This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 18 October 2026 to 21 October 2026.

Angelus

• 18 October 2026 – Angelus

General Audiences

• 21 October 2026 – General Audience . Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes. 6. Commitment to the family in today’s society (GS, 47–52)

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The episode that made Worf, and a security team that badly needs retraining. Dom Bettinelli and Jimmy Akin weigh Klingon honor, a death howl, and an extradition with no questions asked in TNG Season 1, Episode 20.

https://youtu.be/O-rKtIbrLVw

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Is every prayer a kind of telepathy? On Halloween, Jimmy Akin takes listener questions with Cy Kellett, from ghosts who never ask for Masses to Star Wars’ religious roots, time travel, and whether Daleks have souls.

https://youtu.be/DWGYFrO-RfU

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Chapters:

• 0:00:00 – Intro
• 0:00:46 – Programming note: Weird Questions Month
• 0:01:00 – Today’s weird questions
• 0:01:58 – Catholic Answers Live: Halloween with Cy Kellett
• 0:03:01 – Jimmy’s Mysterious World plug on Catholic Answers Live
• 0:03:57 – Why don’t all ghosts ask for Masses? (Philip)
• 0:14:08 – Is All Saints a holy day of obligation this year?
• 0:14:57 – Why would God allow residual hauntings? (Jim)
• 0:21:30 – Is it moral to use AI that could cost a coworker’s job? (Jordan)
• 0:30:06 – Do non-saints’ bodies stay incorrupt? (Daniel)
• 0:32:01 – Catholic themes in Star Wars (Miguel)
• 0:39:39 – Are a family’s guardian angels friends? (My Home-T D 6 S V)
• 0:44:37 – Could your guardian angel console Christ in Gethsemane? (Teresa)
• 0:49:53 – Jimmy Akin Podcast plug on Catholic Answers Live
• 0:53:03 – Basil Rathbone, Sherlock Holmes and Son of Frankenstein
• 0:54:04 – Is prayer telepathy? Do the saints communicate telepathically? (Basil)
• 1:06:27 – Thank you to Patrons
• 1:06:56 – Sponsor: Miss D’s Honeybees
• 1:07:41 – Sponsor: Fr. Dwight Longenecker
• 1:08:58 – Jimmy’s next book
• 1:09:25 – Can God speak to us in the womb? (Brianna)
• 1:14:44 – What would you change in history? (Robo Squid)
• 1:18:01 – Dark Shadows and the secret bunker
• 1:22:14 – Time travel with no choice of destination
• 1:28:26 – Do Daleks have souls? (Maximilian)
• 1:33:44 – Why would God let a ghost stay on earth? (M Jul 84)
• 1:41:20 – Clockwise or counterclockwise rosary? (Grant)
• 1:43:03 – Mysterious Feedback: #428 The Devil’s Bible, Jesus Was an Alien?, Psychic Powers in Heaven, and Weird Questions
• 1:53:04 – Your mysterious feedback
• 1:53:37 – Thank you to Oasis Studio 7
• 1:53:42 – Jimmy’s YouTube channel
• 1:54:19 – Next Time: More Weird Questions
• 1:54:31 – Share the show
• 1:54:41 – Get your Mysterious merch
• 1:54:49 – Show notes
• 1:54:56 – Become a Patron
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• 1:55:46 – Outro

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