How do you feel about Taylor Marshall's podcasts lately

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I’m asking this because I feel strongly about Pope Francis and the good work he is doing the world, he is bringing people together by not condemning people, by being Christllike. I used to watch Taylor Marshall constantly but every day now he has videos and podcasts coming out that seem to attempt to destroy Pope Francis. I certainly do not want to cause an uprising and if that is what bringing this up will do then please just ignore this question and let it go quietly into the night.
 
Who is Taylor Marshall?

As in, I have never heard one of his podcasts, and my life has been just fine.

If he upsets you, stop listening. Everyone has an opinion or two - some even more; and most of them from time to time have halitosis. Too often, the opinions and the halitosis are of equal importance.

If someone is helping you draw closer to Christ, continue on; if they cause difficulty, stop.

If you want to listen to someone who has helped me, look up Sister Ann Shields. She is frequent on Ave maria Radio.

I don’t mean to be dismissive of Taylor Marshall; as noted, I have never listened to him; but if he is causing you grief, move on. There was a very widely known apologist who from time to time set my teeth on edge. I finally decided there was a multitude of excellent sources to encourage my faith, and I moved on.
 
I appreciate his podcasts and listen to them. I am glad he is fortright instead of putting his head in the sand. He is a good Catholic.
 
I think Taylor Marshall is a good, informed and educated Catholic who is dismayed by the things that our pontiff says and does. I share that opinion.
 
I just don’t find a lot of humility in these podcasts, It feels more like judging others and holier than thou attitudes running rampant. I have been trying to get past it but it permeates my thoughts. I have decided to stop listening and feel very grateful that there are other podcasts and shows I can listen to that don’t make me feel like a hypocrite in the do as I say, not as I do temperament so many in the world seem to have right now, I pray for all of us to find generosity, caring, and love. I find Bishop Barron to be very insightful and humble. I see him as an upright Catholic with love in his heart, not judgement. I am in search of more of what I see as a good direction for the Universal Church that we as Catholics should be headed in.
 
They’re going from strength to strength. Timothy Gordon is a welcome addition and I think the podcast is better with a dual presenter format.

They’re both deeply knowledgeable in fields which don’t completely overlap, the topics canvassed are invariably extremely interesting and the well-informed, high quality guests almost always add value.

The semi-recent tilt towards discussing the pontificate speaks to a great number of Catholics who are bewildered by current directions. For me, this is a distinguishing feature of the podcast which elevates it above a lot of other competing content.
 
How do I feel…
I feel he’s been setting up American politics above the Church. I feel that anytime the Church disagrees with his politics, he sides with his politics over the teachings of the Catholic Church & his podcasts attempt convince the listener to believe in his politics over the Church. I feel time is better spent reading the Bible & Catechism than listening to him. I feel that we should all keep in mind that the Church pre-dates American politics by well over 1,700 years.
 
He speaks against some of the views of Pope Francis NOT the Church. Many things espoused by our pope are contrary to historical church teaching as is well pointed out above by (name removed by moderator).

Is Archbishop Vigano against the Church?

Is Bishop Schneider against the Church?

Is Cardinal Sarah against the Church?

The pope is only infallible ex-cathedra. We can disagree with him on his political and social justice views.
 
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Your observations resonate with me. I used to enjoy his videos, but not since he turned his attention to finding fault with Pope Francis.
 
Could you give an example of where he does this? Because I find that he appeals to the traditional teaching of the Church from old papal encyclicals and teachings of doctors of the Church, like St. Thomas Aquinas.
 
If you read the epistle of St. Paul you will find we as the Church are required to observe and question our religious leaders in the Church. It would be wrong for us as a Church not to question our leadership actions and decision. Here’s Robert Royal and Fr. Gerald Murray with Raymond Arroyo discussing issues they see in Rome:

 
Finn said:
They’re going from strength to strength. Timothy Gordon is a welcome addition and I think the podcast is better with a dual presenter format.

They’re both deeply knowledgeable in fields which don’t completely overlap, the topics canvassed are invariably extremely interesting and the well-informed, high quality guests almost always add value.

The semi-recent tilt towards discussing the pontificate speaks to a great number of Catholics who are bewildered by current directions. For me, this is a distinguishing feature of the podcast which elevates it above a lot of other competing content.
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I’m the opposite. Gordon is a turn off to me. He is not very charitable in his delivery and it ends up making me frustrated…so I quit listening. Even when they were on with Patrick Coffin, he was way out of line and you could tell that even Patrick was having a hard time controlling him.

