Pope Francis and Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar in Cairo, sign the joint document on fraternity. (Edward Pentin photo)
Pope Francis and Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar in Cairo, sign the joint document on fraternity. (Edward Pentin photo) (photo: Screenshot)

Pope Francis in UAE (02/09/2019)

Pope Francis visits the United Arab Emirates in a historic trip to the Saudi Arabian peninsula. What happened in the Muslim country? And what happened on the papal flight back to Rome? Did Pope Francis make news as he usually does? This week on Register Radio, we talk to Catholic News Agency Rome correspondent Hannah Brockhaus. And then, Register contributor Msgr. Charles Pope weighs in on the scandal swirling around the monstrous abortion bills in New York and Virginia.

Maya Hawke as American writer Flannery O'Connor in the 2024 film "Wildcat."

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’.