The world's okayest priest.
Fr. Anthony Sciarappa has hosted 78 Episodes.
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269: Pastoral Council, Bad Preaching & Good Penance w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
December 8th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
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Pastoral Council, Scripture vs. Vatican II, Bad Preaching & the best penance I've received.
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265: Biblical High School Cafeteria w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
November 10th, 2021 | 1 hr 4 mins
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Hard work now pays off later, deciding which Biblical characters to have lunch with & the awkwardness of inviting people to Church.
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261: Anger, Blind Faith & Fancy Catholic Words w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
October 13th, 2021 | 59 mins 36 secs
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Taylor Schroll & Fr. Anthony Sciarappa kick off the show by sharing about their fun anger management issues. Fr. Anthony quizzes Taylor on fancy Catholic words & they discuss if faith is a blind leap or not.
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257: Devotions, Seminarians & the Catechism w/Edmund Mitchell
September 15th, 2021 | 1 hr 5 mins
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Taylor has a lot of things to yell about and Fr. Anthony has some answers. They have a blast yelling about things that ultimately don't matter but just show how fun the oddities of Catholicism can be. Edmund Mitchell joins the show to talk about his new project making the catechism more easily approachable so we can dive into the richness of our faith.
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254: Lukewarm, Betrothals & Nickelback w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
August 25th, 2021 | 57 mins 55 secs
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Taylor & Fr. Anthony answer what to in regards to lukewarm Christianity, engagements & Nickelback songs.
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250: Kids at Mass, Martyrs & Satanists w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
July 28th, 2021 | 1 hr 10 secs
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Taylor brings the heat this week with some hot takes on kids in Mass, Martyrs and Satanists. Fr. Anthony isn't just along for the ride but tries to guide him back to sanity.
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Fr. Anthony Sciarappa makes his debut | Forte Flashbacks
July 16th, 2021 | 25 mins 19 secs
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This episode proves how far we've come! Fr. Anthony sounds like he called in from a cell phone in Atlantis, Taylor had no mic ettiquette BUT we learn where "Pittsburgh's okayest priest" came from, the things he's done as a priest for the first time in human history & highlight his first utterly insane first podcast, The Flue. Enjoy his origin story on Forte Catholic!
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246: Live from Pittsburgh! Gambling, Texting & Effeminacy w/the Sciarappa's
June 30th, 2021 | 54 mins 10 secs
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Taylor flew to Pittsburgh to celebrate Fr. Anthony's 5th anniversary and recorded this episode in the Sciarappa home while they were together. They discuss the Catholic view on gambling, a blast from the past & Taylor's pet peeve of using effeminacy as a derogatory term.
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244: Hot Takes, Pange Lingua & Talking Behind Your Back
June 16th, 2021 | 59 mins 47 secs
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Fr. Anthony & Taylor discuss the premise "real men only compliment each other behind their backs." They play an absolutely wild game of Forte/Mezzo/Piano with flaming hot takes from a rocket scientist. Finally, you've heard the Pange Lingua but have no idea what it means. We're gonna change that.
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240: Life Verse, Virtue Signaling & Weird Stuff at Mass w/Fr. Anthony
May 19th, 2021 | 56 mins 15 secs
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Fr. Anthony cohosts what is probably our funniest show of the year! We find the show's Life Verse, Taylor has a hot take on virtue signaling and Fr. Anthony messed up in Mass and we have video proof lolol. Enjoy!
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236: Easter Party, Easter Questions & Fake Relics w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
April 21st, 2021 | 56 mins 19 secs
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Easter celebrations continue as Taylor & Fr. Anthony share insights into Holy Week & Divine Mercy Sunday. Taylor has some off the wall questions for the priest and shares about his son's first confession and a fake relic.
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232: Fancy Catholic Words, Grit & Comedy w/Sam Blair
March 24th, 2021 | 57 mins 37 secs
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Fr. Anthony quizzes Taylor on fancy Catholic words and it...doesn't go well. Sam Blair, an ex-Navy Seal and leadership coach for an NBA team joins the show to talk about grit and Fr. Anthony talks to Taylor about comedy in evangelization.
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228: Yelling at God, New Game & Hypothetical Sin w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
February 24th, 2021 | 58 mins 37 secs
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Taylor recently watched a clip of "The Chosen" that he really connected with and gets down to the nitty gritty of why he stays Catholic. The guys play a new game with the help of PodDecks which led to some good and unexpected conversation. They introduce another new game called "Hypothetical Sin." Taylor shares a story that he may or may not have been involved in(involving the cops) and asks if what he did was a sin.
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224: Cancel Culture & Growing Pains w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
January 27th, 2021 | 56 mins 24 secs
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220: Friends, Freestyle Preaching & Sacrilege
December 30th, 2020 | 54 mins 50 secs
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Taylor looks back on 2020 to try and find something good but instead goes back further cuz he couldn't find anything. The two reminisce about their friendship and how its grown and discuss the balance between poking fun at each other and being genuine. Taylor found the PERFECT new tune for the ABC's and asks Fr. Anthony if it's sacrilegious. Fr. Anthony gets another crack at Freestyle Preaching and writing his Christmas homily on the show.
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216: Taylor Almost Died, Mystery Gift & Taekwondo w/Fr. Anthony Sciarappa
December 2nd, 2020 | 56 mins 33 secs
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Taylor got his beard trimmed for the first time since the pre-covid era and it was a very strange experience. Fr. Anthony opens a mystery gift from a listener, reveals his secret Taekwondo talent and Taylor rails on spiritual bouquets.