Sadly, their show has turned into the type of show that is counteractive to what their goal is…which seems to be bringing the tradition back to CAtholicism. Their delivery and attitude is what I think of when people criticize traditionalists of being snooty and a turnoff.

I will still listen to some topics if it is something that interests me…especially if it is only Marshall and not Gordon. He seems to be more level headed and charitable when by himself. I would get so worked up listening to some of their stuff, in particular about women in the work place and the death penalty, that I had to make myself stop listening.

So for me, I listen occasionally depending on the topic. I do think they have done good for me in opening me up to soem more traditional topics, I just wish they weren’t so brash and condescending b/c I think they would have a larger following.
 
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How do I feel…
I feel he’s been setting up American politics above the Church. I feel that anytime the Church disagrees with his politics, he sides with his politics over the teachings of the Catholic Church & his podcasts attempt convince the listener to believe in his politics over the Church. I feel time is better spent reading the Bible & Catechism than listening to him. I feel that we should all keep in mind that the Church pre-dates American politics by well over 1,700 years.
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I don’t see that. I haven’t heard him go against anything the church teaches it is more going after statements made by clergy that goes against church teaching. So your last sentence is kind of ironic. Remember that the church dates back past the last 60 years
 
The video I posted with Robert Royal and Fr. Gerald Murray with Raymond Arroyo agrees with you.
 
God bless Pope Francis. He tells people what they need to hear, not necessarily what they want to hear. That is what a good shepherd is supposed to do. 🙏🙏🙏
 
On the one hand I can relate to those who are frustrated because Pope Francis falls far short of St JP2 as a teacher. The saint constantly reminded us of forgotten truths that were still needed. He stood up prophetic against the rising tide of secularism.

But part of that secular tide is the movement of anti religious authority, essentially coming from the media. Marshall, along with several internet ministries that supposedly oppose secularism, feeds into that secular movement, or mindset.

Sola Traditio leads to chaos just as surely as Sola scriptura.

Even if the next pope is another JP2, that lingering suspicion of all popes and bishops will remain in the water, to the detriment of Catholics.
 
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The lingering suspiciion is warranted and there is nothing wrong with it.
The Bishops have run amuck and so has Pope Francis.
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Actually the secular culture nurtures suspicion of all types of religious authority, including religious superiors, pastors, and parents.
The culture promotes interchangeable persons: husbands and wives to be the same; priests like to drink and swear, just like laymen. Laymen like to sit in the bishop’s chair, and tell him off. Nuns act like laity. On TV, kids are smarter than parents.

The secular culture loves the COMMUNITY, where all are equal, and all have the same role. Marshall feeds into that. This is the basis for Sola Traditio.

I’m not saying Marshall is a secularist. But the overall effect he has on laity tends to make them skeptical of good things more than bad, and vulnerable to secularism.
 
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The lingering suspiciion is warranted and there is nothing wrong with it.
The Bishops have run amuck and so has Pope Francis.
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Actually the secular culture nurtures suspicion of all types of religious authority, including religious superiors, pastors, and parents.
The culture promotes interchangeable persons: husbands and wives to be the same; priests like to drink and swear, just like laymen. Laymen like to sit in the bishop’s chair, and tell him off. Nuns act like laity. On TV, kids are smarter than parents.

The secular culture loves the COMMUNITY, where all are equal, and all have the same role. Marshall feeds into that. This is the basis for Sola Traditio.

I’m not saying Marshall is a secularist. But the overall effect he has on laity tends to make them skeptical of good things more than bad, and vulnerable to secularism.
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So at what point do you think it is ok for concerned Catholics to speak up?

It seems that that is what is laity did in 2002. Keep quit and trust the bishops. Where did that get us?

And now pope Francis just appointed somebody as archbishop in DC that was involved in making bishops exempt from the Dallas charter issues. Should we be ok with this and not be skeptical?
 
The problem with Sola Traditio - Marshall’s position - is that you don’t know how many other potentially relevant, authoritative Church documents he may have skipped over, to get to some particular document he cites, to refute the pope. You also don’t know the context of the cited document.

I don’t know how to evaluate internet sites that are independent of the Church, since the Independent Internet, overall, is incredibly unreliable, much more unreliable than the bishops.

The Independent Internet Magisterium is awful.
 
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