The Patrick Madrid Show: May 18, 2026 - Hour 2
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Patrick opens with a caller’s honest struggle about sustaining faith and character in environments that never quite align with Catholic convictions, offering advice that blends scriptural grit with lived wisdom. Conversations about the unchecked spread of AI and massive data centers quickly turn uneasy, sparking debate over their promises and the unseen costs shaping towns and families while ordinary life persists.
- Josh - Is it a problem that I don't talk about my faith? (00:46)
- Anne - We have 5 children involved in cybersecurity and AI. Pope Leo wrote about bringing Catholic teaching to industries. I am also concerned about data centers taking up land space. We were offered money for land. (15:01)
- Maria - Data Centers take a lot of energy and I believe they raise electricity and they take up a lot of water. I think they could cause a drought. (24:42)
- Joe - Why would Protestants care about the rapture? Why was the father of John the Baptist punished? (31:06)
- Billy (email) – Is it wrong to take a photo of the Roses at the Basilica while going up for Communion? (39:42)
- Jan (email) - Our parish has a priest who doesn't elevate the host and the cup, he doesn't distribute Communion, he doesn't genuflect when he walks by the tabernacle, he doesn't greet his parishioners after Mass, and worst of all, he doesn't like to hear Confessions so he very often refuses to do so.
- Phil - Data Centers are on a closed-circuit system. It doesn't cause water pollution. (48:52)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Compelling insights, unpredictable conversations, |
| 0:12.1 | encouragement for your day. |
| 0:14.2 | It's the Patrick Madrid show on Relevant Radio. |
| 0:19.0 | We are back. |
| 0:20.0 | Let's go straight back to the phones. |
| 0:21.6 | Let's go to Josh first in Los Angeles. |
| 0:23.4 | Hi, Josh. |
| 0:24.9 | Hey, good morning, Patrick. |
| 0:27.6 | It's hard to focus on my question after your segment on social media |
| 0:32.1 | and then this last question about Israel. |
| 0:34.3 | I'm a convert. |
| 0:35.3 | I'm a convert from Judaism, |
| 0:36.8 | and my head's kind of been spinning |
| 0:38.9 | with everything going on. But anyway, so I'll try to focus on the question I intended. I, you know, |
| 0:49.4 | I converted, it was two years ago, I received the sacraments, and I guess, you know, maybe it's |
| 0:55.9 | relatively common at that first year, you know, when it's new and, and, and that, you know, |
| 1:03.2 | my faith was really, really, really strong, you know, and I was on fire for Christ, and it's a little |
| 1:09.3 | bit of spiritual, but I think for the most part, I'm still very |
| 1:15.3 | strong in my faith. |
| 1:16.5 | But one thing I noticed is that, you know, I, between my work and my friends and most |
| 1:22.6 | of the people I hang out with, and I've called you before about my family, because my family |
| 1:26.9 | hasn't converted. I'd say |
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