We ask the age-old question: "Does my tablet count as a sacramental?" The Raspberry Pi is a much sought after computer (and food, probably). The beauty of icons in the modern world and the dangers of labeling. All this, our picks of the week, and more!

This week on the show, we report on the sad news from Connecticut, talk about introverts and extraverts, the silliness at Instagram, and Pope Benedict out re-tweeting the Beiber. Also, 10 things we need from our priests this Year of Faith. Also, our picks of the week!

This episode, the role of Santa Claus will be played by Pope Benedict XVI, Peter Jackson & Science. Also, 10 silly reasons you're not praying and news from Medjugore. All this and the CU Later where we find out which saint punched a guy in the face!

Advent time is here, new tech for the blind, internet piracy and 10 excuses for not praying that don’t impress St. Philomena one bit! All this, our picks of the week, and the CU Later!

All I want for Christmas is Penance, your own private Borg drone, the new old dress code at the Vatican, our picks of the week, and so much more.

In this episode, we talk about the misrepresenation of the Catholic Church in three big stories that the mainstream media have been covering. Also, communication is possible with some who are in a persistent vegitative state. The BBC turns 90-years-old, and there's some talk about the Catholic Church getting out of the civil marriage business. We've also got some backChat from Ireland, our picks of the week and the CU Later!

This week, we answer some audio backChat, cast lots for a new pope,  give best wishes for the new Archbishop of Canterbury, hope for the best in light of the US Presidential election, and give our picks of the Week. We're joined by Jeff Blackwell and Mary Kait Taylor, Two new voices on the CU!

Airborne Hobbits go viral, Is Jesus really “for sale”?, Balance on Halloween, Becoming Pro-Life, and photoshopping the cross All this and our picks of the week!

High Tech Cheek, A molehill of new tech from Apple and Microsoft and Fujitsu and a mountain of news from Rome as the Bishops put their plus John Hancocks on the documents from the Year of Faith Synod. All this, our picks of the week, and probably a little more. 

Big News from Rome, Tablets in the Classroom, Bishops at Mass, Families at Mass and credo-rock...

All this, our picks of the week, and probably a little more.

The Year of Faith is happening, Is your doctor playing angry birds?, literature good and bad, the pope gives a special nod to the middle east and Cardinal Wuerl is fired up again!

All this, our picks of the week, and probably a little more.

This episode, the pope announces the theme for World Communications Day 2013, Windows 8 may have a shot at being a viable business platform, after Steve Jobs: a year later, homosexual representation on TV increasing, two more Doctors of the Church and so much more!

This week, Novena for our Nation kicks off, iPad Mini prepared to descend from Cupertine Throne?, Parents and when to buy tech for their children, 13 sounds we just don't hear anymore, preparing for the Year of Faith, and chewing on the catechism, 1/365th at a time. All this and our picks of the week!

Why Cana could have been awkward, Fr. Ryan's e-book obsession just got a little more compulsive, Libertariansism, Catholicism, and the Principle of Subsidiarity, and Catholic Ads for Catholic Sites. All this, more, and our picks of the week!

Making Catholic Sense of Politics, The new iPhone starts the geeks a-drooling, is the Mountain Lion still growling?, What does the Diocese of the Future look like...

A holy alliance between The Ghost of Jobs and The Pope, Hacking your Belief System and what crooning celebrities can teach the Church about worship. All this, our picks of the week, and probably a little more.

NOTE: This is an audio-only podcast.

This episode, what do a cholera outbreak and marketing have in common? and When really is the best time to tweet? Archbishop Sheen is declared venerable by the Holy Father, we attempt to re-boot your CCD program, and learn about some resources to defend The Catholic Faith.

The .gif turns 25, Apple has new MacBooks but is Retina really worth it? Geordi teaches us to read, .catholic is a top level doman, picking up the Fortnight For Freedom, Reviving the liturgy of the hours, and 5 questions to ask before you leave the Catholic Church.

This episode: Our reflections on World Communications Day and Silence, Studying a commission who studies studies, Google Hangouts  take to the air, Fr. Robert Baron prepares for a move to the Sem Life, Education, 5 short stories every Catholic should read, and signing up for the Swiss Guard! Plus, our picks of the week.

