The Church Crisis No One’s Talking About, and How We Win (Bishop Athanasius Schneider) | Ep. 563

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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In a rare virtual episode His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan joins Pints With Aquinas host, Matt Fradd, to discuss his private meeting with Pope Leo XIV, the war on the Latin Mass, Europe's demographic transformation, and why young people are flooding back to traditional Catholicism. His Excellency delivers powerful and unflinching analysis of the Catholic Church's current crisis while offering profound hope for the future. Ep. 563 - - - 📖 Books mentioned: Salve Regina: https://a.co/d/90GoKV6 Catechism of the Catholic Church: https://a.co/d/8pkyg64 A Man for All Seasons: https://a.co/d/gQDTtPJ - - - Today's Sponsors: Charity Mobile:Visit https://charitymobile.com/MATTFRADD to get started. Catholic Match: Download the app or head to https://CatholicMatch.com and find your forever. PrayR Group: Buy your chaplet today at https://chaplet.shop. The first 500 orders get a St. Joseph chaplet free. Limited time only. St. Paul Center: Join the Bible Study movement alongside a global community. Sign up today at https://stpaulcenter.com/pints PreBorn: Make a difference for generations to come. Donate securely online at https://preborn.com/PINTS or dial #250 keyword 'BABY' - - - 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 here. Episodes 1 & 2 are now streaming exclusively on DailyWire+ - - - 📕 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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0:15.0	What do you think a genuine path towards unity on liturgical questions should look like?
0:19.0	I had a private audience with Pope Leo on the 18th of December, and I spoke with him about
0:27.1	the issue of the traditional Latin Mass.
0:29.7	What is the crisis that the church is currently undergoing?
0:33.1	First, we must be again convinced that truth is in itself unchangeable.
0:40.3	There's a growing concern about the Islamification of parts of Europe. How should Catholics respond?
0:45.3	It is orchestrated very clearly by powerful political elites with a special concrete agenda
0:53.3	to de-christianize Europe.
0:56.4	What advice would you give to young married couples?
0:59.3	We need Christian families with children. so much for being on the show.
1:17.6	You're welcome.
1:19.6	Let's just jump into it.
1:20.6	In your book, Christus Vinschit, you speak about four great crises in the history of the church.
1:26.6	First, the Aryan crisis in which a great number of the world's bishops collaborated with the heresy of Aryanism.
1:32.0	Second, the dark age of the 10th century when the papacy was occupied by, as you say, deeply immoral Roman clans, families.
1:41.0	And third, the Avignon exile, which led to the Great Western Sism and severely damaged the
1:46.0	church, contributing to the Protestant revolution. And finally, you talk about the crisis that we're
1:51.6	living through today. So my question for you is, what is the crisis that the church is currently
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