If you say you love Jesus but ignore His commandments, something is off. In this homily from Fr. Dom, he confronts a dangerous reality inside modern Catholicism: the imaginary god we create in our own minds. The god who “unde...
Men are confused. The culture is loud. Fathers are absent. The Church is under pressure. So what does it actually mean to be a holy, strong, masculine man today? In this episode of The Manly Catholic , I chat with John Bishop...
You are not living in neutral territory. You are standing on a battlefield. In this opening episode of our Spiritual Warfare series, we confront a truth most Catholic men avoid: the war is real, and you are already in it. Dra...
Most men today are ruled by emotion, pleasure, and impulse. That is not freedom. That is slavery. In this episode of The Manly Catholic , Fr. Dom confronts a hard truth the modern world refuses to face: darkness has invaded t...
Most Catholic men pray in the morning, go to Mass on Sunday, then spend most of their lives believing their work has nothing to do with holiness. That lie is costing men their strength, discipline, and authority. In this epis...
Most Catholic men do not understand what happened to them at baptism. That ignorance is costing them their faith, their families, and their fire. In this episode of The Manly Catholic , Fr. Dom delivers a direct and uncomprom...
What if The Lord of the Rings was never just a story? What if Tolkien was encoding a spiritual map for men living in the modern war for the soul? In this episode of The Manly Catholic , James Caldwell speaks with author and p...
What happens when Christianity loses authority? Chaos follows. Families fracture. Men drift. Truth becomes negotiable. In Part Two of this conversation with Father Peter Damian, the discussion moves from personal history into...
What happens when a man grows up under brutal communism, religious persecution, and fear and then discovers that true freedom cannot exist without truth? In this episode of The Manly Catholic , James sits down with Father Pet...
What happens when a man finally stops running from God? In this episode of The Manly Catholic , we sit down with Father Dominic and newly ordained transitional deacon Logan McGahan to discuss something the Church desperately ...
The world says Christmas is over. The Church says it has just begun. In this homily from Fr. Dom, we step into the Octave of Christmas and confront what this season actually demands of men. This is not a victory lap. This is ...
The world wants Christmas without Christ. Noise without silence. Consumption without conversion. In this episode of The Manly Catholic , James is joined by Fr. Dom for a direct, unapologetic conversation on Advent, Christmas,...
Men, the battle is here. We run it back with our Exodus episode with Dr. Jared Staudt when we talked about St. Michael's Lent. While St. Michael's Lent has ended, a new beginning is coming on January 5th, 2026 with the main E...
Rejoice in the Lord always. Again, I say rejoice. On the Third Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday, the Church commands us to do something radical: rejoice, not later, not when life gets easier, but now. In this episode, Fr. Dom breaks open what true Christian joy actually is and why it matters for Ca…
What happens when a Catholic man stops staying silent and starts taking the Gospel into enemy territory? In this episode of The Manly Catholic , Fr. Dom sits down with Marshall Bremo, a Catholic convert, husband, and father w...
Ever feel like sin has you pinned down, making holiness seem out of reach? What if God's grace could prevent the fight before it starts? In this episode of The Manly Catholic, we dive deep into the Immaculate Conception; the feast that shows Mary was conceived without original sin, proving God's po…
Catholic men today stand in the middle of a spiritual battlefield, and most don’t even realize it. In this episode, I sit down with Devin Schadt, founder of The Fathers of St. Joseph , co-host of The Catholic Gentleman , and ...
Gratitude is not sentiment. It is not a mood. It is a weapon. In this Black Friday edition of The Manly Catholic , James confronts a spiritual truth that most men overlook. Ingratitude is not harmless. It opens the door to th...
Hell fears the saints. Men have forgotten this. In this powerful conversation with author Patrick O’Hearn , we confront the reality of spiritual warfare and the heavenly allies God gives us for the fight. Patrick’s new book, ...
Most Catholic men have never been told the truth about what happens at baptism. Not the watered-down version. The real thing. Baptism is a confrontation with the kingdom of darkness. It is the moment a soul is ripped from Sat...
Fr. Dom calls all Catholics to wake up and stand firm. The Church is not an institution to critique from a distance. She is a living, supernatural reality. She is the Bride of Christ. When you attack her, you attack Him. When...
Most Catholic men talk about trusting God, but very few surrender the one area that reveals the truth: their generosity. In this episode, Jacob Cokely joins me to confront a battlefield most men avoid. His new book, Kingdom G...
Fr. Dom is back! James and Fr. Dom tackle one of the most misunderstood yet absolutely essential topics in the spiritual life: baptism. This is not just another Church formality. This is the dividing line between belonging to...