This week on A Podcast About Catholic Things, Eric (The Ambassador of Common Sense) and Dan (The Ambassador of Nonsense) discuss concupiscence… but first a tribute to America's Anchorman, Rush Limbaugh, who succumbed to cancer on Ash Wednesday, 2/17/2021. America was better for his contribution. Pope Francis is 'God smacked' when he says God contaminated Himself by becoming man. Concupiscence is the tendency to sin, but Dan explains it as a misalignment of the three things that make us who we are: will, appetite, and intellect.

In current events, the IAEA confirms Iran has produced uranium metal (used in making nuclear warheads). Pakistani supreme court commutes death sentences because of schizophrenia. China sends spacecraft to Mars and plans rover landing. Twitter bans President Trump for life. Winter Storm Uri spreads across North America. BLM destroys more property and this time is arrested. People killed in Afghanistan. Giant brewery discovered in ancient Egypt, dating to 3000 BC. Facebook teams with Google in Australia. Astronomers find exoplanet three times larger than Earth.

In the world of nonsense, the Pope loses all control over Chinese bishops. Alabama law enforcement busts a giant wine-making operation in a waste disposal plant. Chinese flight attendants wear adult diapers. Son sues parent for destroying his porn collection in Michigan… and wins. In France, parents are told NOT to throw their children over gates.

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/16/935296990/french-school-warns-parents-not-to-throw-kids-over-the-gate

https://www.travelpulse.com/news/airlines/flight-attendants-in-china-asked-to-wear-diapers-for-covid-safety.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/19/us-parents-lose-lawsuit-over-destruction-of-sons-porn-collection

https://www.cbs42.com/alabama-news/illegal-wine-making-operation-busted-at-dekalb-county-wastewater-treatment-facility/