This Catholic Moment (ft. Matthew Schmitz)

About this episode

Matthew Schmitz joins R. R. Reno to discuss his review of the current state of Catholicism.

In this episode, Matthew Schmitz joins R. R. Reno on The Editor's Desk to talk about his recent review, “Our Strange Catholic Moment” from the June/July 2026 issue of the magazine.

People in this episode

Host: R. R. Reno

Guest: Matthew Schmitz

Topics covered

• Catholicism
• religion
• spirituality
• review
• current events

Keywords

• Catholic Moment
• Matthew Schmitz
• R. R. Reno
• First Things
• religious review

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: First Things

Books & works: Our Strange Catholic Moment

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