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Several times a month, Fr. Richard Simon of the Archdiocese of Chicago appears as a guest expert on the Relevant Radio Network to answers callers' questions about God, religion and the Roman Catholic faith.

With the elections in the USA just right around the corner, here are some recent Q&As about several 2008 critical voting issues facing Roman Catholic voters with Fr. Simon on both the "Morning Air" and the  "Searching The Word" programs that are heard weekdays on the Relevant Radio Network.

Always Vote Catholic
Moral & Ethical Positions
Are The Critical Issues

All citizens have a moral responsibility and duty to vote.  However, with each new election the Roman Catholic voter is being confronted with more dilemmas concerning moral and ethical positions about how he or she should vote.

Fr. Richard Simon of the Archdiocese of Chicago answers callers' questions about several 2008 crucial issues facing Roman Catholic voters on both the "Searching The Word" and the "Morning Air" programs that are broadcast on the Relevant Radio Network.

 
NOTE:. YouTube limits the length of video clips to a maximum run time of 10 minutes per clip.
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The Five (5) Non-Negotiable Catholic Issues
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Fr. Richard Simon answers a caller's question about the Five (5) Non-Negotiable Issues for Catholic Voters: 1) Abortion, 2) Euthanasia, 3) Fetal Stem Cell Research, 4) Human Cloning, and 5) Homosexual "Marriage" in a rather insightful way - a human person can never be used - the person is a subject and not an object.

As a side issue, Fr. Simon puts forth the premise that marriages performed by the state are a gross violation of the separation of state and religion since marriage is a religious idea.  He also touches upon and ties in the topic of artificial birth control.

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Politics, Religion & Voting Issues
Total run time...: 37 minutes  (spit into 4 parts for YouTube)
Broadcast date.: October 2, 2008
Program...........: "Morning Air" hosted by Sean Herriott and Wendy Wiese

Fr. Simon answers callers' questions about "faith and voting" during this hour long segment of the "Morning Air" program on the Relevant Radio Network. Some of the Q&As and topics discussed on this show include: 
the arguments for abortion are identical to the arguments for slavery
---> read the "How is abortion like slavery?" Q&A by Rev. Know-It-All
moral and ethical dilemmas about selecting the "lessor of 2 evils"
prioritizing issues, such as is war or abortion or euthanasia more evil
is "economics" the real driving force behind most of the evil present today
are we paying the price for not resting on the Sabbath and keeping it holy
what about voting pro-choice but saying you're personally against abortion
why Catholics are opposed to any "Freedom Act" at state & national levels
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Key Voting Issues
Total run time...: 40 minutes  (spit into 4 parts for YouTube)
Broadcast date.: August 29, 2008
Program...........: "Searching The Word" hosted by Chuck Neff

Fr. Richard Simon answers callers' questions about several 2008 critical voting issues facing Roman Catholic voters on the "Searching The Word" program on the Relevant Radio.  Some of the Q&As and topics discussed include: 
voting with an informed conscience and per Catholic social & moral teachings
your informed conscience is NOT the same as your opinions or feelings
is residual racism a cause for great concern
the five (5) non-negotiable issues for Catholic voters
is it a sin for a Catholic to vote for a person who is pro-abortion
as well as these three general questions:
doesn't Cannon Law still state that Catholics are not to eat meat on Fridays
why is there a prejudice against that the old Latin Mass coming back
is it OK for a person to kneel when receiving Holy Communion
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More Videos Coming Soon!

We are in the process of editing the audio tapes and converting them into videos.
We will post them as we complete them.
A list of the original unedited programs from Relevant Radio is presented below.

