The Patrick Madrid Show: March 11, 2026 - Hour 2
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Patrick answers listener questions about family struggles, moral decisions, faith and science, and Church authority, offering honest guidance rooted in Catholic teaching. The episode jumps from emotional calls on elder care and ethical dilemmas to sharp debates about sacraments and tradition, then pivots to engaging commentary on how faith interacts with scientific thinking, sharing insights from bishops and Catholic scholars.
- Emily – Do I have an obligation to help my grandmother who might be being exploited? (00:33)
- Eleanore - What is the boundary for parents to allow their kids to get piercings. Is it a sin for us to allow this? (07:46)
- Joanna - If priest can celebrate Mass in mortal sin, why can’t a lay person receive in a state of mortal sin? (14:48)
- Patrick share’s Bishop Earl Fernandes’ article, “Faith and Science Are Not Enemies — and Young People Need to Hear It” (20:31)
- Clancy - I asked Grok the question: “Who is more faithful to Jesus Christ, Eastern Orthodoxy or Catholicism” (38:04)
- Granger - Where do you get the rule of faith in the Bible? If I say tradition, isn’t that like saying the same thing? (46:17)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | And compelling insights, unpredictable conversations, |
| 0:12.6 | encouragement for your day. |
| 0:14.7 | It's the Patrick Madrid show on relevant radio. |
| 0:18.7 | And we are back, and you can participate by calling 888-914-9-149. |
| 0:25.0 | 888 9-1-4-9-149. |
| 0:27.8 | Let's start off with Emily in Jacksonville, Florida. |
| 0:30.2 | Good morning, Emily. |
| 0:31.0 | Welcome. |
| 0:32.4 | Hi, Patrick. |
| 0:33.2 | Thank you so much for taking my call. |
| 0:34.9 | It's really an honor to speak to you. |
| 0:37.0 | I really admire your show. I listen almost every day, so I really appreciate it. Thank you so much for taking my call. It's really an honor to speak to you. I really admire your show. |
| 0:38.3 | I listen almost every day. |
| 0:39.8 | So I really appreciate it. |
| 0:41.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:42.0 | So I have another family matters question. |
| 0:45.2 | My grandmother is in her mid-80s. |
| 0:48.9 | She's got the, you know, showing some signs of dementia setting in. |
| 1:03.2 | And throughout our lives as a family, she's left a lot of destruction in her wake over the years, |
| 1:06.7 | and a lot of folks don't want to have anything to do with her. |
| 1:09.2 | And it's kind of a sad situation. |
| 1:16.5 | But she also, after my grandfather died a few, several years ago now, she got involved online with a scammer. |
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