The Patrick Madrid Show: June 08, 2026 - Hour 3

The Patrick Madrid Show

Relevant Radio

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Patrick tackles the heated debate over renaming the Department of Defense to the Department of War, weighing whether this signals realignment or empty bravado, while threading through the risks faced by religious minorities as government classifications shift and anti-Catholic voices grow bolder among power brokers. One moment snaps into focus on the rise of Christian nationalism and the uneasy possibility of theocracy-influenced policy; the next, Patrick pivots to the digital anxieties fracturing generations as technology encroaches on how people gather and worship. Listeners drop raw testimony about confession and faith, lending the episode its unpredictable charge.

Patrick reads and responds to emails questioning the way he says “The Department of War” (00:53)
Jamie – Regarding the Dept. of War list, is it a bigger concern that Catholics one day will be taken off that list of recognized religions? (05:39)
Patrick reads and responds to a Mormon military officer’s post about the Dept. of War’s updated list of recognized religions (18:55)
Patrick in Atlanta - The liberal inroads have been made in the military and degraded the morale and morality of the institution. The reset on the name of it is according to structure change and organizational change. (23:51)
Ann - Will the Archdiocese of Military Services be protected and will Mass continue for the Catholics overseas? (28:32)
Bear attacks in Japan (33:36)
Patrick responds to an email about young people not liking A.I. (39:20)
Jennifer (email) - I almost became a Sedevecantist. Be careful who you listen to and notice who's making money off telling lies about Holy Mother Church and our Holy Father. (46:03)
Amy (email) - I have been on cloud 9 since my valid confession

Transcript

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0:00.0	Compelling insights, unpredictable conversations,
0:12.8	encouragement for your day.
0:14.8	It's the Patrick Madrid show on Relevant Radio.
0:19.0	Okay, we are back. The number is 888-914-9149. By the way, if you call that number, the call
0:26.2	screener is not going to pass messages on to me, FYI. So if you want to send me a message,
0:32.5	then email me, Patrick at Relevantradio.com. That number is just for people who want to call and be on the air.
0:41.0	So you'll probably, if you want to call and say, hey, tell Patrick that blah, blah, blah, blah,
0:45.7	the call screener is going to say, I'm sorry, this is the wrong number for that.
0:48.9	Just send him an email, Patrick at Relevantradio.com.
0:52.1	Now, I want to thank you, John, in, where is John, in Maryland for this email that you sent
0:58.2	me during the break.
0:59.2	So it's fresh in, just came in.
1:02.0	And John says, Patrick, you sound a bit dismissive when you ridicule the term Department
1:08.2	of War.
1:09.2	I'll pause there.
1:10.0	I hope I do, because as I'll explain in a
1:15.3	minute, that is not a term that I think is helpful. I'll explain why in a minute. So yes, I definitely
1:22.6	did sound not a bit dismissive, but actually dismissive. John continues, a quick look at the history is worthwhile.
1:29.6	The department was originally called the Department of War,
1:32.0	and its renaming to the Department of Defense was part of a broader post-World War II reorganization.
1:37.3	That's true.
1:38.5	One could argue that Department of Defense is itself a euphemism.
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