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The Home Front

Leila and Phil Lawler

Leila and Phil Lawler have been talking to each other about everything for almost 50 years. Join as they discuss every aspect of the battle on the home front. leilamarielawler.substack.com

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52:16

Pope Leo's trip to Turkey; 10 children confirmed dead...

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2025/12/05

Show Notes:Pope visits famous Istanbul mosque but does not pause to prayIn Unitate Fidei: Apostolic Letter on the 1700th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea by Pope Leo XIVPope Leo speaks out on the situation in Germany Neglected highlights of Pope Leo’s first voyage by Phil LawlerFDA Memo Links COVID Vaccines to Child Deaths in Internal Review ~ X threadOne of the children likely to have been one of the 10 cited by the FDA ~ Maryanne DemasiEarly on, the media, in collusion with Pfizer, covered up

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55:13

Our exasperating bishops; Why we don't recommend...

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2025/11/21

Show Notes:Bishops vote to ban gender transition treatments at Catholic hospitals - AleteiaBishop Joseph Strickland interjects at US Conference of Catholic Bishops - Catholic Herald — his subsequent statement can be found here.Catholic Vote quotes the Catechism on immigrationMore: Catholic Vote has provided a response to the bishops’ statement on immigration, emphasizing the nation’s duty to protect its own citizens: Immigration Enforcement and the Christian Conscience: The ReceiptsEXCLUSIVE: I have

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49:59

Honoring -- or just humoring -- veterans; Scotus...

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2025/11/14

Show Notes:A British WWII veteran speaks his mind, but the BBC doesn’t want to listen; neither do many othersA veteran’s haunting question: Was his sacrifice worth it? by Phil LawlerKaty Faust | How Obergefell Commodified Children — a must listen!Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to same-sex marriage decision — The FederalistThe Obergefell ruling rode rough-shod over religions and dozens of state constitutions on the bases of a moral — not legal — opinion. — The FederalistThe Three Necessary

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47:27

Fear of having babies at 40; Vatican oddly weighs in...

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2025/11/07

Show Notes:What is a good age to have a baby? by Leila Marie Lawler — embedded link re: progesterone treatment in IVFThe Facebook post, “40 is not the onset of menopause” — up to 300 likes/loves and 146 testimonials and commentsLeila on how silencing works — this strategy applies to all sorts of issues:For a long time, many of good will wanted to extend a charitable interpretation of whatever seems disturbing in Fr. Martin’s work, especially when it comes to rejecting Church teaching (and normal

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54:57

Catholics are suffering in Nigeria and China;...

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2025/10/31

Show Notes:Nigeria once again declared world’s deadliest country for Christians Catholic VoteCatholic Church Cries Out Over Renewed Herdsmen Attacks In Taraba Communities As Hundreds Are Displaced Sahara ReportersThe Trump Card That Could Free Jimmy Lai by William McGurn Wall Street Journal (go here for archived version)Vatican confirms papal approval of new Chinese bishop Catholic CultureThe Vatican’s one-sided deal with China Phil LawlerHong Kong Catholics Deserve the Church’s Leadership, Not

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51:46

Helen Andrews' The Great Feminization - and how we...

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2025/10/24

Show Notes:Helen Andrews: The Great Feminization, Compact MagazineHarvey Mansfield: Manliness (affiliate link)Do you look forward to our podcast? Do not hesitate to subscribe! It’s free! Or you can choose to support us financially if you are able— either way, we appreciate you!Your paid subscription means a lot to us and helps us continue our work.Want to tell a friend? Please do!Don’t wish to take out a paid subscription just now? We understand!How about this, if you enjoyed this episode: Get full

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51:25

Priest survey results; Traditional Latin Mass-goers...

