Jan van Kessel the Elder, “Still Life of Flowers and Grapes Encircling a Monstrance”, ca. 1670
Jan van Kessel the Elder, “Still Life of Flowers and Grapes Encircling a Monstrance”, ca. 1670 (photo: Public Domain)

Real Presence, Catholic Cartoonist (Aug. 17)

A recent Pew study on the Holy Eucharist that found that only one-third of Catholics believe in the Real Presence. How did we reach this point, and what can we do about it? This week on Register Radio we talk to Register Correspondent Peter Jesserer Smith. Also, in an age where comedy seems dead, what is a Catholic cartoonist to do? We find out when we talk to Register cartoonist Patrick Cross.

A Gospel of Life Disciples + Dwellings (GOLD) resident celebrates his birthday at the St. John Paul II Dwelling in Moore, Oklahoma.

What’s Happened to Hospice?

What started as a Christian work of mercy has morphed into a $31 billion-a-year industry that’s attracting fraudsters and private-equity profit hunters. As legalized assisted suicide gains a foothold in the U.S., some pro-life advocates fear worse problems lie in store.