Pope Francis celebrates Mass at the Shrine of Czestochowa, July 28, 2016. (L'Osservatore Romano / CNA.)
Pope Francis celebrates Mass at the Shrine of Czestochowa, July 28, 2016. (L'Osservatore Romano / CNA.) (photo: Screenshot)

News Highlights of 2016 (12/31/2016)

This weekend on Register Radio, Matthew Bunson talks with Register correspondents Peter Jesserer Smith and Joe Pronechen about the most important news stories of 2016. Then he talks to Register Managing Editor Tom Wehner about what it was like to cover the news in the wild and unpredictable year that was. Join Matthew Bunson, senior editor with the National Catholic Register, for a Year End special edition of Register Radio.

An image of the Sacred Heart in the Church of the Jesu in Rome

Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Next week, the Bishops of the United States will meet in Orlando and consecrate America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This week on Register Radio we are joined by Bishop Kevin Rhoades to explain the importance of the consecration and how we can all take part and then Register senior writer Zelda Caldwell tells us about the remarkable phenomenon of diocesan priests living in community.