Episodes

  • US Presidential Election Results/The Pope and Trump

    US Presidential Election Results/The Pope and Trump
    Nov 9 2024
    We talk with Shannon Mullen and Peter Laffin to discuss the 2024 US Presidential Election results and then we talk with Frank Rocca to discuss the relationship between Pope Francis and President-Elect Donald Trump.
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    30 mins
  • Election Day Closes In/Final Report Isn’t the Synod’s End

    Election Day Closes In/Final Report Isn’t the Synod’s End
    Nov 2 2024
    As U.S. Election Day nears, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are making their last pitches to voters. We examine their final messaging as well as their outreach to Catholics with a report from Register staff writer Peter Laffin. But first we get insights into the final report of the Synod on Synodality. Register senior editor Jonathan Liedl provides his analysis.
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    30 mins
  • Election Misinformation/Taking Heart Through the Sacred Heart

    Election Misinformation/Taking Heart Through the Sacred Heart
    Oct 26 2024
    We take a look with Register writer Patti Armstrong at Harris-Walz election ad misinformation. Then we turn to Pope Francis’ new encyclical Dilexit Nos (He Loved Us) that calls for a renewal of our hearts through deeper devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Register staff writer Joseph Pronechen brings us insights into Sacred Heart devotion as well as some pastoral advice on election day anxieties.
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    30 mins
  • 33 Catholic Hospitals Offered Kids Trans Surgeries/Synod Approaches Final Week

    33 Catholic Hospitals Offered Kids Trans Surgeries/Synod Approaches Final Week
    Oct 19 2024
    Over 5,700 children from 2019 to 2023 had sex-change surgeries and more than twice that many were prescribed puberty blockers, according to a new report by a medical watchdog group Do No Harm. EWTN News identified 150 Catholic hospitals among those that provided these services. National Catholic Register staff writer Matthew McDonald has the story. Then we get another synod report from Register senior editor Jonathan Liedl as the Synod on Synodality enters the final week.
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    30 mins
  • Synod in Swing/New Cardinals/Suicide Pods

    Synod in Swing/New Cardinals/Suicide Pods
    Oct 12 2024
    The Synod on Synodality completes week one and Pope Francis continues to transform the College of Cardinals. EWTN News Senior Vatican Analyst Frank Rocca provides analysis. Assisted suicide continues its grim progress in Western Europe as the so-called ‘Suicide Pod’ Claims Its First Victim, an American woman, who traveled to Switzerland to die. Register staff writer Peter Laffin has the story.
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    30 mins
  • Pope, Peripheries and the Synod/US Vice Presidential Debate

    Pope, Peripheries and the Synod/US Vice Presidential Debate
    Oct 5 2024
    This week Pope Francis opened the final Vatican assembly of the Synod on Synodality and that comes upon the heels of two papal trips. Synodality and reaching out to the geographic and moral peripheries are touchstones of this papacy. EWTN News’ Courtney Mares and Frank Rocca discuss these key parts of Pope Francis’ legacy. Then we discuss the US election with a month to go before Nov. 5 and the vice-presidential debate with Peter Laffin.
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    30 mins
  • Synod Set to Start/Supreme Court Cases to Watch/Recommended Movies

    Synod Set to Start/Supreme Court Cases to Watch/Recommended Movies
    Sep 28 2024
    The Register’s Jonathan Liedl gives a preview of what we can expect from the Synod discussions. Register columnist Andrea Picciotti Bayer brings us analysis of two cases worth watching as the Supreme Court term begins. Register staff writer Joseph Pronechen reviews a few films that can help us lift our minds to higher things.
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    30 mins
  • Catholic Identity on Campus/2024 Catholic Voters Guide

    Catholic Identity on Campus/2024 Catholic Voters Guide
    Sep 21 2024
    For 20 years, the National Catholic Register has put a spotlight on the faithfulness of Catholic colleges and universities. This week on Register Radio we delve into Catholic identity on Campus. Then we turn to the 2024 Catholic Voters Guide. How do the two presidential nominees line up on issues of importance to the Catholic faithful? We explore the Candidates, the Issues and Church Teaching.
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    30 mins