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2025/10/17

Show Notes:* Morale, Leadership, and Pastoral Priorities: Highlights from the 2025 National Study of Catholic PriestsSome reports on the report:Younger American priests more conservative, traditional, survey shows (Catholic World News)U.S. priests report high confidence in Pope Leo XIV, less trust in bishops (Catholic News Agency)Study sheds light on generational divide among US priests (The Pillar)* Leila wrote about Fr. Carter’s letter to Latin Mass parishioners here, and why I think it puts

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56:50

Jay Jones: violence was how leftism was going to end;...

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2025/10/10

Jay Jones’s texts.Is violence “across the board” in politics today? And what about that Cato Institute study? Bruce GilleySome left-wing violence the legacy media wants you to forget.Man arrested outside cathedral found to have explosivesPope Francis: “There is no such thing as a just war.” Exploring Just-War Principles: Phil’s in-depth seminar on classical Catholic thought on the morality of warfare, and how it could be applied to contemporary conflicts.Cardinal Parolin on October 7, Gaza: Human

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54:36

Cardinal Cupich hides behind the seamless garment;...

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2025/10/03

Show Notes:Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, on the Keep Hope Alive AwardPope Leo’s comments on Cardinal Cupich’s intention to award Sen. Dick DurbinThe Pope’s statement on the Durbin award: wrong, and irrelevant; if Pope Leo is quoted here accurately (and I have no reason to think otherwise), it’s a terribly disappointing statement for several reasons; Durbin’s decision to decline the Chicago award has the ‘look and feel’ of a negotiated solution; Pope Leo describes

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56:18

The Creed and Charlie Kirk; Cardinal Cupich's...

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2025/09/26

Show Notes:JD Vance’s Sharp-Elbowed Theology by Tony Badran, The Tablet — I don’t know what he’s saying, and neither do youCharlie Kirk DM’d me before he was murdered. Here’s what he said by Van Jones, CNN — what’s missing in this statement is any call to the Left to stand down.Paprocki ‘shocked’ by Durbin’s Chicago award (The Pillar)Archbishop Cordileone supports PaprockiStatement of Cardinal Blase J. CupichThe Scandalous Case of Cardinal Cupich and Senator Durbin, by Jayd Hendricks - Catholic

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46:43

Charlie Kirk, 1st Amendment rights, violence, and...

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2025/09/19

Show Notes:Leila on Pam Bondi’s errorActually, Tim Walz [and Pam Bondi! —Ed.], the First Amendment Does Protect Misinformation and “Hate Speech,” by David Inserra and Jennifer HuddlestonLaw & Liberty: Freedom of expression in the university: excellent essay by John O. McGinnis Do you look forward to our podcast? Do not hesitate to subscribe! It’s free! Or you can choose to support us financially if you are able— either way, we appreciate you!Your paid subscription means a lot to us and helps us

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57:53

The natural law principle behind rejecting vaccine...

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2025/09/12

Show Notes:Part One:* President Trump on Truth Social, about the Covid shots: “…I hope OPERATION WARP SPEED was as “BRILLIANT” as many say it was. If not, we all want to know about it, and why??? Thank you for your attention to this very important matter! President DJT” * Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. invokes compulsory vaccination as a principle to justify the verdict regarding sterilization laws in the landmark case, Buck v. Bell, 1926, quoted in this excellent article analyzing vaccine

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54:22

Phil: Pope Leo's meeting with Fr. James Martin SJ;...

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2025/09/05

Show Notes:Fr. James Martin SJ puts his spin on the meeting with Pope Leo: Notable quotes:The message I received from him, loud and clear, was that he wanted to continue with the same approach that Pope Francis had advanced, which was one of openness and welcome. So, it was very much a hopeful message of continuity.So while LGBTQ issues are on his radar, other things may be more pressing for the time being. And even when addressing LGBTQ issues, he may not move as fast as some might like.“Diogenes”

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53:11

Prohibition, the society-changing event you don't...

