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Jessica Hooten Wilson on 'Wildcats' /Father Dave Pivonka on Title IX (May 4)
Flannery O’Connor shares the big screen with some of her most memorable short story characters in the new indy film ‘Wildcat’. O’Connor scholar Jessica Hooten Wilson gives her take on the film and what animates the Catholic 20th century writer’s prophetic imagination.Then FUS University President Father David Pivonka explains why Franciscan University of Steubenville has pushed back against the Biden administrations’ new interpretation of Title IX, which redefines sex discrimination to include a student’s self- asserted ‘gender identity’.
Choosing Life in the Face of Death, and ‘Father Justin’ AI Priest (April 27)
Two mothers had the courage to choose life in the face of death. Register contributor Nicole Leblanc tells an inspiring story of faith and friendship with Jessica Hanna. Catholic Answers COO Jon Sorensen shares his perspective on the stumbling block his organization met when trying to evangelize through the latest technologies.
Tammy Peterson’s Conversion Story and Unpacking Dignitas Infinita (April 13)
A powerful conversion story reached a very important step this Easter with the entry of Tammy Peterson, wife of Jordan Peterson, into the Catholic Church. We talk to EWTN News Correspondent Colm Flynn who interviewed her on for EWTN News In Depth just before the Easter Vigil. And then we are joined by Register Senior Editor Jonathan Liedl to unpack ‘Dignitas Infinita,’ the Vatican’s new statement on human dignity.
Pope Francis’ Media Moment (April 6)
Father Roger Landry joins us with his reflections on Divine Mercy, and how penance cleanses the soul for receiving Christ in the Eucharist. Matthew Bunson and Jeanette De Melo take a look at Pope Francis’ media moment. A trove of books and recently published media interviews are spotlighting the Holy Father and his message.
Spy Wednesday, and Vatican News (March 23)
Jeanette De Melo and Matthew Bunson shine the truth of the Gospel this weekend as guest Jonathan Liedl talks about Vatican news and Father Jeffrey Kirby tells us more about ‘Spy Wednesday.’
Down Syndrome Awareness, and Prayers for Haiti (March 16)
Looking ahead to Down Syndrome Awareness Day on March 21, developmental psychologist and mother Mary O’Callaghan sheds light on the joys and challenges facing families who receive trisomy-21 diagnoses. Also, Father Louis Merosne, pastor of the Cathedral of St. Anne in Anse-à-Veau, roughly 80 miles west of Port-au-Prince, describes the fear and the faith of the Haitian people.
St. Thomas Aquinas, and the Pro-Life Movement in France (March 9)
This week, Father Aquinas Guilbeau joins us to discuss St. Thomas Aquinas, and Solène Tadié discusses the pro-life movement in France, where abortion has been declared a “right.”
Ukrainian Struggles in Wartime, and IVF and Catholic Teaching (March 2)
An Alabama Supreme Court decision that established the personhood of frozen human embryos has set off a national debate over in vitro fertilization. The Catholic Church has long condemned IVF process but has embraced other medical technologies for fertility. Bishop Earl Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio, sheds light on Catholic teaching on in vitro fertilization Then EWTN News reporter Colm Flynn gives insights on the Ukrainian people’s struggles through war after his recent trip to Ukraine.
The German Synod, and Women in the Catholic Church (Feb. 24)
CNA Deutsch editor-in-chief AC Wimmer reports on the Vatican’s intervention in the German bishops’ controversial vote on the Synodal Way. And Solène Tadié, Europe correspondent for the National Catholic Register, looks at the influential role of women in the Catholic Church.