This episode, pirates off the bow of San Francisco? Do we really need bigger FBI Warnings before movies (and more acronyms of organizations?) Are you registered at a parish? A new survey says you probably aren't. Also, did Jesus sin? Hildegaard of Bingen, our picks of the week and more!

This episode the iPhone aids cancer research for kids, The weather gets in your personal space, Daniel Mitsui is creating new old art, and a little more on the LCWR dramatics. All this and our picks of the week. 

This week, Bishop Janky gives a history lesson. The US Bishops call for HHS Mandate action, The Feds running a pirate DNS?, and Google Drive hits the web. All this and our picks of the week!

This week: all signs point to a favorable outcome with the Society of St. Pius X, Dante consigned to oblivion for schoolchildren? Concelebration as a safe, legal, and rare Mass option, and The magisterium of nuns gets a wake-up call from (who woulda thunk) their (big) Superior! Also, our picks of the week!

Fr. Chris Decker's Good Friday Homily at St. Philip Church in Vacherie, LA. 

For the homily text, please visit: http://bit.ly/I3RB3G

This Week, Fr. Chris, Joshua and Fr. Ryan discussed

• Password Security - get to it! Some tips: Use at least 8 letters. Try to use at least one number or non-alphanumeric character. Don't put your passwords on a post-it! Don't make a file called passwords.txt! Change your passwords at least once a year. Be vigilant, even good passwords can by bypassed or hacked.
• Will Netflix become a part of your cable package? Will an HD antenna help or hurt?
• The ever salty Lord Monckton is calling out "An Inconvenient Truth?"
• "Community," happiness and "Church Friends" What can you do? 1) Be loyal to your parish and a particular Mass time. 2) Seek out a Bible Study or Learning opportunity. 3) Take some pressure off the priest, organize something! 4) Think beyond the Mass!
• Also, the internet is out to get us...

They also recommended these "Picks of the Week"

• Fr. Chris, WhyImCatholic.com
• Joshua, Eponymous Flower Blog
• Fr. Ryan, CookingForEngineers.com
• From AudibleTrial.com/CatholicUnderground, A Life with Karol: My Forty-Year Friendship with the Man Who Became Pope by his longtime Secretary Stanislaw Dziwisz

This episode, we've got the craziest UK medical journal article to date, Photoshop on the iPad?! An Oscar bound nun, Cardinal Dolan on The New Evangelization, the possibility that Nancy Pelosi is right, and some discussion on the Fatima controversy

On this week's show, it's Ash Wednesday! We discuss Lent, craziness in the Netherlands, some errors in our coverage of OCP and how to bring chant into the Domestic Church. Our picks of the week, The CatholiCon Expo and more... Join us!

On this week’s show, the bishop has three kids, Google’s not evil but they may have just launched SkyNET, Chris West is back and three top-notch messages from our German Shepherd. Our picks of the week, The CatholiCon Expo and more… Join us!

In this truncated show, The CU Crew discusses a new schema for social media, the new scheme by the Catholic music publishers to jump on the open source liturgical music bandwagon, and we weigh in on the Health and Human Services mandate.

This week, ESPN gets with the new media program, calling an audible on streaming audiobooks, Apple updates its EULA to be less evil, emerging Catholic subcultures and the digital continent, The Sibelius, HHS, Anti-Religious-Freedom debacle, and occupying classrooms?  All this and our picks of the week plus an exclusive tour of the CatholiCon website!

We talk about the March For Life so the Mainstream Media doesn't have to (don't they?). Pope Benedict's message for World Communications Day: Don't say Anything. Ford brands itself as a consumer electronics company rather than a car company, will it work? More information comes to light for this year's CatholiCon, as do our picks of the week!

In our first episode of the new year, we talk about digital strategies for the Catholic Church in the United States, Social Media as a possible Catholic Media killer, defense of life with dental floss, Film as a way to have "The Great Discussion", and how to shore up weak faith....we're looking at you Ireland! All this, a bit more, and our picks of the week!