Original Relevant Radio Network Program Tapes
www.RelevantRadio.com
10-02-08 broadcast of "Morning Air" 2nd hr download mp3
09-24-08 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
09-18-08 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
08-29-08 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3 Play Stream
08-15-08 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3 Play Stream
08-08-08 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3 Play Stream
07-29-08 broadcast of "Morning Air" 2nd hr download mp3
07-24-08 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
07-22-08 broadcast of "Morning Air" 2nd hr download mp3
07-18-08 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
07-01-08 broadcast of "Morning Air" 2nd hr download mp3
06-25-08 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
06-04-08 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
05-09-08 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
04-24-08 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
04-22-08 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
03-20-08 broadcast of "Morning Air" 3rd hr download mp3
03-17-08 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
03-05-08 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
02-21-08 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
02-08-08 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
01-11-08 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
12-11-07 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
12-05-07 broadcast of "Morning Air" 2nd hr download mp3
11-26-07 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
11-05-07 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
10-24-07 broadcast of "Morning Air" 2nd hr download mp3
10-01-07 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
09-12-07 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
09-12-07 broadcast of "Morning Air" 2nd hr download mp3
08-14-07 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
08-08-07 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
07-03-07 broadcast of "Morning Air" 2nd hr download mp3
06-27-07 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
06-12-07 broadcast of "Morning Air" 2nd hr download mp3
06-11-15-07 broadcast of "The Drew Mariani Show" 2nd hr download mp3
06-11-15-07 broadcast of "The Drew Mariani Show" 1st hr download mp3
06-11-07 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
05-15-07 broadcast of "Morning Air" special 4th hr download mp3
05-07-07 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
05-02-07 broadcast of "Morning Air" 2nd hr download mp3
04-23-07 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
04-03-07 broadcast of "Morning Air" 2nd hr download mp3
03-28-07 broadcast of "Morning Air" 2nd hr download mp3
03-21-07 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
03-06-07 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
02-27-07 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
02-07-07 broadcast of "Searching The Word" download mp3
01-15-07 broadcast of "The Drew Mariani Show" 3rd hr download mp3
01-15-07 broadcast of "The Drew Mariani Show" 2nd hr download mp3
09-20-06 broadcast of "Searching The Word" not yet available not yet available
07-28-06 broadcast of "Searching The Word" not yet available not yet available
We're on a mission from God.

The primary purpose of this site is to list and present all of Fr. Richard Simon's radio appearances as a guest expert on various programs that are broadcast on the The Relevant Radio Network.

The secondary purpose is to eventually edit said programs down to individual Q&As (questions & answers) similar to Fr. Simon's weekly advice column "The Reverend Know-It-All" in which he answers readers' questions about God, religion and the Roman Catholic Church.

The tertiary purpose is to provide the listener/reader with a bit of tongue in cheek humor that Fr. Simon is somewhat renowned for.


In brief, Fr. Simon has virtually nothing to do with this web site.  It's just a compilation of what he has said on the Relevant Radio Network.  All told, he is responsible to God, the pope and his bishop (who is Cardinal George of the Archdiocese of Chicago) for what he said.  But, he is not directly responsible for anything on this web site.

The only involvement that Fr. Simon has had with this site is when he answered our inquiry as to what some of his favorite songs were - both contemporary tunes and religious hymns: the Blues Brothers' version of "Soul Man" and the Gregorian chant "Ave Mundi Spes Maria" by the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos.


Special Thanks - God Bless Them

We would like to thank both Fr. Simon and all the great people at the Relevant Radio Network, a listener supported Roman Catholic radio network.  As Mother Angelica of EWTN might say, "Please remember Relevant Radio between the gas and electric bills to keep them on the air waves."

In particular, we deeply appreciate that Mr. Mike Kendall, the Chief Programming Officer of the Relevant Radio Network, has granted us permission to use in whole and/or in part any/all audio tapes from Relevant Radio that feature Fr. Simon, including those shows from the "Morning Air" and "Searching The Word" and "The Drew Mariani Show" programs for our non-commercial use only.

We also sincerely thank Mr. Dan Aykroyd who has granted us permission to use about the last 40 seconds of the Blues Brothers recording of "Soul Man" for the video's beginning credits as well as The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos have granted us permission to use about the first 2 minutes of the 4+ minute long recording of "Ave Mundi Spes Maria" (from their 1995 album Chant II) for the closing credits.

Lastly, we highly suspect (and are therefore thankful to) the Holy Spirit and the Blessed Virgin Mary for their "behind the scene" involvement in getting Fr. Simon on air a couple of times a month as well as for keeping him on a straight and narrow path.


More Videos Coming Soon!

We are in the process of editing the audio tapes and converting them into videos.  We will post them as we complete them.  A list of the original unedited programs from Relevant Radio is presented above.

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