Who Is Steering the Soul of the Nation?

The Next Steps Show | Faith. Politics. Entrepreneurship. Freedom. · Feb 3, 2026 · 49m

Peter Vazquez walks the line between headline and heartbeat, tracing the Vanboolzalness Crisis where secrecy becomes policy and fear becomes currency. He begins in the sanctuary, where a Rhode Island report drags decades into the light and asks what happens when institutions protect the brand more than the soul. Lawrence Erickson, author of Vatican Coup, argues that abuse and cover-ups do more than shatter lives; they manufacture compromised leaders, the kind who can be pressured, coerced, and quietly redirected.

Then the lens swings to the street. From Chicago’s West Side, Honorable P. Rae…