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The Patrick Coffin Show

Interview podcast launched by former Catholic Answers Live host Patrick Coffin after he left that programme in 2016; since 2023 it has promoted the view that Francis was an antipope.

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About The Patrick Coffin Show

The Patrick Coffin Show is an interview podcast hosted by Patrick Coffin, launched after he left Catholic Answers Live at the end of September 2016 (Catholic Stand; National Catholic Register). It is published through Coffin's website, Patrick Coffin Media, and on podcast platforms (Patrick Coffin Media; Libsyn).

Episodes have ranged from conversion stories, such as a Protestant YouTuber's reception into the Catholic Church (Catholic Stand), to an interview with Timothy Gordon about his 2020 dismissal from a Catholic school after criticising Black Lives Matter (Patrick Coffin Media).

Since 2023 Coffin has used his media platforms to argue that Pope Francis was an antipope and that Benedict XVI's resignation was invalid — a position Catholic Answers rebutted on its Focus podcast (Catholic Answers). After Fr. Robert Spitzer learned of that position in May 2023 he publicly distanced himself from Coffin, and OSV News reported that Spitzer, Jeff Cavins and Jennifer Roback Morse, along with 17 other speakers, had cancelled their appearances at Coffin's Hope Is Fuel online conference, which also featured E. Michael Jones (UCA News/OSV News; Catholic Review). See Benevacantism and papal-critique and resistance media.

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  1. Speakers quit Patrick Coffin's Hope Is Fuel conference over papacy and antisemitism concerns

    OSV News reported that Fr. Robert Spitzer, Jeff Cavins and Jennifer Roback Morse, along with 17 other speakers, had withdrawn from Patrick Coffin's 24 May online Hope Is Fuel conference after Coffin questioned the legitimacy of Pope…

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    Conference shunned over views on antisemitism, papacy (UCA News (OSV News))'Hope Is Fuel' conference fans flames of controversy over antisemitic,… (Catholic Review (OSV News))E. Michael Jones (backgrounder) (title reconstructed) (Anti-Defamation League)

  2. Patrick Coffin ends his run as host of Catholic Answers Live

    After about seven and a half years hosting Catholic Answers Live, Patrick Coffin left the programme to start his own media projects. He later used his podcast to argue that Pope Francis was an antipope, a claim Catholic Answers rebutted.

    SourcesWhat's next for Catholic Answers Live host Patrick Coffin? (Catholic World Report)A Response to Patrick Coffin's "Seven Pieces of Evidence That Francis Is an… (Catholic Answers)

Sources for this profile

  1. Introducing The Patrick Coffin Show — Catholic Stand
  2. The Patrick Coffin Show readies for its debut (title reconstructed) — National Catholic Register
  3. About — Patrick Coffin Media
  4. The Patrick Coffin Show — Libsyn
  5. The Patrick Coffin Show: Protestant YouTube Star Becomes Catholic—Lizzie Estella Reezay — Catholic Stand
  6. #185: Fired for Opposing BLM—Tim Gordon — Patrick Coffin Media
  7. A Response to Patrick Coffin's "Seven Pieces of Evidence That Francis Is an Antipope" — Catholic Answers
  8. Conference shunned over views on antisemitism, papacy — UCA News (OSV News), May 18, 2023
  9. 'Hope Is Fuel' conference fans flames of controversy over antisemitic, sedevacantist Catholic headliners — Catholic Review (OSV News)

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