Ralph McInerny
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Aug 27, 2026
Robert BarronGUEST
Um, and then he was one of the...
Robert BarronGUEST
He's part of that generation, like when Hesburgh was a young president and someone like Ralph McInerny was there.
Matthew PetrusekHOST
Yeah.
Robert BarronGUEST
These, these younger, really devout Catholic laymen who gave their lives, you know, to teach at Notre Dame, and he was one of that generation.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
I, I, I asked Grok and Grok says Hesburgh never said that." Okay.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
Well, I asked Ralph McInerny, and he said he did say it.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
So what are you gonna do? You're gonna choose Grok over Ralph McInerny, who knew Hesburgh for 50 years, had a close relationship with Hesburgh for 50 years, and had a close relationship with me for 40 years? Yeah, he said it.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
He said it.
TimHOST
Well-
E. Michael JonesGUEST
Uh, well, where did you get that? Well, I'm gonna tell you right now.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
I got it from Ralph McInerny, who had a, uh, who was, had a 50-year-long relationship with Father Hesburgh, close relationship, and I had a, a 40-year-long re- close relationship with Ralph McInerny.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
And so Hesburgh felt confident confiding in him, and Ralph felt confident confiding in me.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
But [laughs] it's not on AI.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
I don't care.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
I don't care whether AI says it or not.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
Ralph McInerny told me that, and I will go to my grave defending the stat- the validity of his statement.
Mike PajakisHOST
Yeah, no, I 100% b- believe you.
speaker_0HOST
No.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
Uh, "Well, where did you get that?" "Well, I'm gonna tell you right now, I got it from Ralph McInerny, who had a, uh, was, had a 50-year-long relationship with Father Hesburgh, close relationship, and I had a, a 40-year-long re- close relationship with Ralph McInerny." And so Hesburgh felt confident confiding in him, and Ralph felt confident confiding in me.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
But [laughs] it's not on AI.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
I'm the only guy who knows this.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
Where they are going to tell you whether it's real or not.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
I don't care.
E. Michael JonesGUEST
I don't care whether AI says it or not, Ralph McInerny told me that, and I will go to my grave defending the stat- the validity of his statement.
speaker_0HOST
[smacks lips] Yeah, no, I 100% b- believe you.
E. Michael JonesHOST
The above quote is one of the most sensible things Father Hesburgh ever said.
E. Michael JonesHOST
The source was Ralph McInerny, who had a relationship with Father Hesburgh, which lasted over f- fifty years." Okay? Now, get me a Bible.
E. Michael JonesHOST
Get me a stack of Bibles, and I'll put my hand on it, and I will swear that Ma- Ralph McInerny said that to me during one of our many meetings.
E. Michael JonesHOST
Now, we can ask a question.
E. Michael JonesHOST
Would it be plausible for Father Hesburgh to say something like that in public? Of course not.
E. Michael JonesHOST
Would it be plausible to say it to some man who was a friend for 50 years? Well, yeah, of course it was.
E. Michael JonesHOST
It's the kind of thing that friends say to each other in moments of candor.
E. Michael JonesHOST
Would it be plausible for Ralph McInerny to say that to me? Of course it would be.