a Taylor Swift concert and it was pretty exciting. What is modesty? Up until a decade
1:01.1	ago, modesty has always been understood as a virtue. You need to observe the fact that there are
1:06.5	degrees of intimacy that allow for certain measures of yourself to be exposed to other people.
1:11.6	With clothing and especially revealing clothing, we've adopted this idea that even perfect
1:16.6	strangers should be able to have as much knowledge about our bodies as possible.
1:21.6	Why are people attracted to the traditional aspects of the church today in a way that we may not have been in the late
1:28.0	90s. The reason Catholicism seemed very attractive to me as a candidate was because of
1:33.0	how seriously it took moral questions, but theological questions as well. It's Christianity
1:38.2	that said, hey, you should learn something, explore what some of the great thinkers have said
1:43.5	about the big questions in life.
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