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2025/08/29

Show Notes:Prohibition detached our will to protect the common good but it also stole our orchard economy: How the government almost killed the appleRussell Kirk on the Errors of Ideology by Bradley J. BirzerLink fixed: In the First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (affiliate link)“In 2023, the "Old Country Store" celebrated Pride by unveiling rainbow-colored rocking chairs. Cracker Barrel sponsored the Nashville Pride Parade in 2024.” Do you look forward to our podcast? Do not hesitate to

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51:52

Phil predicts the outcome of the Ukraine/Russia peace...

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2025/08/22

Show Notes:Exploring Just-War Principles: An in-depth discussion of classical Catholic thought on the morality of warfare, and how it could be applied to contemporary conflicts.Is Phil good at predicting things? A Just-War Perspective on the War in Ukraine: An address given by Phil Lawler three years ago.Do you love our podcast and look forward to it? Don’t miss an episode!Gay man explains embryo selection processLesbian talks about her “embryogate” — I can’t say I understand what’s going on in this

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55:29

A challenge to the Supreme Court's Same Sex Marriage...

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2025/08/15

Show Notes:My Hero, Kim Davis by Leila Marie LawlerWill the Supreme Court revisit its ruling on same-sex marriage? SCOTUSblogKim Davis: Political Prisoner? Culture-War Martyr? Kim Davis: Shipwreck of Religious Liberty by Rod DreherKentucky clerk case driving wedge into conservative Christian camp Daily AmericanFilm: The Well Digger’s Daughter One beautiful aspect of this film is the refined delicacy with which the transgression of the daughter is handled. The theme is how to handle the matter of the

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50:08

Climate change realism; taxpayers not burdened with...

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2025/08/08

Show Notes:The Just-War debate: last call to join Phil Lawler’s Substack SeminarA Critical Review of Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Emissions on the U.S. Climate Climate Working Group United States Department of Energy July 23, 2025The Ultimate Resource, by Julian Simon- 1983 (affiliate link)The Resourceful Earth, edited by Julian Simon and Herman Kahn— 1984Washington Post: White House has no plan to fund IVF (archived article)California Bill 495, “Family Preparedness Plan Act of 2025”: “Presto, Someone

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47:44

"Massacre" in Detroit; Pharma funds assault on...

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2025/08/01

Show Notes:How and why the American Academy of Pediatrics wants to take away parental rights (Vaccines are only the thin edge of the wedge)The media just don’t report that Big Pharma funds itA convicted pedophile and his “husband” procure a child via surrogacy and no, there are no laws against that: Brandon Keith Mitchell: Sex Offender’s Surrogacy Journey With HusbandArchbishop Weisenburger and the episcopal double standardDetroit archbishop fires seminary professorsDo you look forward to our

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43:44

Israeli forces strike Catholic parish in Gaza; HHS...

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2025/07/25

Show Notes:Israeli forces strike Catholic Parish in Gaza (Vatican News)Pope Leo’s Angelus audienceIsraeli ambassador to Holy See says actions of Hamas reason for war in Gaza (Cruxnow)Gaza: History will not forgive this barbarism and complicity (Caritas International)Jerusalem’s Christian leaders deplore ‘heinous’ Israeli attack on Gaza’s Catholic parish (CWN)Holy See Press Office Press Release: Telephone conversation of the Holy Father with the Prime Minister of Israel, 18.07.2025Pope speaks with

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51:16

News roundup: NATO; a new test for King Solomon;...

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2025/07/18

Show NotesDemographics, fertility: Jesús Fernández-Villaverde on X (thread): 2023 fertility ratesArguing about Slavery: John Quincy Adams and the Great Battle in the United States Congress by William Lee Miller (affiliate link)Supreme Court Clears the Way for Trump’s Cuts to the Education Department (New York Times) Report: NPR is not indispensable for rural Americans and emergency alerts, despite claims (CatholicVote)Bishop Conley the Beekeeper Enjoys Time in the ‘Really Real’ (National Catholic

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